September 2025 - Dai's walk around Wales blog

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EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF LANDFILL STATUS - GLYNNEATH RESIDENTS AGAINST CONTAMINATION TIP OBSERVATIONS - The Glynneath Residents Against Contamination group has evolved from a group of residents who were concerned about the Cuddy Group Ltd tipping at the Heol-y-Glyn landfill site in 2016. Known locally as the tip, the land south of Heol-y-Glyn in the Welsh mining village of Glynneath has for the majority of the time since the late 1930s been used as a domestic and industrial landfill site. This video contains empirical evidence of this. The reason we have collected and published this information is because Neath Port Talbot Council insist there is no landfill site in the area.

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left - 3 September - Maes Gwyn wind turbines on Hirfynydd above Glynneath

right - 4 September, top Swansea from the River Neath at Baglan, bottom Kilvey Hill

sunset beginnings from Blaen Baglan Farm. Parking at the Quays in Briton Ferry I did the strand on Aberavon Beach from the Ferry Bend to telly tubby toilets. Sheltered there for 10 while there was a storm and continued on a loop around to the twin town corner on Mynydd Dinas where there was a bit of thunder and the heavens opened again, this time there was no where to shelter. Through Baglan, past the RFC and a small loop of the Ferry back to the Quays, approx 9 miles.

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INTERNATIONAL RUGBY BOARD CHIEF EXECUTIVE STEPHEN BAINES 1998-2002 INTERVIEW NEATH WALES CANADA WORLD CUP

An interview with Stephen Baines, filmed at his home and in Neath in July 2025. Born in Neath and a Neath Grammar School old boy, Stephen is one of the world's foremost sports administrators. In 1975 he became the first professional administrator (executive director, 1975-81) of Canadian Rugby and the youngest prefessional administrator in rugby union at the age of 28. In 1998 he became the second Chief Executive Officer of the International Rugby Board based in Dublin, a position he held until 2002, This included becoming the managing director of the first Rugby World Cup in the professional era, hosted by Wales in 1999 and the beginning of the World Sevens Series.

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We decided to take a stroll around Brynmawr, Wales' highest town.

upper left - general street map of Brynmawr

left - outside the Wales Buddhist Meditation Centre

upper right - route taken, approx 1-2 miles.

right - in front of the war memorial and behind that is the Market Square cinema, the longest running cinema in Wales, initially built in 1844 it has shown films continuously since 1911.

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CHILD LIFE THREATENING PLAY PAPER SENEDD - CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTEE - This paper was submitted to the CYPE committee on 22 August 2019. It looks at the misrepresentation of a form of play funded by the Senedd that could cause the death of children during play. More information www.a-better.wales

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The tongue of trouble stayed with us with her big brither Gethin for a weekend during September

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AMAZING FLY ALGARIC PATCHES - CLASSIC TOADSTOOL MUSHROOM FUNGUS IN WALES

In this video I'm off track looking for a shortcut through some woods when I come across a couple of patches of fly algaric, I do apologise for my excitement, I just can't get enough of the fly algaric.