Swansea bay stroll

I confess, I wasn’t aware of Storm Gerrit before I set out on my stroll yesterday. My plan was to walk up to the Mumbles, but after a half hour or so that felt like walking in a sand blaster, I abandoned that plan and wandered up through the uplands instead.

Along the way, I took some snaps with Hipstamatic.

Swansea bay

On the whole, I like the effects, but discovering that the app doesn’t record GPS locations in the EXIF metadata means I’ll probably stop using it.

Swansea bay

Something’s gone wrong with the capture time metadata as well, I see.

Figures on the beach

I think the pseudo-tintypes are especially nice.

Lights

On a warmer, calmer day, I might have snagged a picture of a pint at the Secret Beach Bar & Kitchen.

Stairs

I’ve noticed that the CSS styling here and the borders applied by the camera app don’t really play nicely, but I’m not going to fuss about that now.

Bay path

The uplands are appropriately named, it’s a fair hike up to the top.

Swansea bay from Finsbury Terrace

There’s a wine merchant on Walter Road where I found some fizz from the sparkling wine region of Wales. We shall see how that is on New Year’s Eve or thereabouts.