A break from Blogging

 

After much deliberation I've decided to take a beak from posting.  Over the last few months my posts have been few and far between, and I have just spent a month in hospital sorting out a blocked bowel which ended in an operation.  As a result I've lost weight, strength and cant walk far so at the moment my chances of getting out and taking pictures are zero.

I will leave my comments on as I enjoy reading them, and I will continue to visit your blogs.

So all the best for the time being.

........ it's on its way

Firstly Storm Eunice is scheduled to hit South Wales on Friday morning and warnings have been issued, trains cancelled and schools closing. I cant remember a red warning before this, but gusts of 70 to 80 mph are forecast.  So its batten down the hatches. The saying was that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb so with the change in seasons being 2 to 3 weeks earlier thats about right. 

 Secondly other signs of Spring are here

Can frogs read a calendar...well these ones certainly have  a good idea, as the first frogspawn appeared on Valentines Day.

Taffs Well Park

A couple of firsts for me today.

The first was a walk to the park as I hadn't seen the  Remembrance Day seats and statues.

or the latest work on the Well, which has quite a history as can be seen from the notice boards.

The old thermal swimming pool

The naturally hot water from the Well is being pumped to the nearby school and will be used for heating purposes.

"With its natural flow of warm water it is soon to embark upon a new lease of life as the common source of energy for two water-to-water heat pump projects. One scheme will provide heating for the nearby Park Pavilion and the other will meet the demands from the local Primary School.  

Heat will be extracted through heat exchangers connected to the existing discharge pipe leading to the river and transferred in insulated pipes to the new heat pumps at the Park Pavilion and School. There will be no change in the Spring flows to the river other than to have a lower temperature water of some 10 degrees C."  from NuVision Energy Wales 

https://www.nuvisionenergywales.co.uk/taff-s-well

Also I had my first ride since the operation and it was good to get back on the bike.

I took the folder and  was pleasantly pleased that it wasn't as painful sitting as I had expected.  I only did a couple of miles but its a start.