Seeing, not slaughtering
| 13:37 UK time, Monday, 30 June 2008
Next task we head for Oxwich Bay in the Gower to do some rock pooling.
This is my sort of thing. As a kid I would fish for crabs. I even went out in the Oxwich area many moons ago with a crab hook - which sounds as nasty as it was - but we were eating the crabs.
Sadly this is more of my iffy childhood victimisation of the wildlife of Wales :0(
We were soon out turning rocks at a dramatic rate but this time I was interested in seeing and not slaughtering. I followed the Seashore Code and loved every second.
I even enjoyed the bit when I fell on the seaweed, like a sack of spuds. It was lucky I had LOADS of padding in the backside region, so no damage ;0)
I had never seen a live starfish but I have now seen 100s. FANTASTIC. This included one larger specimen about 6 inches in size.
We saw lots of crabs including 3 red-eyed "devils" - velvet shore crabs - vicious blighters. One took a nip at Iolo and drew blood. I was sure they were out for revenge for my past indiscretions :0(
The pools were crammed with all sorts of seashore stuff and to be honest I could have carried on for hours.
But this was not universally agreed, as Julie disappeared to sunbathe and the other group of three seemed to have a bit of a falling out - such is life.
I will return here - with Lucy, Ben and Emma. Beautiful place with fantastic rock pools.
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