Cwmtwrch & Ystalyfera
A walk around Cwmtwrch & Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK.
Distance: 1.5 miles. Difficulty: Hard.
Ystalyfera Ironworks. Once the largest in the world.
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Best places to visit
Best places to visit - Ystalyfera (United Kingdom) Best places to visit - Slideshows from all over the world - City trips, nature pictures, etc.
Brecon Railway (Coelbren - Pontardawe)
A walk along the Brecon Railway, Coelbren, South Wales, UK.
Distance: 10 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
This includes the following walks of:-
Coelbren - Penrhos. Distance: 2.5 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
Penrhos - Ystradgynlais. Distance: 1.5 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
Ystradgynlais - Ystalyfera. Distance: 2.5 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
Ystalyfera - Godre'r Graig. Distance: 1.5 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
Godre'r Graig - Pontardawe. Distance: 2.5 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
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Aberdulais Falls & Tin Works, Swansea, Wales
The beautiful waterfalls that was once the heart of Industrial Revolution. It houses the largest electricity producing Waterwheel in Europe, and it is still functional.
Barry Railway, big changes at the Waterfront 2021v2013
Major improvements at the Waterfront; carriages changed into retail units selling food, gifts and fashion. New offices and residential premises too.
Ride with us in 73113 in 2013, and brake van behind steam loco, from Chepstow originally built in 1918, in 2021 across to the Island and down to the Waterfront. Memories of Barry Box are included too.
Tennant Canal (Jersey Marine - Swansea)
A walk along the Tennant Canal, Jersey Marine, South Wales, UK.
Distance: 3 miles. Difficulty: Easy.
Audiotrail available. Search internet for 'Alfred Russel Wallace Trail' on the npt.gov.uk site.
Book: 'Song of the Earth' by Alexander Cordell.
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My Epic 7½ Hour Rail Journey into the Heart of Wales - then Back!
My gentle trip into Wales and back was actually an epic train journey that lasted almost 8 hours, followed by some suitably epic scenery in stunning Powys as we drive back home! Join me for a vehicle collection caper to Llangammarch Wells, in Powys, Wales, and marvel at how I manage to mis-pronounce the name throughout the entirety of the video (my apologies to all Welsh speakers). My name's Chris and I'm a Trade Plate Driver for TMC Motors in Hampshire. Join me for a train journey and a road trip back out the other side!
Nevern - brief introduction.
A short introduction to the Village of Nevern in north Pembrokeshire.
Inside of Gwithian Methodist Chapel
You might remember that I came to Gwithian Methodist Chapel and found it locked so I took a video of the outside. Today it was open so I took a video of the inside of the only thatched chapel left in the UK. This video is of Gwithian Methodist chapel at Gwithian, near Hayle, Cornwall, UK.
A Walk About On Cefn Bryn On Gower
Thought I take you on a little Walk on Cefn Bryn which is the highest point on Gower, you can see for miles here with some nice views.
My Dog Maisie Came Too!
Also some video Slides of Walk I took.
Enjoy And Thanks For Watching!
Cheers
Rob
Wales Coast Path | Barry to Cardiff
Tribute Pontardawe miners 16th September 2011 Taster video.
This is the taster video to the video on its way.
On the Sixteenth of September 2011, four mens bodies were recovered from the Gleision mine in Pontardawe in the South of Wales. This is a video to show personal support to them.
Brecon Beacons (Gold Duke of Edinburgh)
Filmed over 4 days and 85km, walking west to east across the Brecon Beacons.
Cycling home from London - Trailer
On the 14th July 2014 I am cycling home from London (London to Swansea) and I am planning on documenting it for an online travel doc, here is the trailer so you know what to expect
Local Lockdown Epic Hike - Hot Tent Winter Camping Solo UK
We are confined to a local area lockdown. I decided to see what Neath Port Talbot has to offer and take an epic hike of 20 miles. I take my new Pomoly T1 mini to use solo camping in the hot tent. With Winter approaching it's the perfect time to get in the hot tent! I made a fir branch and moss bed which ended up being pretty comfy. Enjoy this video of my night out solo hot tent Winter camping.
The route took me from Ystalyfera over Farteg Hill, through Crynant up Penybegwyn where I camped for the night. The next morning I carried on through Resolven into Tir Coed Forest where I stumbled upon an incredible gorge. I followed the woods and it opened up to Melin Court Brook. I had a look at Llwyncoedwr Mine, climbed up Cefn Mawr and walked past the giant windmills. I trekked through the extensive Afan Forest and ended up at the Bike Skills Park.
🎒Recommended kit lists:
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tent:
Onetigris Iron Wall Tent -
Pomoly T1 Mini -
chopping:
Bahco Laplander saw -
Hultafors Agdor Axe
filming:
DJI Osmo Pocket -
Huawei P30 -
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Chapters:
Intro 0:00
Farteg Hill 0:50
Crynant 2:40
Potential Camp Spot 3:39
Camping Site 4:54
Fit for a Bear 5:23
Stove Setup 5:47
Time for Tea 7:04
Finding Water 7:54
Toasty Hot 8:34
Early Morning 9:27
Descending the Hill 11:04
Tir Coed Forest 11:54
Gorge Walking 13:35
Giant Bog 15:37
Lost Something 16:25
Llwyncoedwr Mine 17:04
Cefn Mawr Windmills 18:17
Canned Dinner 18:41
Afan Forest 19:01
Finish Line 19:32
#epichike #hottentwintercamping #solocamping
GoPro: Hiking Through Afon Twrch
The third video of our GoPro series. Me, André and Tino hiking and wading through the rapids and waterfalls of Afon Twrch in Llanuwchllyn, Wales. Take a few minutes of your time and enjoy a beautiful landscape and have fun watching us messing about in the river. Recording was entirely done by André this time so he's barely visible in this video.
South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
South Wales is that region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.2 million people and includes the capital city of Cardiff (population approximately 350,000), as well as Swansea and Newport, with populations approximately 170,000 and 150,000, respectively. It contains about three-quarters of the Welsh population. The Brecon Beacons national park covers about a third of South Wales, containing Pen y Fan, the highest mountain south of Snowdonia. The extent of the region is loosely defined, but it is generally considered to be the area surrounding the M4 motorway, including the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire and sometimes extending westwards to include Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. In the western extent, from Swansea westwards, local people would probably recognise that they lived in both South Wales and in West Wales there is considerable overlap in these somewhat artificial boundaries. Areas to the north of the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains are generally considered part of Mid Wales. The language of the majority of people in South Wales is English, but there are also many who speak Welsh. In western parts of Glamorgan, particularly the Neath and Swansea Valleys, there remain significant Welsh-speaking communities such as Ystradgynlais and Ystalyfera, which share a heritage with the fellow ex-anthracite mining areas of eastern Carmarthenshire, as much as with the Glamorgan valleys. The local slang, dialect and phrases of the South Wales Valleys communities have been referred to as 'Wenglish', and are often used with comic effect. The dialect is found also in such coastal towns as Barry, as featured in the BBC hit comedy series Gavin and Stacey. Compared with such regional English dialects as those of Yorkshire, the local speech seems to be very little studied or appreciated. Welsh is now a compulsory language up to GCSE level for all students who start their education in Wales. This has meant that the strength of the language, as a second language, has increased considerably in the last twenty years. Several secondary schools offering Welsh medium education operate in this area, for example Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Pontyclun, Ysgol Gyfun Y Cymmer in Porth in the Rhondda, Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in Penywaun in the Cynon Valley, Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni in Blackwood, Ysgol Gymraeg Plasmawr in Cardiff and Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg in Church Village. A significant number of people from ethnic minority communities speak another language as their first language, particularly in Cardiff and Newport. Commonly spoken languages in some areas include Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic, Somali and Chinese, and increasingly Central European languages such as Polish. The traditional pastimes of the area include rugby and music. Today music ranges from the traditional Welsh Male Voice choirs of the Valleys such as Treorchy Male Choir to the South Wales hardcore scene which plays a dominant role in the Cardiff music scene. Bands such as Lostprophets, Bullet for My Valentine, Feeder, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Funeral for a Friend, The Automatic, Skindred, Foreign Legion, Kids In Glass Houses, The Blackout and Man Without Country all come from the South Wales area. In the 19th and early 20th centuries there was a vigorous literary and musical culture centred round eisteddfodau. Despite a few timid attempts to emulate this literature in English, it can be argued that few writers seem to connect with either the landscape or the literary tradition. The one exception, to some extent, can be considered to be Dylan Thomas. The South Wales Valleys and upland mountain ridges were once a very rural area of great natural beauty, noted for its river valleys and ancient forests and lauded by romantic poets such as William Wordsworth as well as poets in the Welsh language, although the interests of the latter lay more in society and culture than in the evocation of natural scenery. This natural beauty changed to a considerable extent during the early Industrial Revolution when the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire valley areas were exploited for coal and iron. By the 1830s, hundreds of tons of coal were being transported by barge to ports in Cardiff and Newport. In the 1870s, coal was transported by railway networks to Newport Docks, at the time the largest coal exporting docks in the world, and by the 1880s coal was being exported from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Marquess of Bute, who owned much of the land north of Cardiff, built a steam railway system on his land that stretched from Cardiff into many of the South Wales Valleys where the coal was being found. Lord Bute then charged taxes per ton of coal that was transported out using his railways.
Briton Ferry to Aberdulais and back via Neath Canal
Filmed with Gopro hero 3 black, 1080p, 60fps, wide,
Playback speed 2x
Cwmgors to Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen along the old railway track (South West Wales)
Afternoon walk along the recently cleared section of the old railway track between Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Pontardawe, South Wales