Moss Valley Country Park

Alyn Waters, North Wales

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Erddig Hall & Gardens

Autumn wander around Erddig Hall and gardens. Excuse light quality inside, as a NT property the light is kept at a minimum to preserve exhibits.

Wrexham Hightown flats

Hightown flats soon to be history

Wrexham Street Festival

Wrexham Events - A great day out right in the heart of Wrexham Town Centre - Every month - Check out FB - Wrexham Street Festival of Details

Wrexham From The Air

Climbing up high in Loiter Mode on the Arducopter 3.1.3

Alyn Waters Country Park

The river Alyn, Alyn Waters Country Park, Wrexham. April 2011.

Wrexham - Cup and saucer, Erddig Hall, cow and quarry North Wales

Wrexham Boroough in North Wales is a very interesting place, the cup and saucer is the remnants of a hydraulic hydro electric system that powered the Mansion that is Erddig Hall. Situated in the Borough of Wrexham a fabulous and very special place to visit. Highly recomended for a day out.

There was also a cow and on the way home I stopped at a quarry.

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in north Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley alongside the border with Cheshire, England. As the largest town in the north of Wales, it is a major centre of the region's administrative, commercial, retail and educational infrastructure.
At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011, the Wrexham locality had a population of 61,603 as defined by the Office for National Statistics; the larger urban area had a population of 65,692, the fourth-largest in Wales.


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Syma x5c

First flight of my new quadcopter

Half an Hour at (91) - Gwersyllt Station 19.2.2015 - Wrexham - Class 60 150

Video 91 was filmed at Gwersyllt Station, which serves this former mining village just outside Wrexham. The station is located on the Borderlands line which links Wrexham to Bidston on the Wirral. Hourly services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales running between Bidston and Wrexham Central. There are also a couple of daily freight trains to Dee Marsh from South Wales. Just North of the station (and shown in the video) is an original London and North Eastern Railway footbridge. Unfortunately there is some poor sound on the video. Also includes photos of 60019 which was on the steel coil train and hour or so earlier.

First ave

Syma x8w quadcopter

Windy day in North Wales flying the beast

Chester to Holyhead - North Wales Coast

A really exceptional late summer day is the backdrop for this run along the North Wales Coast. Traction is a Class 175 provided by TfW and there’s lots to keep you interested. Join us on this scenic run over one of the country’s most beautiful coastal railways.

Addendum

The Class 175s were introduced in June 2000

The TSS Duke of Lancaster sailed between Heysham and Belfast between 1955-1975

The Menai Straight should read Menia Strait

Don't do this with a Quadcopter

Whilst coming to the end of a flight, after a rather bumpy landing I inadvertently found out that you must not turn the TX off before the Quadcopter.
I'm pretty sure that without signal from the TX the Quad goes into Return to home mode.
Lucky I only needed to replace a few blades????

Flight in Cefn Mawr North Wales

A short edited video of a flight on a field just up the road.

Equipment:
Twister Quattro x quadcopter
Stock Jello mount
SJ5000 action camera (non WIFI)
Bendy tripod for SJ5000

Music credited to:
Yusuke Tsutsumi
Track:
Untitled #1
Album:
Birds flying in the dark



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Tallarn Green

Tallarn Green is a Halt on the Wych Brook Valley Line.
I have assumed that the proposed railway from Rhyl to Wolverhampton was built between 1845 & 1855, absorbed into the London North Western Railway (LNWR) and lead to the construction of branches round Wrexham, capital of the North Wales Marches. In 1923 the LNWR was merged into the London Midland Scottish Railway.
The earliest branches would have been to Llangollen and Wrexham. 1862 would see a line via Rhos-berse to Nant in the Clywedog Valley simultaneously a branch would have been built into the Black Valley to terminate at the mining and manufacturing village of Esclusham. In 1882 Black Valley would be extend to Wynnstay Park and the same year would see a steeply graded branch built into the Moss Valley.
The youngest of the lines the Wych Brook Valley opening in 1895 as a cross-country line extending the Wrexham Branch to Whitchurch to give a more direct link to Crewe and Manchester. Through & local passenger & goods trains run over the Wych Brook Valley and are used by Crewe Works as running in turns. The time period is the late 1930’s with operation by LMS stock.

Vale Crucis

Vale Crucis - the fight between the Great Western, Cambrian, London North Western and later the Great Central Railways gave rail development in the North Wales Marches an interesting history. History records the first two companies won out and dominated the area. I have re-written history with the London North Western winning out by building the proposed mainline from Wolverhampton to Rhyl and a cross-country line from Port Dynllaen to a junction west of Shrewsbury. Together these would have kept the Great Western Railway east of Shrewsbury and the Cambrian Railway south of the Port Dynllaen-Shrewsbury line. North-south lines via Corwen, Ffestiniog and Canarvon would have connected the main and cross-country lines. As part of this the LNWR would have become the principle railway in the Wrexham area. This is an interesting mix of the rural and urban and was, until the 1950’s, speckled with small collieries, quarries, iron, brick and chemical works. This created a demand for transport.
I have assumed that the plans proposed between 1845 and 1875 to build a line from Rhyl to Wolverhampton were bought to fruition, and the line was absorbed into the London North Western Railway. Included in the plan were branches to Llangollen and Wrexham capital of the North Wales Marches. 1862 would see branches built into the Clywedog and Black Valleys. The Clywedog Valley would have served Rhos-berse and terminated at Nant. The Black Valley would have terminated at the mining and manufacturing village of Esclusham extending in 1882 to Wynnstay Park. The same year would see a steeply graded branch built into the Moss Valley. The youngest of the lines the Wych Valley would have opened in 1895 as a cross-country line extending the Wrexham Branch to Whitchurch. The last line would have been built between Llangollen and Vale Crucis in 1902.
 In 1923, the LNWR lines were absorbed into the London Midland Scottish Railway (LMS).
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