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It had been almost fifty years since I last visited Saundersfoot on the Pembrokeshire coast, on a family holiday back in the 60s with my parents and little sister.
So while my wife Liz and I were enjoying a mini-break in Pembrokeshire, staying at Solva and exploring the beauties of the National Park, I made sure that a day trip back to Saundersfoot was on the agenda.
The day we chose for our excursion was just fantastic, with unseaonably warm and sunny weather for late October that had us ditching our foul weather gear in favour of T shirts, and in the end we spent the whole day mooching around this lovely seaside town.
Nothing much seemed to have changed from my vague childhood memories, with acres of golden sand gently sloping down to an azure sea, so shallow that you could paddle out for ages without the water coming over your knees.
Unfortuately paddling wasn't on our agenda, but we did enjoy a long walk from the harbour at the south end of the bay, along the firm wave washed sand and then the recently created coastal path, all the way to the aptly named Pleasant Valley to the north.
Of course I was carrying my camera with me, polarising filter fitted to make the most of those lovely seaside colours, recording the scenery as we ambled along.
This is the view looking back south from about halfway through our walk, with the afternoon sun shining brightly above the tide washed sand.
Filename - saundersfoot beach 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure - 1/80 sec @ f22, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to remove glare and enhance colours.
Location - Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
Comments - Hand held exposure using lens stabilisation
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