#llandrindod wells

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Fighter, the Barnevelde from Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Photograph: Jamie Smart/RSPCA/PA

Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals: Young Photographer Award Winners

#jamie smart #rspca #pa #photographer #black & white photographer #rooster #fighter the barnevelde #llandrindod wells #powys #nature #royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals young photographer award winners #animal

[coastcyclemania]

#Day 2 in the morning outside Llandrindod Wells. Kay's 2nd fall.

[random-brushstrokes]

Sarah Paxton Dodson - Llandrindod Wells (ca. 1900)

#women painters #Sarah Paxton Dodson #american art #landscape

[mosertone]

Female exhibitionist figure, stone, date unknown. Old Parish Church, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire Museum.

[adobe-outdesign]

Do you happen to be somewhat familiar with Vivenne Soan’s background or filmography? I’m curious to know if she’s ever had a singing role, and would therefore be able to sing in DHMIS if she ever appeared again.

Not in the slightest. Here's her IMDB though:

#don't hug me i'm scared #dhmis series #lesley

[mxcottonsocks]

I watched a tiktok recently which reminded me that the word 'porch' has a different meaning in British English than American English, so for anyone reading this week's The Woman in White Weekly who may be a bit confused about where Walter is hiding at the start of the chapter:

Cambridge dictionary definition of 'Porch': (mainly UK) a covered structure in front of the entrance to a building

Collins dictionary definition of 'Porch': (in British English) a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance

Walter mentions, "A loophole window was pierced in each of [the church porch's] side walls. "Loophole", in architectural terms, is another word for an arrowslit, i.e. a narrow verticle window through which an archer or gunman can shoot. Of course, this window is in a church, so is highly unlikely to have been defensive, so I think Walter is using the term more loosely to just mean in window that is taller than it is wide.

So the church porch probably looks something like this one at the 'Old Parish Church, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales':

[Image Description: A church porch, projecting from the side of the main church. Both the main church and the door are built from grey stones of irregular sizes, with corners and architectural features such as doors and windows in ashlar blocks of red sandstone. The roof of the main church and the porch are of fairly modern-looking, regularly-shaped slate tiles, but the roof ridge of the porch is lower than that of the main church and at right-angles to it. The church door is opened inward into the porch. The door in the gable end of the porch and small window in the side of the porch are similar in proportions; both narrow and topped with a pointed arch. In the background, graves and trees can be seen on either side of the path through the churchyard.]

Here's a different church (St Giles church, Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire, England), showing a similar porch in context with the rest of the church:

[Image Description: A church built of rubble stone, with ashlar blocks of a similar colour at the corners and around most of the windows. The roofs are of stone slate. The church has a two bays, a square tower, buttresses, and architectural features from several different centuries. The porch, which projects from the side of the church, is about half the height of the main church. It has one narrow window in the visible side, which is topped by an arch. The gable end of the porch has a doorway of earlier date than much of the rest of the church, having a round-headed arch, chevron ornamentation and a dog-tooth hoodmould, features which are typical of Norman or Romanesque architecture.]

#the woman in white weekly #oof the image descriptions on these were hard #i supplemented my own sketchy architectural knowledge with info from the list descriptions and a book i own #i hope this at least somewhat helpful to someone #yeah because i watched that tiktok of the woman building a porch on her own which is very impressive #but i did have a minute of going 'where's the walls?' 'where's the roof?' before i remembered american porches #i did wonder why she built it so far above ground level but assumed there was a topography issue #the woman in white #1st epoch part 6

[petnews2day]

Llandrindod Wells photographer, 8, is helping rescue pets find homes

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Llandrindod Wells photographer, 8, is helping rescue pets find homes

An eight-year-old from Powys who won big at last year’s RSPCA Young Photographer Awards has volunteered her skills to take pictures of rescue pets to help them find homes. Jamie Smart, from Llandrindod Wells, took her camera along to the RSPCA’s Newbrook Farm Animal Centre in Birmingham on Wednesday, January 31 to take snaps of […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/Yg0FL #PetCharitiesNews

#Pet Charities News

[welshvalleystoves]

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[124daisies]

Post office, Station Crescent, Llandrindod Wells

#mid wales #post office

[don-lichterman]

Finalists Announced for Welsh Training Company’s Annual Awards

Finalists Announced for Welsh Training Company’s Annual Awards

Finalists have been announced for the annual Apprenticeship, Employment and Skills Awards organised by one of Wales’ top training companies. Recognising employers and learners who have excelled in apprenticeship, skills and employment training programmes delivered by Cambrian Training Company, the awards will be held at The Metropole Hotel & Spa, Llandrindod Wells on June 14. Foundation…

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#announced #annual #Awards #companys #finalists #training #Welsh

[museumwales]

We’re going to highlight some of the female artists in our collections over the next few weeks, to get involved with the #5womenartists tag.

View From Llandrindod Wells, the Upper Link by Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson

Explore our art collections further on our website.

#museum #art gallery #art #painting #Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson #Llandrindod Wells #Wales #Cymru #5womenartists

[i-traveller]

12 September 2019

After our Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling guests had departed in early September, we needed a break. After all, there is a limit to how many days in a row at our age we can get up early to make breakfast for four guests when virtually the rest of the year we are not used to such an early rise!

So, we decided to have a short UK break to an area we had not been to before and that did not involve much walking.

Little Moreton Hall

As what we had planned was not until the next day, it allowed us to take advantage of the National Trust properties in the North West of England and we settled on Little Moreton Hall just outside Congleton, Cheshire.

The Hall was built by the Moreton family in the 1500s and took over a hundred years to complete, improve and extend the property but you can see from the photos that it has a few structural issues but hopefully in the hands of the National Trust, these will not result in a collapse.

The inner courtyard

Behind the entrance gate (over the moat by way of a drawbridge) is a small courtyard off which are the downstairs rooms. Lots to see here including the pantry, a wonderful stone fireplace and some ancient wallpaper.

One part of the upstairs hall (The Long Gallery) was used in a recent art exhibition by letting used “Wimbledon” tennis balls roll down the uneven floor surface resulting in them all rolling to one side of the structure.

The resultant film is on a loop in the hall and you can have a go yourself – very interactive.

The camera was straight for this, it is the building that is crooked

As with many National trust buildings, volunteers help with interpretation, giving history lessons and practical commentary and this was no exception.

There were even dressing up clothes for children to use when they came a school parties.

The gardens outside are not extensive but are worth a stroll around and at the time of our visit, the archway probably could have done with a haircut. But there is water around which allows wildlife to thrive.

Archway to the gardens

It was now down to Shrewsbury for our overnight and at the recommendation of the hotel, a great evening meal at the Peackock Inn which is a short drive away.

I had booked our tickets on line before we left home and tried to pick them up at the station that evening to save time but there was only one person at the ticket desk and I had to buy Discount Railcards so couldn’t use the machine.

After a 25 minute wait whilst one person was being served, I gave up.

13 September 2019

Having arrived earlier at Shrewsbury Station than planned, I managed to get the Railcards and tickets without any delays and waited for our train to Swansea via Llanelli.

You couldn’t miss this house.

I had read that the train was now only a single coach so hopefully there would be enough seats as reservations were not possible on this service. If it is only a one coach is it a train or a coach ride?

The train arrives and many people get off including some with bikes. Fortunately there are enough seats, the carriage being probably three quarters to 7/8ths full. But are they all going the whole way which is 32 stations to Llanelli and another couple onwards to Swansea?

As we leave Shrewsbury, more or less on time, we vere off to the right and then see the MidWales line to Aberystwyth disapear to the right and we make our way South Westwards and quickly into Wales after Knighton, the 7th station on the line.

Welsh countryside

Whilst initially the views aren’t great as many trees obscure the views, some trees not being cut back far enough to avoid hitting the train, these soon disappear to reveal rolling hills, sheep, golf courses and in general, wonderful countryside.

Many of the stations on the line are request stops where the train has to slow down in case anyone wants to get on.

Some of these are very well used as locals go about their day-to-day business visiting friends or shopping in nearby larger villages. It is indeed a lifeline for many remote communities.

These passengers have already told the guard who has advised the driver that a stop is required.

Stops allow a few photographs to be taken from the train but trying to capture decent photographs from a train moving at about 40 – 50 mph is somewhat difficult.  the picture above of the yellow house is a case in point.

As most of the journey is single track, there has to be some passing places here and there to allow northbound trains to pass.

Llandrindod Wells Signal Box

One of these passing places is at Llandrindod Wells where we are told, the train has to wait for 20 minutes to allow the northbound train to pass.  Just time for a coffee the guard tells us but what he didn’t tell us is the awful taste of the coffee bought from the nearby shop – not to be recommended.

Not sure if the signal box is now used, as many lines are signalled using modern technology but certainly the exterior of the signal box needs some TLC.

We are off again past even more spectacular countryside and ever increasingly difficult station names such as Llangammarch, Llanwrtyd and Cynghordy.

I hope the locals know how to pronounce this

One station name is easy to pronounce and probably only exists now to allow walkers, cyclists and ramblers access to the magnificent countryside – Sugar Loaf.

It is named after the nearby hill and has a claim to fame as it was at one time the least used station in Wales.

In 2017, only 228 passengers used the station but by the following year this had risen to 1824 following some publicity on, amongst other media outlets, YouTube.

Unexpectedly, the train stops just before the junction with main line at Bynea and after a few minutes we are told of a points failure which is preventing us going forward.

Engineers are on their way we are told. I must say, during the 40 minute wait we were kept updated regularly but by the time we got to Llanelli the information had ceased.

Bridge over the River Towy

Eventually, we establish that the train was being terminated there instead of going on (well backwards actually) to Swansea & we had to cross the bridge to the other side and catch a train to Swansea where we arrive 70 minutes late and thus have little time to get refreshments and relax as our onward journey is due to leave in 20 minutes time and even then was subject to a very late platform change.

Our onward journey was on a separate ticket and back to Shrewsbury via Hereford and we were somewhat glad we had reserved seats as the train was crowded to standing room only as far as Newport although thinned out after Cwmbran with commuters from Cardiff returning home.

Cody does love the fish

Back to our hotel and we go back to the Peacock Inn for another evening meal, just as good as last night’s. It arrived speedily as well which is what we wanted as we were both somewhat tired after the day’s travel.

Off to see friends John & Deirdre tomorrow then to see Flic and Cody for a few hours. We met them at Henry Street Garden Centre just outside Reading where Cody loves to watch the fish.

For some reason (probably to do with the two tickets being photgraphed on one photo) Transport for Wales would only refund one of the tickets for the late arrival of our train but that is better than nothing.

Little Moreton Hall and the Central Wales Rail Line 12 September 2019 After our Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling guests had departed in early September, we needed a break.

#Heart of Wales Railway Line #Henry Street Garden Centre #Isle of Man Festival of Motoring #Little Moreton Hall #Llandrindod Wells #Llanelli #National Trust #Shrewsbury #Sugar Loaf station #The Peacock Inn Shrewsbury #Transport for Wales

[goalchatter]

Llanelli Ladies FC (1921) 

Taken at Llandrindod Wells Drill Hall, Powys, Wales.

#womenshistorymonth #womens history month #womens soccer #womens football #Llandrindod Wells #Powys #retro #vintage photography #retro football #retro soccer

[petnews2day]

Powys terriers ran amok and killed sheep on three farms

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Powys terriers ran amok and killed sheep on three farms

AN 80-year-old man has surrendered five of his dogs after his terriers ran amok and killed and injured sheep on three different farms in rural Radnorshire.

Ronald William Robinson, from Pantydwr, near Rhayader, admitted three counts of being the owner of a dog worrying livestock when he appeared at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court this week.

The incidents took place on February 9 this year at Alltllyd Farm, Hendrerhiw Farm and Cefn-Llech Farm.

Prosecutor Stephen Davies told magistrates on Wednesday, November 9, that the attacks happened at around 4pm.

He said: “Steven Hughes and Norman Williams were dredging and injecting sheep at Elwyn Price’s farm.

“When they released the last batch, they heard dogs barking in a field behind farmhouse and they saw one ewe being singled out by black dog, while a second terrier type dog was running over the hill towards Ronald Robinson’s house.

“The black dog was seen grabbing hold and biting the head of one ewe, it suffered wounds to the face and jaw, while one ewe nearby was dead. They entered another field and could see the dog attacking another ewe before running off.”

Mr Davies said Mr Hughes chased one dog across three fields on a quad bike.

Another dead ewe was later found and the men visited Robinson’s Cae Cethin smallholding where 4-5 terriers were found in a cage.

“One witness saw a dog with blood on his head and said it was responsible, which is when Ronald Robinson became defensive,” said Mr Davies.

After being spoken to by police in March, Robinson agreed to surrender five of his dogs to the Dogs Trust.

“Farmer David Williams said Ronald Robinson’s dogs had killed a number of sheep over the years and escaped regularly, which always resulted in sheep being killed,” said Mr Davies.

Representing Robinson, Owain Jones said: “Dogs are his life, they keep him company in a rural part of the countryside, but he knows he needs to do better.

“He is not in good health himself, he has a poor memory and is a vulnerable adult.”

Robinson was fined £80 for each offence and must pay £85 costs and a £34 surcharge. He was also ordered to pay a veterinary bill of £398.49 which had to be paid to treat and euthanise the sheep.

#Pet Charities News

[rollin-up-the-walls]

My nephew Leo tinkling the ivories at Doldowlod estate in Powys 🎹

#Doldowlod estate #powys #south wales #uk #stately home #Llandrindod Wells

[philsharp]

Afternoon light at Great Nanny Annie’s. Wales. - - - - - - - #newtopographics #thinkverylittle #ifyouleave #gupmagazine #oftheafternoon #broadmag #featureshoot #imaginarymagnitude #ignant #taintedmag #phroommagazine #portbox #nowherediary #fisheyelemag #dreamermagazine #nookmagazine #photocinematica #somewheremagazine #flakphotorecs #pellicolamag #nexttonothing (at Llandrindod Wells) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5mDPUMTbU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#newtopographics #thinkverylittle #ifyouleave #gupmagazine #oftheafternoon #broadmag #featureshoot #imaginarymagnitude #ignant #taintedmag #phroommagazine #portbox #nowherediary #fisheyelemag #dreamermagazine #nookmagazine #photocinematica #somewheremagazine #flakphotorecs #pellicolamag #nexttonothing