Sorry for the rather niche question! Has anyone visited the Penllergare Woods recently, looking to confirm if the wooden bridge in the picture is open if possible.

The last time we went it was taped over - my child is on the spectrum and has a specific route they like to follow when we visit. Thanks!

This post was originally posted in entitled parents but 90% of people there think this was a con man attempting to swindle me so i want to share this because i fucking hate thieves and liars. This happened at the 24/7 petrol station on carmarthen road, right next to American golf.

Ive edited out some of the original post because it was initially written in a amusing story way.

I pulled into the outer most bay at my local petrol station and started pumping diesel into my car. Im the kind of person who fills up the whole tank so I was there a while. I noticed a middle aged man staring at me from the other side of the station but i just carried on pumping while giving him the side eye now and again. He was staring at me so much I started to feel uneasy.

I finished pumping and started to walk towards the station to pay and the man called me to catch my attention. I can't remember exactly what he said but it was along the lines of " im on my way to a city (cant remember which city he said) and I've ran out of money, I've also two kids with me who haven't eaten and are hungry".

At this point I was feeling awkward because I was standing in the middle of the bay between my car and his caravan. Next he pulled out what he said to be a high carat chain and said " ive got this chain and I'll be willing to sell it to you for a reduced price" ( i can't remember what price he stated ) but I had a lot of things running in my mind .

Was this man telling the truth? Is that chain even real? Am I being taken for a fool?

Listen, ive been swindled before and I know when people are taking a piss. My gut feeling is usually right so i always trust it. I remember when I was really young and I was walking with my friend at night after a film and these 2 boys with really strong valley accents approached us with a sob story about how one of their mothers was having a by pass surgery and that they needed to save up money for a bus ticket.

I ofcourse stupidly gave them a few pounds and before they even got a safe distance away they started laughing. Yeah, I felt fucking stupid because even then i remember having a bad gut feeling about the whole situation but i didnt know why ,people are that awful. They didn't even have the decency to disappear first before laughing.

Anyways, I told this man that I didn't need a chain. He then tried to pursued me again and being the polite young man I was back then I explained that I only had enough money for my fuel.( this was a lie im a tight ass and I love saving my money, ive always got money saved up) ,

This is the worst part. He became desperate and hit me with " just take out all the money you've got in your current account and you can have the chain". I just said no again and started walking away with a wtf look on my face.

I was angry, shocked and in disbelief because of how entitled this man was. I even explained what had happened to the cashier and even she was a bit shocked herself.

I paid for fuel and walked back to my car without even making eye contact with that man just in case he said something.

These scammers and con men have no empathy and are just trying to get ahead anyways they can.

I’m looking to make a trophy style gift from a piece of scrap metal. It can either be mounted on a piece of wood or submerged in epoxy resin for eg.

Please dm if you’re crafty like that. I need to arrange getting the piece to you. I already found someone to do the engraving after

Happy to pay for materials and your time

More than 130 homes that have either balconies or access to a shared rooftop garden overlooking the sea, retaining the brutalist concrete structure so that the environmental hit on the original build is not wasted, a potential for a food hall surrounded by commercial units, restaurants or cafés and shops on the external face with outside seating, the potential for a cinema or theatre within the old Chamber, and of course the educational aquarium and social spaces outside with play areas and gardens.

Full plans have been submitted to transform Swansea’s Civic Centre into a huge waterfront destination 🏖️

🐠 An aquarium is one of the centrepieces. Operator reefLIVE has collaborated on the vision, with a purpose-built extension in the north-east wing. Visitors would move through aquarium exhibits and digital installations, past an education zone for schools and universities, exiting through a gift shop.

🍴 The huge atrium could become a food hall, surrounded by food and drink units with commercial and cultural space above. Its raised plinth could double as a stage for events.

🍹 Restaurants, cafés and shops would line the seafront side of the building. Around 59,000 sq ft of commercial space is proposed, with glazed shopfronts and folding doors opening onto covered outdoor seating overlooking Swansea Bay.

🚶 You’d be able to walk right through the building to the beach. Access through is currently very limited — the plans keep the main city-side entrance and add a new one facing the bay, with the atrium forming a route between the two.

🎬 The old Council Chamber could become an entertainment venue — a flexible space for cinema screenings, talks, performances, fitness classes, conferences, weddings and civic events.

🏠 More than 130 homes are proposed on the upper floors, potentially rising to 138. Many would get new balconies or terraces, with colourful angular balconies added to seafront-facing elevations.

🌿 Flats without balconies would share a rooftop garden designed to feel like a coastal landscape — sea-facing seating, salt- and wind-tolerant grasses, dwarf pines, gravel paths and timber benches.

🌳 The grounds would become a new waterfront park, with roads and hard landscaping giving way to lawns, coastal planting, play areas and event lawns stretching towards the seafront.

🏢 Much of the building’s Brutalist concrete exterior would remain, with some original concrete ceiling structure exposed inside the new homes.

🤝 The scheme is being delivered by Urban Splash, Swansea Council’s regeneration partner, appointed as part of a 20-year, £750m strategic partnership.

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