I grew up in Cardiff until I was almost 17 years old when I started travelling
in a band, finally I moved over to Holland and was later joined by my Cardiff
friends Steve Phillips and Ian Moffatt. . This song is one of my more recent compositions and was written to describe
my memories of Cardiff and my time growing up there.
As a young kid I was in the Church Choir at St.Annes Church in Roath, where
I later played the organ as I stand in for the organ master Paul Hallot.
Although I was not a religious person, I still have fond memories of that
period.
Later I attended Howardian High School and as I grew more into my mid-teens,
I found myself hanging out in Roath Park Lake area in the evenings and
participating in various kinds of distructive activities that bored children
get up to; like occasionally throwing stones at the greenhouses etc
I haven't been back to Cardiff for about 12 years, so this song was intended
to jog my memory of that City. Recently I did visit Cardiff virtually via
Google Earth, and was suprised how clear the resolution was for the Cardiff
area. The lighthouse in Roath Park Lake is easily recognizable. A good
tip for all those ex-pats out there!