Amelia Earhart and Burry Port

Today finally I had the chance to get out and about with my camera.
I went an hour west down the coast to a small town called Burry Port.
I have passed this place many times in the past and not stopped, something I now regret.

 
It is a lovely little town and I will certainly visit again soon.

 
On the harbourside, there was this old Buoy and I was interested to read the story behind it.

 
It seems that on June 17th 1928 Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland and on June 18th, exactly 20 hours and 40 minutes later she landed here in this small Welsh port in a type of seaplane known as a floatplane. This made her the first woman to be flown across the Atlantic.

 
 

 

This is the Buoy that her seaplane named Friendship was moored to.

 
Being interviewed post landing Amelia said "Shultz did all the flying, had to. I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes" she added "maybe someday I'll try it alone", a feat, of course, she later completed.

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Japanese Bridge

 It's been a funny sort of a weekend with the weather changing rapidly.
It has been changing from bright sunshine to pouring rain in just a few minutes.
Taking walks have been something of a chore but this afternoon I went out to a local nature park and took this image of a bridge in the Japanese garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-Res Image

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The surprising Science of happiness

 Today I watched, once again, the TED TALKS called "The surprising science of happiness" by Dan Gilbert.
If you have not seen this, and have 20 minutes free, I recommend you take a look at this.
I find Dan's delivery great, despite the fact he talks too quickly.
Straight out of the gate he is interesting and lighthearted and informative.
 A really enjoyable 

 

TED TALKS: The surprising science of happiness

 

If you find yourself enjoying this then stop by his other TED TALK "Why we make bad decisions" his insight once again will get you thinking especially about the trying to work out "value"

 

Pay special attention to the Holiday Offer, and the theatre ticket. Fascinating!

 

 TED TALKS : why we make bad decisions 

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Kenfig Castle

 
A few weeks ago I took a walk to see the ruins of Kenfig Castle.
A more disappointing "ruin" it would be difficult to imagine. There is little left now of the castle other than the top of what's left of the keep showing out of the surrounding vegetation. Because it was a warm summer evening it was very pleasant to be there but the conditions were not right for photography with the sun at a poor angle and the place is overgrown.

I will go back there sometime soon and hope to get better shots.

 I uploaded some images and some of the history of the castle to my "Photoblog"

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First Post

Hello, 

This is my first blog post here.
I thought I would just set out what I will be initially be using this blog for.
Generally, I wanted a blog to bring together my other online content.
My main interest is photography. I am an amateur photographer and I am passionate about photography. I post images to various platforms including Instagram and Youtube but I currently have two favourite places to post images there are Clickasnap and Photoblog.
I use "Clickasnap " more for single images and "Photoblog" for more story-based images (like a blog I guess).
Any updates will be posted here and that is the initial primary reason for having this blog.
I guess anything else I see on-line of interest I will also post.
In time perhaps I will expand on this but for now that's it!

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