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On a most miserable Winter's day, I cheer myself up knowing Spring is just around the corner. These daffodils were growing in Bute Park alongside the River Taff, smack bang in the centre of Cardiff
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The Taff Bargoed Valley is a river valley near Pontypridd in South Wales, and lies off the Abercynon roundabout on the A470 road, and is approximately 14 miles from Cardiff. The main settlements are Nelson, Edwardsville, Quakers Yard, Treharris, Trelewis, and Bedlinog. The valley is situated where the three County Boroughs of Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and Merthyr Tydfil meet.
Castell Coch (Red Castle), near Cardiff, Wales.
Original castle 11th–13th centuries
Rebuilt 1875–91
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081, to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge.
The 3rd Marquess of Bute, inherited the castle in 1848. One of Britain's wealthiest men, with interests in architecture and antiquarian studies, he employed the architect William Burges to reconstruct the castle, "as a country residence for occasional occupation in the summer", using the medieval remains as a basis for the design. Wikipedia
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The Taff Bargoed Valley is a river valley near Pontypridd in South Wales, and lies off the Abercynon roundabout on the A470 road, and is approximately 14 miles from Cardiff. The main settlements are Nelson, Edwardsville, Quakers Yard, Treharris, Trelewis, and Bedlinog. The valley is situated where the three County Boroughs of Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and Merthyr Tydfil meet.
Sunbeams break through the canopy of trees on the Taff trail in Cardiff. Seen in Explore, highest position 22 on January 10 2016.
66086 approaches the site of the old Bedlinog signal box as it heads down the Taff Bargoed valley with 6C83 11:30
Cwmbargoed Opencast Colliery to Margam Terminal Complex
Two photos on the River Taff just south of Pontypridd. Taken during a walk from Taff's Well to Pontypridd, mainly on the trackbeds of former railways.
One shot is of a footbridge across the river and the other is looking northwards from the bridge. This once heavily polluted river in a highly industrialised area is now the habitat of fish, insects and birds.
Former Taff Vale Railway no. 85, built by Neilson, Reid & Co. in 1899, climbs Oakworth Bank on the 14th January 2017 with the five coach 13.15 Keighley to Oxenhope service.
The Taff Bargoed Valley is a river valley near Pontypridd in South Wales, and lies off the Abercynon roundabout on the A470 road, and is approximately 14 miles from Cardiff. The main settlements are Nelson, Edwardsville, Quakers Yard, Treharris, Trelewis, and Bedlinog. The valley is situated where the three County Boroughs of Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and Merthyr Tydfil meet.
Both Class 37's got a run out today with the welcome return of the second Rhymney diagram. Here 37418 crosses the River Taff before heading into the platform to work 2R24 17:46 Cardiff Central to Rhymney.
Sunrise over the River Taff in Cardiff, with the spire of Llandaff Cathedral reflected in the water.
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Taffs Well to Pontypridd Walk. Looking back down the 'Big Hill', as this was known in the days that it was a steeply graded railway line.
This Rhymney Railway line was opened throughout from Rhymney for freight on 25 February 1858 and to passengers on 31 March. It joined the Taff Vale Railway at Walnut Tree Junction, Taffs Well, with the RR having running powers onwards to Cardiff. As cordial relations between the RR and TVR began to sour, the former decided to build a direct line into Cardiff, the route via Caerphilly Tunnel being opened on 1 April 1871.
From then on the old route became freight only, mostly with coal trains from the Rhymney Valley. The first two miles or so to Penrhos Junction became known as the 'Big Hill' due to the continuous 1 in 47 grade, although fortunately most of the trains facing the climb were of empty coal wagons being returned to collieries in the Rhymney Valley.
By the early 1980s traffic was well on the decline and it was considered that all could be handled via Heath Junction, and little traffic had passed via Taffs Well for some time before the section to Penrhos Junction and on to Aber Junction was taken out of use on 21 June 1982. That was not quite the end as a railtour, the Monmouthshire Railway Society's Rod Mill Rattler, made a trip up the 'Big Hill' on 23 October that year. After that, the track was left in place for some time in case there were problems via Heath, so demolition did not start until 1984.
66076 heads along the banks of the River Taff as it approaches Radyr near Cardiff, working the 6C45 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw loaded coal train.
Seen in Explore.
Gull flying through the reflected sun off the River Taff in Cardiff. I was above the bird on the Millennium Stadium Boardwalk when I took this. I did no processing of the image other than a crop and a touch of noise reduction.
Two photos on the River Taff just south of Pontypridd. Taken during a walk from Taff's Well to Pontypridd, mainly on the trackbeds of former railways.
One shot is of a footbridge across the river and the other is looking northwards from the bridge. This once heavily polluted river in a highly industrialised area is now the habitat of fish, insects and birds.
Andania Engineering owned BR large logo 37402 [37274] "Oor Wullie" waits the signal out of platform 8 leading PLPR1 formed of stock 6262 72631 975091 72612 with Colas 37057 "Barbara Arbon" bringing up the rear working 1Q58 21.45 Canton Taff Vale Sidings - Canton Taff Vale Sidings via Cardiff Central/Ninian Park/Aberdare/Merthyr Tydfil/Radyr/Treherbert and Barry Island
37697 is approaching Ocean & Taff Merthyr Junction with a set of 14 empty MDV's from Taff Merthyr colliery to Nelson East Sidings.
As well as the train, the background illustrates valley life just before the coal industry was torpedoed. An ex-GWR ventilated van body serves as a blue painted shed, further up the track a Reliant van is tucked into the hill side, the gardens slope down and catch the sun, a number of greenhouses are in use probably growing fruit, flowers or a vine. The washing is drying on this mild and sunny Saturday.
37697 was built as D6943 at English Electric, it entered service new to Cardiff Canton 17/09/1964. Under TOPS it became 37243, in 1986 it was rebuilt as a 37/5 and numbered 37697. The loco was withdrawn 01/04/1999 and cut at C. F. Booth (Rotherham) in March 2006.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 28/04/1990; all rights reserved
Always fantastic to watch a working dog doing its stuff, Taff spends his days rounding up sheep and cattle in the Castleshaw Valley, Saddleworth.
Managed to capture him having a well earned rest.
Madrid - España
El Templo de Debod es un edificio del antiguo Egipto
localizado actualmente en Madrid (España).
El Templo de Debod fue un regalo de Egipto a España en 1968 en compensación por la ayuda española tras el llamamiento internacional realizado por la Unesco para salvar los templos de Nubia, principalmente el de Abu Simbel, en peligro de desaparición debido a la construcción de la presa de Asuán. Egipto donó cuatro de los templos salvados a distintas naciones colaboradoras: Dendur a los Estados Unidos (se encuentra actualmente en el Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York), Ellesiya a Italia (Museo Egipcio de Turín),1 Taffa a Holanda (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden de Leiden)2 y Debod a España.