Cardiff Bay

[poliphilo]

We've been in Cardiff for the past two nights. Why Cardiff? Well, the Travel Lodge was offering us a rate of £15 per night provided we booked long enough in advance and- from glimpses of it in Dr Who and Torchwood- we'd gathered that the new Cardiff Bay development is really handsome. It is. And exciting. Even on a wet Sunday afternoon with nobody much about it feels like a place where things are going on.

But they certainly have weather in South Wales. I've been reading Peter Finch's Real Cardiff- a sort of a guide book cum memoir of bohemian life cum essay in psycho-geography. It's very good. One thing he leaves you in no doubt about is the essential dampness of the city.  While we were there we got hit by shower after shower.  I've never seen so many rainbows in my life. 

Comments

[clindau.livejournal.com]

I've never seen so many rainbows in my life.

I never get tired of rainbows.

The third photo reminds me of the monolith in 2001, only this one is more benevolent.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

dampness

Now that's weird, because every time I go to Cardiff to visit the offspring we seem to have gorgeous weather down at the bay.

But it seems that whatever the weather, it's still photogenic.

[jenny_evergreen]

That's a fantastic rainbow shot. How odd to think of you being right there at that thing I see on Torchwood all the time! *laugh*
I don't get out much. :P I love the building with the clock tower in the first photo, but I would. Cardiff looks nifty, if damp. I wish I could wear contacts, then I wouldn't care about the rain...

[oakmouse]

I adore the red building. I also love the way you balanced it in the composition with the pier and the yellow boat.

The monolith is conceptually interesting, but it's an example of the sort of art that obviously was designed using a diorama. It would look much more impressive as a two-inch-high mock-up than it does in real life. The photo is great, though.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Those are great photos! I wish you knew what the last picture might be. Was it a sculpture?

[goddlefrood.livejournal.com]

It's changed a bit since I was last there by the looks of it. We used to go across to Cardiff infrequently (or at least I think we did) when we lived in Bristol. I left Bristol when I was 7, so could be wrong. I do recognise it from Doctor Who. I've only seen the first new series with Chris Eccleston so far, but will track down the other series eventually. One of the pirates out here's bound to have it.

[momof2girls.livejournal.com]

Lovely rainbow picture! And is the flat thing in the last picture a building or a solar panel? I can't tell.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

As always, amazing shots.