My walk this week was through three different Swansea parks – it was a very pleasant walk but one which started with something of a challenge to my patience when it comes to park keeping!
St James’ Park is small but has a wonderful collection of trees, some of which are truly majestic in stature. It is a wonderful environmental oasis in an urban setting which naturally has a regular deposit of leaves and pine needles on the ground. And this is where my patience was tested – not by the leaves but by the park keeper using a leaf blower to clear them. I say “clear”, but really, that is a joke. I find the noise pollution alone is enough to set me ranting.
So please excuse my opening to this post and enjoy the dulcet tones of the leaf blower with a brief scan of the St James’ Park and then move quickly on to the preferable sounds of the birds, children playing and adults walking in Brynmill and Singleton Parks.
![St James' Park](https://i1.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-1.jpg?ssl=1)
![Bark in perspective](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-6.jpg?ssl=1)
![Bark texture](https://i2.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-5.jpg?ssl=1)
![Bark patterns](https://i1.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-4.jpg?ssl=1)
![Moss and tree](https://i1.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-3.jpg?ssl=1)
![Moss on stump](https://i2.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-2.jpg?ssl=1)
![more perspective](https://i2.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-7.jpg?ssl=1)
![tree girth](https://i2.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-8.jpg?ssl=1)
![Brynmill reeds](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-9.jpg?ssl=1)
![Brynmill bullrushes](https://i1.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Swansea-Parks-10.jpg?ssl=1)