Cardiff Bay Revisited

The day dawned brighter and clearer than in the whole of August, a month now nearly at its end. We fed on breakfast of toast and marmalade and the starlings outside fed on whatever it is that communally excites them. We set off for Cardiff with my aunt and had a very pleasant drive. Our timing was such that we would beat the worst of the bank holiday crowds in (and out). The Mermaid Quay car park had plenty of spaces and Cardiff Bay was understandably busy.
I don’t much care for fairs and craft markets but they were an inevitable part of the weekend. Crowded though it was, it was all at least as pleasant as last time and I was pleased to be back. We saw an extremely interesting short film show in the Pierhead Building and looked around before boarding the boat ‘Cygnet’ of Cardiff Waterbus for an excellent 30 minute trip round Cardiff Bay via a short stop at the barrage. There were lots of photographs to be taken although, with the motion of the boat, some verticals were difficult to maintain. I was very pleased with the results. We had lunch in Bosphorus and service was much better than on our last, evening visit. Mixed cold and hot meze were excellent and eating outside extremely pleasant although it did get pretty cool out of the sunshine. We left long before the crowds and had an uneventful journey back. In the evening we ate at The Three Crowns, Brinkworth, reviewed separately.