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On the roundabout at Warrington Road and Scotchbarn Lane. Next to The Plough and no more a pub. Being let as apartments.
The most popular pub name in the UK but with a different look to the pub sign in the East Devon town of Axminster
The Bush, seen from Upper Cwmbran Road.
One of the two surviving pubs which served the miners and brickyard workers of Upper Cwmbran. The other survivor is The Queen on Upper Cwmbran Road. Locals had a joke, "the queen lost her crown in the bush".
The Mayfield Inn
"It's a great place for meeting friends. It's got a good atmosphere, a friendly atmosphere. There's a beer garden and a nice publican and bar staff.
It was called the Country Girl when I met my hubby there. There were no seats left. The rest is history. We went back and had our wedding reception there.
It's got a lot to answer for, that pub."
Carol Fraser, 53, Youth Worker, Y2K Project, Mayfield
Road map of our trip and some info: www.southernscenicroute.co.nz/
Photos from our road trip down the South Island of New Zealand in January.
After such a beautiful day yesterday today is overcast and mild and by the afternoon the rain came down.. so pleased we visited Arrowtown before the rain. January 26, 2015 New Zealand.
Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Arrowtown is located on the banks of the Arrow River.
The Arrow Basin was formed when the great glaciers carved out the Wakatipu Basin.
Local Maori passed through the area on seasonal trips to hunt native birds and extract pounamu (greenstone). Waitaha, the first tribe, were later joined by Kati Mamoe who were driven south after fighting with Kai Tahu. By the 1700s the three tribes were locked together by marriages and peace alliances.
It was not the silver look of the river but the gold it contained that saw Arrowtown evolve. Jack Tewa, a shearer for Rees, was the first to discover gold around May 1861, followed by either William (Bill) Fox or the team of Thomas Low and John MacGregor late in 1862. It is unclear who was next. Being a forceful character, Fox took credit for the discovery and for a while the town was called Fox’s.
Gold eventually became harder to extract and the opening up of the West Coast goldfields in 1865 saw European miners heading for the riches there. This impacted on the Otago economy and in an attempt to restimulate it the Otago Provincial Government invited Chinese miners to come to the Otago goldfields. The Chinese created a separate settlement in Arrowtown, remaining until 1928.
Arrowtown continued to survive after the gold ran out by becoming a farm service town. Although the permanent population declined, during the 1950s it gained a reputation as a popular holiday destination. This saw New Zealand holiday makers restoring the historic cottages and building holiday houses. Most of these have now become permanent residences.
By the turn of the 21st Century Arrowtown had become a popular visitor destination and one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand.
For More Info: www.arrowtown.com/arrowtown/history/
When I arrived there was one other tent on site, a Hilleberg Atko occupied by a man of similar seniority to myself though I have to say he didn't seem dressed for the part and kept himself to himself, probably a fugitive from the Baader-Meinhoff Gang! The campsite is good value at £2.50 per night and with a pub and gear shop on hand (to say nothing of the proximity of the best mountains in Lakeland), it has a lot going for it, but also alas, almost as much against. Not their fault I know, but thanks to a fault in the power supply which reaches the hotel via a cable laid under Wastwater, a generator has been installed (its the large green box protruding above the wall, left, in front of the hotel. It makes a real din, night and day so my sleep was fitful and I cleared off a day earlier than planned. The campers toilets are disgraceful, so its no wonder I prefer wild-camping. But here I will have the luxury of doing my climbs without having to carry all my kit on my back so as the poet (Patrick R Chalmers) says, its:
ROUNDABOUTS AND SWINGS
"For 'up an' down an' round' said 'e, goes all appointed things,
An' loses on the roundabouts means profits on the swings".