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DIC PENDERYN 190 ANNIVERSARY MULTI-SPORT ADVENTURE
ABERAVON ROUND THE PIER SWIM 2021
The 190th anniversary of Dic Penderyn has been featured in my
diary for a while now and I knew I had to do something to
commemorate it so I woke up with a plan already formed in my
mind to place Welsh poppies on the grave of this martyr. I've
been drawn to life and death of Dic Penderyn for quite a while
now, I can empathise with him in my own little small way, I am
fighting 'system purpose corruption' and Dic died as a result of
the failure of the British Government to support the working
class from the ravages of the Industrial Revolution. My
adventure incorporated the Aberavon Round the Pier Swim, an
annual event which didn't take place last year and this year
because of COVID19. The story of this adventure can be found on
the following Youtube video.
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15 August 2021 - Fan Llia sunset walk
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It was a miserable day but checking the weather charts I saw that there
was potentially a great sunset about to happen so I headed up the sunshine
mountain (Fan Llia) to see if I could get the sun setting over the Black
Mountain. The timings were slightly off and the weather was pretty dismal
for the majority of my walk but the clouds opened up with 5 minutes to
sunset and there was a hint of pink above Fan Nedd. The clouds came back
post sunset so I headed off the mountain to avoid being up there in the
dark and by the time I got to the Blaen Llia at the bottom of the mountain
there were some dark pink clouds hovering above Fan Llia, the moon was out
and the skies had cleared which meant that I probably missed a dramatic
post sunset event performance in the distance. Oh well, maybe next time...........
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22 August 2021 - Fan Dringarth & Fan
Llia sunset walk
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It was a clear evening and also a full moon so I headed
off into the Beacons for a walk around the back of Fan Llia & Fan
Dringarth alongside Ystradfellte Reservoir. The sunset photos of the sun
setting alongside the Black Mountain were taken just off the top of Fan
Dringarth.
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24 August 2021 - Short Bros sign goes up
27 August 2021 - Sunrise swim Llyn y Fan
Fawr &
27 August 2021 - Sunset walk on Aberavon Beach
28 August 2021 - Fisherman at sunset on
Aberavon Beach
29 August 2021 - Fisherman at sunset on
Aberavon Beach
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For the third night in a row I headed to Aberavon Beach for a sunset walk.
On the way I met Richard & Amanda Stoneham from Gravesend in Kent.
They were visiting a relative and staying in Baglan. They were waxing
lyrical about how great Aberavon Beach is and the quality of the beaches
in general in the area. Thanks both for the great chat.
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