Boxing Day was a stunner! Blue skies and unseasonally warm. We fancied a walk so went to Swansea in south-west Wales (now part of The Swansea Bay City Region) where we walked from the east of the city, westwards along the coast to The Mumbles. About 14 miles there and back. Swansea has been extensively modernised in recent years, and looks like a great place to live. Whether an economy can be sustained by rising property prices and relentless retail parks, rather than the “old” industries, remains to be seen. The rest of the UK has thought so ever since the ‘eighties, why shouldn’t Swansea join in?

The Norwegian seamen’s church, Swansea.

Swansea Bay.