Walk 14 - 18th February 2013 - Barry Island (Glamorgan, Wales) to Cardiff (Glamorgan, Wales)

Our first walk of the new year and we were blessed with blue skies and fabulous sunshine. We drove from Gloucester to Cardiff and caught a train to Barry Island the start of our walk.

Above left, Andrea at Barry Island train station.

Left, Julie at Barry Island train station.















Looking towards Whitmore Bay. 









  Looking towards Whitmore Bay.









Our walk took us back across the road/rail bridge, over which we had traveled on the train, just a short while earlier. 








Looking across Barry Harbour, to Watch House Bay in the far distance.











The old sign welcoming travelers to Barry island.

















Patterns in the sand of Barry Harbour.










Barry Waterfront.









The brand new Premier Inn, at The Innovation Quarter, Barry Water front. The building is one of the greenest and most energy efficient in South Wales. 








Our walk continued past Barry power station. 












Left, Julie walking along a short section of footpath, at the end of which we emerged on to the banks of the mouth of the River Severn. 


















The rocky foreshore of the river. 











The symbol of the Wales Coast Path, which will be our constant companion and guide over many more walks in Wales. 









 Looking along the shore to Sully Bay and Sully 
Island.  It's causeway submerged by the river.




























Looking back towards the factory chimneys of Barry, from Sully.












The Captian's Wife Inn at Swanbridge.

 Looking along the coast from Lavernock Point.

From our lunch time resting place, Lavernock Point, looking towards the Marconi Holiday Village.

Lunch at Lavernock Point's Gun Battery.

Beautiful primroses growing on the side of our path.

St Lawrence Church at Lavernock. Possibly 12th century in origin.

A plaque on the wall of St Lawrence Church commemorating the work of Italian born and British based Guglielmo Marconi. Assisted by George Kemp (who was a Cardiff based post office engineer), Marconi transmitted and received the first wireless signals over open sea between Lavernock Point and Flat Holm Island on 13th May 1897.  

 Approaching Penarth.

The pier at Penarth.

 The old custom house - now a swanky restaurant by Cardiff Bay Barrage.

A peice of artwork (a mermaid we think) on a roundabout on the approach to Cardiff Bay Barrage.

Cardiff Bay from the barrage.

The Norwegian Church across the water. Now a cafe, the writer Roald Dahl was baptized here.

A close up of this lovely church.

Looking towards the Wales Millennium Centre and the red brick Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay.

 Part of the Wales Millennium Centre.

Columns at the front of the Millennium marking the end of our walk. A short stroll to the car park and a drive back to Gloucester.