Swansea Jack.

Visit Date 05-2022. .Today's blog was inspired after my walk took me along the seafront at Swansea when I came upon a monument to one of Swansea's greatest lifesavers and perhaps a story not known to many.I suspect that if you were to ask anybody in Wales to name the most famous dog (Movies excluded) I suspect they would answer Gelert.The reason for this is that the story is of a dog that is buried...

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Monknash Rocket House

Visit Date: April 2022. For today's blog, I am visiting another South Wales coastal bay at Monknash in the Vale of Glamorgan.Monknash bay or beach is at the coastal end of a small valley called Cwm Nash.The reason I have visited here this time is not for the breathtaking coast and cliff but for this small building high on the cliffs.This is a Coastguard Rocket Station.This is an early example of...

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The Monks Bath (Ffynnon Gyffyr)

 Visit Date September 2020. Todays post it the final part of three linked posts from the area of Margam is South Wales.Known locally as "The Monks Bath" this ancient building has the name Ffynnon Gyffyr which seems a little vague. It is also known as the Spring well or the Medicinal Well.The date of construction is thought to stretch back to the 12 or 13th century.It is very close to the...

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Capel Mair ar y Bryn

 Visit Date: September and November 2020 . Capel Mair ar y Bryn (The chapel of St Mary on the hill) has been known by many other names over the years such as the Cryke Chaple, Hen Egwlys and just plain Capel Mair, the place of worship, established circa 1470 was built by the monks of Margam and dedicated to St Mary, for the benefit of local peasants who did not have the right to worship...

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Margam Radar Station.

 Visit Date 04-2022. .Overlooking the Bristol Channel from high above Port Talbot, I visited the remains of the Margam Radar Station.The station is a Chain Home Low Radar Station. The original Chain Home Radar system was developed to detect enemy aircraft, but whilst it was extremely effective at identifying aeroplanes at a distance and flying at high altitudes, it could not see them when they...

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A Short Visit to Laugharne

 Visit Date: March 2022. . For today's post, I visit the small beautiful coastal village of Laugharne.The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116.The River Tâf (Welsh: Afon Tâf) rises in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, and continues through Carmarthenshire to Laugharne. It is one of the three rivers to enter the sea on the east side of Carmarthen...

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