Some Photo Geography Archeology Pinpointery

Peter Brabham's excellent Flickr account (view it here), hosts a wealth of superb archive railway photography. He recently posted up an image by Derek Chaplin of a former Cardiff Railway locomotive, that had been rebuilt and put into use on the Great Western Railway, specifically in Cardiff Docks in the early 1950's. Derek Chaplin's picture … Continue reading Some Photo Geography Archeology Pinpointery

Cerro Gordo

Of late, I've fallen down a rabbit hole of having a certain YouTube channel on in the background in the days while I'm working from home in my attic. It's a channel called Ghost Town Living, and I've found myself being oddly fascinated by it. The location of the videos in the channel is a … Continue reading Cerro Gordo

Castle Inn Bridge, Treforest

In the middle of February, 2020, South Wales got hit by Storm Dennis, one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded. Many areas of South Wales experienced more than a month's worth of rainfall within a period of less than 48 hours. Record gusts accompanied the rainfall, and across Wales hundreds of residences were flooded out … Continue reading Castle Inn Bridge, Treforest