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Vale of Ffestiniog: Souvenirs of Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Sunday, 13 January 2013. Souvenirs of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Tens of thousands of people will visit Blaenau this year and I’m confident that they will be amazed at what they see. Slate sculptures and poetry reconnecting the town centre with its industrial heritage; dramatic and stylish. But there’s even more beyond to be discovered. Apart from hiring a local guide you may like to consider two classic books. The first is titled ‘Worktown: The Drawings of Falcon Hildred’. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Vale of Ffestiniog: June 2012
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012. Changing face of Blaenau Ffestiniog. And at the Station Entrance. Monday, 25 June 2012. Nightjars in the Vale of Ffestiniog. What does a nightjar sound like? Rob will be leading a nightjar walk on Saturday 30. June and on Friday 6. July starting, presumably from the entrance to Gwaith Powdwr. If you can’t make it, turn off your lights, turn up the volume, close your eyes and listen to the film above. The birdsong and call is courtesy of BirdVoice. Sunday, 24 June 2012. The followin...
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Vale of Ffestiniog: Worktown – The Drawings of Falcon Hildred
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Thursday, 20 December 2012. Worktown – The Drawings of Falcon Hildred. I’m biased: I like Falcon, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him in his home, of witnessing his uncluttered way of life and hearing him describe his hopes and disappointments. I also live next to Blaenau Ffestiniog, so any comments about his book (written by Peter Wakelin) are not wholly objective. I like knowing what it looks like inside as I walk past it near the police station. 21 December 2012 at 02:12. 8 January 2013 at 03:12.
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Vale of Ffestiniog: December 2012
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Thursday, 20 December 2012. Worktown – The Drawings of Falcon Hildred. I’m biased: I like Falcon, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him in his home, of witnessing his uncluttered way of life and hearing him describe his hopes and disappointments. I also live next to Blaenau Ffestiniog, so any comments about his book (written by Peter Wakelin) are not wholly objective. I like knowing what it looks like inside as I walk past it near the police station. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Vale of Ffestiniog: July 2012
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Monday, 16 July 2012. Our silver studded blues. There’s only one colony of silver studded blues in Snowdonia and that’s at Hafod Garegog National Nature Reserve, between Porthmadog and Beddgelert. It’s one of only six sites in Wales and the only site in the UK on wet peatland, but this summer of wet weather could wipe it out. Labels: Hafod Garegog National Nature Reserve. Sunday, 15 July 2012. Bodnant Welsh Food - food from the Vale of Ffestiniog. The deli counter was temptation, full of new tastes to ex...
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Vale of Ffestiniog: Ffestiniog on the tube map
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Monday, 19 November 2012. Ffestiniog on the tube map. Metropolitan Railway 150th anniversary. 8 January 2013 at 03:12. Wow, this piece of writing is good, my sister is analyzing such things, thus I am going to let know her. Legal services for exports. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.VoFf.co.uk. Ffestiniog on the tube map. Princess dragged out of Porthmadog pub. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Vale of Ffestiniog: Blaenau Pristine, Blaenau Ymlaen!
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Sunday, 29 September 2013. Blaenau Pristine, Blaenau Ymlaen! Twenty volunteers enjoyed a steam train ride courtesy of the Ffestiniog Railway from Porthmadog to Blaenau where they met up with members of the Blaenau Stations Support Group. Together they filled twenty bin bags full of rubbish which the council whisked away for recycling and disposal. Amongst the volunteers was a group of ten students from Glynllifon and also Gwynedd councillor Paul Thomas. Labels: Keep Wales Tidy.
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Vale of Ffestiniog: August 2012
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Friday, 24 August 2012. The weekend beginning 14th September will be a celebration of old quarry engines. Full details are on the event website. Including guided walks. Engines on display will include the trio of Hunslets which can be seen here pulling up a gravity train on The Ffestiniog earlier this year. Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. Thursday, 23 August 2012. Towards The Oakeley Arms, on the right hand side, just after the turning to The Lodge. Labels: Dutch elm disease. Plas Tan y Bwlch. It's abou...
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Vale of Ffestiniog: From the Rock ... of Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013. From the Rock . of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Are paved with slate, at least slate bands of poetry. There’s the River of Slate, a pavement mosaic with a river running through and on either bank the names of the 350 slate mines of Wales, each engraved on a block of slate the colour of that quarry. And then there are the massiv. E slate sculptures, the 7.5 met. Tall chisels, each made up of 15,000 stacked slates. May led by Kevin Hall. To see the architecture and culture. Later that afte...
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Vale of Ffestiniog: October 2013
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Sunday, 20 October 2013. All change at Blaenau. Ffestiniog is not the end of the line but where it all began, with slate heaved out of mountains onto wagons for a thirteen mile descent by gravity to ships at sea. It’s also the top of the Conwy Valley line from Llandudno. A railway mecca; relics of tracks on, down and inside the rock with slate the Victorians reason for it all. Chisels in the sun. Howard working on the river of slate. Local artist Howard Bowcott, creator of the works, described the signif...
