I love going home!

I love going home. Home in this context is always the part of the world in which I grew up around Aberaeron in Mid-Wales. The moment that I drive over the mountain near home and catch my first sight of the sea in Cardigan Bay is one which never fails to bring me a deep sense of contentment. Of course, I have to treasure all of these moments now, as it won’t be long before my parents move house and I can’t go back so often. I have been back for a visit this week just gone, and took the pictures in this entry. The one above is of the breakwater outside Aberaeron Harbour. It gives the misleading impression that we have a sandy beach. Unfortunately this is the only patch of sand in sight amongst the pebbles, although there are gorgeous beaches a couple of miles down the coast at New Quay.

This picture shows the outer harbour, and I took it more for the interesting sky than the actual harbour, which I prefer when it’s at high tide with all the boats bobbing away!

And finally I zoomed in a bit for this one, so that you could see three places which are important to me. Firstly, my school, which is the range of buildings on the hill overlooking the town. Imagine the potential in the views for disrupting my concentration (which happened often!). Secondly, the cream coloured house which is at the far end of the terrace on the left of the picture houses Evans and Davies Solicitors, which is where I got my ambition to go to Cardiff Law School and study for my degree in Law. Finally, and some may say most importantly, the single storey building next to the office I used to work in is home to honey ice cream, which, once you have tried it, puts Mr Whippy ice cream in the shade forever. There’s really no going back!! A trip home just isn’t complete unless we’ve had a quick drive down the road to have a honey ice cream by the quayside!