Outside and in [2]

Outside the library and looking out.  I wonder if Lady in Red was playing anywhere??

Inside and out

The graduation ceremony was being held inside but this graduate need some fresh air.

Maerdy Colliery

The last tram of coal...I wonder if this really is the last one, as I have seen this written on trams in other places.  This one is in the Rhondda Heritage Park.....so it must be true.!!!

No entry

........to Caerphilly Castle!
This is one of the entrances, no doubt at one time barred to stop Cromwells army.  They didn't succed in keeping them out though.

Craig yr allt

This overlooks Taffs Well, but is not walked as much as the other hill, The Garth, that also overlooks the village.  The Garth was featured in the film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995). starring Hugh Grant.

Diamond Jubilee Year

This is a pillar from the Taffs Well viaduct which carried the railway line to Barry.  As you can see its been decorated for the two previous jubilees so I wonder where the Diamond one will go?

Winter trails

Snow always adds that little bit of interest to well walked trails.

Brrrr....... its cold

After a fairly mild winter so far we've had a very cold snap, and even the ferns decided to lay low!!

Taffs Well

Taffs Well sprinkled with a light dusting of snow!

Barry and its beaches

The top one is Barry Island beach taken from Cold Knap Point and the bottom picture is of Watchtower Bay.

"During the Second World War, Cold Knap Point was altered to look like the Battery on Nell's Point, with the placement of dummy guns and fortifications. There was also a barrage balloon site built in the swimming pool grounds to give credence to it. This fooled no one, as in the 30's the Graf Zeppelin flew over Barry taking pictures of the port and the surrounding countryside.

Watch Tower Bay takes its name from the watchtower built there in about 1865, when Barry had a population of less than 90."
 [ Tom Clemett's History of Barry http://www.barrywales.co.uk/tomclemett/knap.asp ]