Being in Portugal for Euro 2016 Part II: The Final, Portugal vs France
Being in Portugal for Euro 2016 Part I: A Welshman in Lisbon for Portugal vs Wales, the Semi Final.
Six months ago I booked tickets to the NOS Alive festival Lisbon for July, and I'd scheduled it so we'd arrive in Lisbon a day early so we could actually see some of the city before the festival started. As it turned out Wales, incredibly, had got through to the Euro 2016 semi-final! And it would take place on our first night in Lisbon... against, you guessed it, Portugal! I could not have planned it any better if I'd tried...
Rest Bay, Porthcawl - Giant waves, an amazing sunset, and a f***ing parking fine...
A couple of weeks ago we went down Rest Bay, Porthcawl late in the evening just before the sun went down. We got down there at 19:30, just in time as the car park closed at 20:00, so it was completely empty with not another in sight. We went for a quick stroll along the coastline and I managed to grab a few cool shots of the MASSIVE waves crashing against the rocks, and the last few minutes of the awesome South Wales sunset. It was absolutely freezing, especially when we got soaked after getting a bit too close to the waves, and then as we were running back to the car we could see it... a f***ing parking ticket...
Something something don't go chasing waterfalls something something...
A couple of weeks ago we went for a trek to Pontneddfechan Waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons. Not only was it the first time I'd been there since I was a kid, it was the first real chance I'd had to properly use my GorillaPod tripod, meaning I could try out some cool long exposure shots of the waterfalls.
