A short video clip of the uphill ride on the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has been uploaded to the Internet Archive website.
Enjoy the spectacular views of Cardigan Bay from this rare and unusual funicular railway travelling slowly up Constitutional Hill.
Well worth three quid.
According to the Charitable Company that runs the railway, “On a clear day it is possible to see 26 mountain peaks spanning much of the length of Wales.”
Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has now closed for the winter, and will re-open in mid March......
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s stay in the Elan Valley in 1811 and 1812 is commemorated by a sculpture in the grounds of the Elan Valley visitor centre.
Shelley stayed at Cwm Elan house for one of his stays at Elan Valley. There is a photo of this house in the Gathering the Jewels project, at http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/19732
According to Powys Council’s website : “The drowned valleys of the rivers Elan and Claerwen each contained a large and historic country house linked with the lyric poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The estate of Cwm Elan, containing the Elan Valley mansion, was purchased in 1792 by Thomas Grove. It was described then as “10,000 worthless acres, which he is now converting into a paradise.” A local touring guide published in 1892, before the start...
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Wales and Scotland are "a fascinating world beyond the English shires," according to an Indonesian journalist who recently had the honour of discovering that there's more to Britain than London and Oxford.She even had good things to say about our bruising climate: "The autumn Welsh weather was unforgiving; the wind was freezing and the rain came without warning. Yet, its fine days persuaded you to believe in the promise of unending sunshine."Praise too for the good people of the North: "Shopkeepers, even in cities like Caernarfon, do not pester or cajole, though they keep their eyes on you as you browse." Probably because the locals are always nicking stuff:)And by strange coincidence, the author happens to be called Dewi - a popular female name in Indonesia, meaning 'goddess'. Source:...
Today, me, my mum, Aled and Bonnie took a trip to Betws y Coed, which is a small village in the mid, North Wales area, about 15 miles outside of Conwy. It's very popular with three types of people: people who enjoy walking, people with Kawasaki Motorcycles, and school children. Seriously, if you did Geography to GCSE level in the UK, you would at very least talked about the "Honey Pot" that is Betws y Coed. I seem to remember one of my regulars actually visiting there on a field trip, can't remember who though.
Part of Betws y Coed's beauty is the fact that this village is by-and-large untouched by the outside world. There is only one pelican crossing, no cash machines, and the only "branded" services there are a Spar, a Shell Garage and a Best Western Hotel. Everything else are local...
