The Black Mountain Lime Kilns (Herbert's Quarry)

Visit Date: April 2021.Today's post is based on an area that, despite being only an hour away, I did not know even existed until a few weeks before my visit.My visit was inside the Brecon Beacons National park, an area preserved and rightly praised for its outstanding natural beauty.However, I was happy to learn that the relics of the heavy industries in the area are also prized and one of these is...

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The Porthcawl Ukulele Bandits

 Visit Date: July 2019The "Players here are the "The Porthcawl Ukulele Bandits""The Porthcawl Ukulele Bandits is a tight 6-piece performing band which features harmony, backing vocals and additional instruments like bass, cajon percussion, melodica, accordion, mouth organ and mandolin (Taken from their publication)They certainly have a most unique sound with unusual renditions of well-known ...

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Memories, a photowalk into the past.

 Visit Date August 2020: .Almost 20 years ago I moved away from the small mining village where I spent most of my life growing up and raising my family. For some time now I have been wanting to go back and revisit some of the places I remember. A few weeks ago I decided that the time had come and I would like to go on a walk that I did many times while growing up to see what had changed in the...

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Maen Ceti (Arthur's Stone)

 Visit Date February 2019: .Many ancient monuments have the name "Arthur's Stone, but this dolmen situated in the centre of the Gower peninsula in South Wales is mounted on top of what is a small mountain and is overlooking the mouth of the River Loughor and onto Carmarthen Bay.This Neolithic burial site is known locally as Maen Ceti or the Stone of Ceti.The Site dates back at least to 2500 BC...

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East Orchard Castle.

 Visit Date 05-2022.St. Athen in South Wales in recent times has been known for the RAF base here where the RAF’s non-aircraft, ground engineering technicians were and still are trained.The Station officially opened as RAF St. Athan on 1 September 1938.More recently, St. Athen has become base for the manufacture of the high-class Aston Martin SUV. Conversion of the three super hangars have been...

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