Aberystwyth, a coastal town
The night before my last day, before I said goodbye to the sea, the town, and the people, I found myself lost on a hill, looking down onto the town, the sea, the train station, and the houses. It was then I realised that the scenery was twice as large, twice as wide, and twice as far as I remember it being. Only to realise that I may have known, wondered, and investigated Aber for many years, I could never see it all.
The Sunsets (Above)
The sunsets in Aberystwyth are spectacular, even before you add in the pier and the nesting sparrows.
The Starlings (Below)
The starlings in their own right are worth visiting in Aberystwyth alone, look at the starlings in the images below, as they fly into land under the pier for proof of what I mean.
The Seafront
Sculpted by rough seas, surrounded by hills that are in some parts verging on mountainous terrain and filled for the most part with small rustic houses, making Aberystwyth a very enchanting place to live.
The Storms and Their Waves
The rough waves in Aber normally bury the seafront in the sand, often about a foot high, sometimes more. It is no exaggeration to say that some waves are twice the height of the tallest person, and photographing them can easily become a very wet business.
One of Aber's Many Nighttime Views That Inspired Me to Write: "Aberystwyth, a Coastal Town"
The nighttime view below was captured on top of Constitution Hill two nights before the one that inspired me to write "Aberystwyth, a Coastal Town". The view was from Aberystwyth's main hill, the same hill that Aberystwyth University and the National Library of Wales sit. It would be no exaggeration to say you would need the widest of wide-angle lenses to capture it
or sailing alone?
