Ogmore-by-Sea
(1960 AD)
white stone its castle
tumbled into ruin
stones in the river bed
mirrored its image
wind-broken ripples
picture fragmented
mud flats and rocks
stretch out horizontal
distant the sea
Severn mud an obstacle
no swimmers out there
where tides twist and pull
rock bathing instead
wind-whipped bare bodies
blasted with sand
skimpy the clothing
bikinis and pants
intrepid the wearers
breathless young girls
Welsh voices on the wind
always the wind
across rock across mud
dinosaurs walked here
left tracks in that mud
metamorphosed now
into fossil and rock
breeze tickles the nostrils
gulls batter the ears
salt stings the tongue
life on the margin
a bargain a gift
sweet in my memory
her kiss on my lips
Comment: I have no pictures of Ogmore (except in my mind). You’ll have to make do with St. Andrews, also by the sea. My thanks go out to David Watts for reminding me of my childhood in Wales. So many memories came twitching back. I went regularly to Ogmore with one of my school friends and his family. This was while I was still in the sixth form in school … a long time ago … but I remember it well.
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Ogmore Loved it. I don’t need to say more. Chuck
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You’ll be close by when you are in Cardiff. You’d probably need to hire a car for a day or two though. It’s a beautiful spot. Not as good as the Gower (where I was born).
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Ogmore by Sea I remember it eell you paint an atmospheric picture with words Roger
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Thanks, Fran. I didn’t go there very often when I was younger. Usually with Gareth and his family when I did. Then Birchgrove Harriers had the training camp on the sand dunes close by and we went there more often to train. The wind: that’s what I remember most. Clare, Becky and I went there quite a bit later on when we had a hired car and needed to get away for a day or an afternoon.
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