This was taken late Saturday afternoon as I set out on my goal of capturing water. It’s not quite the golden hour, but the colours have begun to deepen as the sun continues its arc away from the glare of high noon toward the glory of sunset.
Closer to 5:00, I saw this.
The following was taken Sunday morning just before 7:30 as the dog and I explored. The tide was out, leaving the sea floor temptingly open to exploration. This shot looks out over the area of the promenade in the shot above, to give you an idea of the tides here. It was almost my challenge shot.
Later that morning, we drove south out of Mumbles along the coast road. We were following our noses and had to turn around a few times when the road we had taken turned out not to take us to a beach. Eventually, I navigated us to Southgate, where I thought we could see Pennard Castle, on the cliffs over looking the sea. Well, we didn’t make it to Pennard Castle, but the nice fellow at the National Trust hut at the parking area was very helpful and suggested a few things to us, pointing them out on the National Trust map he gave us. We wandered along the cliffs for a while, seeing what was to be seen and loving the incredible beauty of the place. There were trails down to the beach and families explored. Dogs met and said ‘hello’ while copious photos were taken, but finally we had to think about lunch.
Next stop was Oxwich (turn left off the main road from Pennard, at the two towers – best directions ever from the National Trust man), a beautiful stretch of beach and dog friendly! After a leisurely and very good lunch at the Oxwich Bay Hotel, we heeded the call of a beautiful beach on a hot sunny day. The water was wonderfully warm and we spent a blissful hour wading.
So out of the some 370 photos I took that day, these are the ones that stood out to me the most when it came to the waterscape challenge. I hope you enjoyed our day on the Gower coastline. The weather was magical, to say the least, and we fell in love with a new part of the UK. We’ll go back one day.
A Canuck's Eye View 