Finding peace in a storm

Have you ever sat on a beach and surveyed all that is around you – the magnificence, the perfection, the power?
I did so just a few days ago during a short break on the Gower Peninsula. For those who don't know this place of beauty and tranquillity, it can be found between Swansea and Llanelli.

My wife and I chose to visit the area on the day a red weather warning was issued across the southwest. And The Mumbles, where we were staying, was slap bang in the centre of what the Met Office was predicting would be a storm with the potential to affect life!

Affect me, it most certainly did. But rather than be battered by 88 mph winds and waves the size of houses, my wife and I enjoyed a leisurely lunch overlooking a glorious part of the coast called Langland Bay, which was cloaked in blue skies and a lot of sunshine.
A PLACE OF RENEWAL: Langland Bay in The Mumbles was largely unaffected by Storm Eunice.
As I admired the expanse of golden sands and, admittedly, some choppy waves (...