Just a reminder that the next few weeks are a good time to visit “BlueBell Valley” at Castle-upon-Alun near Ewenny.
Well worth a visit on a nice sunny day.
See my previous post from last year for more information.
BlueBell Valley
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UK Weather Rain and Snow Radar
With all this bad weather we’re having at the moment I’ve found that the UK Met. Office’s rain radar service has been invaluable to see where the really heavy rain and snow is.
It updates every 30 minutes and even has an animated sequence of images over the past 6 hours or so so you can see the direction that the rain clouds are moving.
It’s really cool and can be found here – http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html
It covers the UK, Ireland, North France and North Belgium.
Update: Thursday 16th December 2010 – you may find this new page useful – http://www.south-wales.org/2010/useful-information-for-south-wales-snow/
Langland Bay Surfing Video
Following on from yesterday’s post on the the crazy surfers in Langland Bay here’s a good video of some action in from March 2008. Langland is probably one of the easily reachable surfing beaches from Swansea.
Langland Bay Surfing – Watch out!
I took this picture down in Langland Bay last summer. It’s a favourite spot for surfers in the Gower and the wind was really strong on this day so the surf was up.
I got some good action shots using a long lens.
This guy was quite a way out and I took the picture hand-held so it’s a bit unsharp but the you can see the fear on the guy’s face! Much better than I can do though!
Click on the photo for a better view.
Pennard Castle and Three Cliffs Bay, Gower
Over the Christmas holiday period we had a trip to Pennard on the Gower. We walked across the Pennard Golf Course to the ruins of Pennard Castle. The ruins date from the 13th century.
If you fancy the walk to the castle then park in Linkside Drive (marked on this map). Park near the village shop.
As you walk across the golf course and the sand dunes then you get a great view across to the headland at Oxwich.
As you walk a bit further then you come to the castle itself. It’s an impressive ruin and is doing well for itself considering that it’s over 700 years old!
Sigginstone Plane Crash March 12th 1950
The village of Sigginstone (or Sigingstone) near Cowbridge is famous for two things – the Victoria Inn pub and the Llandow Plane Crash.
On Sunday March 12th 1950 an Avro Tudor V was returning from Dublin with 78 rugby supporters on board. The previous day Wales had won the coverted Triple Crown in Belfast. 75 passengers and all 5 crew were killed.