And it was a real delight to meet up with family. Around the time this picture was taken a horde of mosquitoes were also having a lot of fun.
We went to the village of Cortina where there was a grand thunderclap.
It could have given Noah flashbacks.
Fascinatingly, the great Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins had an art exhibition around the corner. This is one of his rather fine paintings of Margam.
It then got very hot indeed. Enough to make a chilli melt.
In such moments there is nothing to do but experiment with beverages the colour of Jupiter.
When the days are scorching, the evening becomes a moment of clarity when it's possible to think and see straight. During such a moment we had an encounter with a ridiculously friendly sheepdog.
What you cannot tell from this photograph is that the man below is riding rollerblades.
Ah, it was lovely to loll for a few days, catch up, eat, life, walk and swim.
But I've never been able to cope with the speed at which hellos become goodbyes.
However, through a happy coincidence, Ru and Heather would be in Cardiff the very next weekend to investigate a strange contraption which had landed in the Millennium Stadium.
An atmosphere of uncertain anticipation crackled as the realisation dawned that this thing was about to spring into life.
The sky darkened, a David Bowie track played, and then...
Boom!
In a world in which rock and roll exists, it is a happy surprise that the most ubiquitous example of the genre consists of four men who recognise that joy beats at the heart of the universe. Magnificent.
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You got a very good view of the stage. I'm still glad I was able to grab myself a seat at the side, though - I don't think I'd have survived long standing in that crowd.
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