Tag Archives: beach

Left or right?

Posted on August 28, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Both are delightful. When you get to the beach at Newport, turn left for the dunes. Turn right for these rock formations in the cliffs.

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Sea-change

Posted on May 1, 2015 by bookvolunteer
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What the storms brought to Pwllgwaelod beach

Posted on November 18, 2014 by bookvolunteer

After days of high winds and squally rain  (official weather warnings from the Met Office), I set off for the beach prepared to find plastic debris from the storm. Instead, I found the inevitable band of seaweed at the high-water mark … Continue reading →

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Ducks and Drakes

Posted on August 29, 2014 by bookvolunteer

If you are on the beach at Dinas’ Aberbach or Aberfforest it won’t take you long to gather a handful of perfect ‘duck and drake’ slates from the high-tide line. While you are skimming them across the water, here is a … Continue reading →

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Aberbach in 1930

Posted on October 8, 2013 by bookvolunteer

I think this photo was taken in Dinas’ Aberbach beach in about 1930. Apart from the style of boys’ swimming costumes, nothing much has changed.

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Objets trouvés

Posted on September 13, 2013 by bookvolunteer

The first time that I went to Jim Ede’s beautiful gallery house in Cambridge, I was struck by the familiarity of the found objects that sat so comfortably among the 20th Century art in Kettle’s Yard. These stones could have come … Continue reading →

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