![]() Sure, it transformed a rather putrid-smelling area of mudflats surrounded by general neglect into the architectural poster for 21st-century Wales, but it did so swamped in environmental controversy (the waterbirds that once frequented the mudflats no longer do) and the transformation that did happen was not the most sensitive (it regrettably prioritised bland international chains over local, independent Welsh businesses). In such a quest the other week, trying to balance the intrepid with the infantile, we came upon a different side to Cardiff Bay: beyond – thankfully – the flashy buildings and big-chain eateries.Ĭardiff Bay might be the oddest, most contentious and locally least-loved of any waterfront development in Britain. The switch to watching out for the pushchair-friendly path or place with run-around space and a playground, the change in perspective from anything goes to only certain things go… many readers will know exactly what we mean. As travellers long accustomed to going so wildly off-piste the piste can no longer be seen, reaching this point was a pretty significant epiphany. ![]() ![]() We admit it: a point comes when, as new parents, you start looking at undertaking not just the truly hardcore adventures that were once your raison d’être but also the activities that will be enjoyable and easy to do for the little one(s) in your life. ![]()
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