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  • St Illtud’s Walk, day 8: Afan Argoed to Margam

    St Illtud’s Walk, day 8: Afan Argoed to Margam

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    Andrew Green
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    It’s taken four bus rides, via Swansea, Port Talbot and Pontrhydyfen, but by ten o’clock I’ve reached the visitor centre at Afan Argoed, where C. and I ended Day 7 in July 2024.  I can’t really explain why it’s taken over a year and a half to reconnect with St Illtud.  The weather’s often been…

  • In praise of Maesteg

    In praise of Maesteg

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    Andrew Green
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    The last deep coal mine in the Llynfi valley, St John’s Colliery, just east of Maesteg, closed in 1985, at the end of Margaret Thatcher’s war against the miners.  At its peak it employed nearly 1,500 men.  There’s been no other source of work of comparable size in the area since – the local paper…