It traditionally rains for a large chunk of the summer in Cardiff (at least that’s how it’s always seemed to me!), but the downpour over the August Bank Holiday seemed a particularly Biblical affair.
The fine streets of the Welsh capital were drenched all day long, with very few shoppers braving the rain-lashed streets.
By the Old Library.
You can just make out the weather forecast on the big video screen by the St David’s Centre.
It says: ‘Heavy Rain Shower.’
Fighting the gusts by the City Hall.
Man with umbrella in Queen Street.
St Mary Street in the rain.
By Cardiff Castle.
A discarded umbrella that failed to last the storm.
A near-deserted Queen Street.
A rain-soaked ‘Miner’ sculpture by Welsh artist Robert Thomas on Queen Street.
Heading home to Queen Street station.
More photos of Cardiff and south Wales here.
Related posts:
Photos of Cardiff Central Market, a Victorian indoor market in the Castle Quarter, Wales
Cardiff photos – chip alley, Alliance sculpture, National Museum and more rain
Don’t let them turn the August Bank Holiday Monday into Margaret bloody Thatcher Day
A walk up Caerphilly Mountain, north Cardiff, south Wales
A walk around Bute Park, in the former grounds of Cardiff Castle, south Wales
Forgotten railways of south Wales: the south-west breakwater at the entrance to Barry Docks revisited
A celebration of Kellys Records in Cardiff Central Market, south Wales
Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015
Great photos that capture THE familiar sight of the summer (brollies). The small viewing stand in the Hayes spent a good peiriod of time with little puddles on the seats:
http://cyclestuff.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/summer-of-sport-bring-a-brolly-take-a-pew/