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PHOTO - Welsh upland hills pasture

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David in Wales

02-07-2007 09:15:43

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Hi Gang;
This shows the typical fields around Dyffryn Castell. The brown on the hills is "dead" bracken. They graze sheep on there in summer, maybe only 1 sheep per 5 acres.
The wire stock fence is the most widely used fencing. Called C8-80-15, the metric dimentions.
Top & bottom wires are 3mm. the intermediate wires are 2.5mm. 8 horizontal wires, 31 inches high, and verticals at 6 inch centres. The gaps between the horizontals are smaller at the bottom than the top, to prevent lambs going through the wires.
Cheers David

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James22

02-07-2007 10:16:25

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Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland hills pasture in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:15:43

In '85 an older friend and I flew into Heathrow, assembled two "push" bikes on the sidewalk and took off for Wales after leaving the boxes at left luggage. Had quite at time getting them to take the bike boxes, had to "grease their palms" quite a bit. Stopped at the Cyclist Touring Club in Guilford and bought a bunch of Ordinance survey maps. Went from there to the Reading Agricultural college, and across the Severn bridge thru the Black Mountain foot hills and on up to Hay-on-Wye. He was the head of a Universtiy Library and wanted to see the used book stores. Also spent some time in several villages, investigating his Welsh ancestors. Stayed several days in Wales. Didn't make it to the west coast and see the areas you photoed, but did see the fields going up the side of the hills/mountains. The area we went thru was generally poor, the coal mines had been shut down somewhat earlier and unemployment was rampant. Stopped at Tintern Abbey on the way back across the Severn and rode north to see the world's largest Tithe barn. Met the Price family whom owned the barn. The young couple lived in the gate house, his father lived in the manor. It was a working farm. The son allowed us to take an unexpected tour and also invited us for afternoon tea. Always wanted to go back and visit them. Rode thru the Cotswolds, and later stopped at Boston Spa which has the worlds largest lending library. Eventually made it up to Edinburgh. Saw a lot of Hadrian's wall. Took the overnight train back to London at the end. Rode a lot of unclassified, and 3-4 digit "B" roads.

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Sam (Mo)

02-07-2007 10:13:28

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Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland hills pasture in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:15:43

David

Please,, oh please keep the picutres coming. I have almost forgotten what the color green looks like. Have a great day.

Sam

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rustyj14

02-07-2007 10:40:52

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Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland hills pasture in reply to Sam (Mo), 02-07-2007 10:13:28

David: I enjoy the pictures of Wales that you are sending, and so does my wife! Her ancestors came from Wales. Abergavinney is the place she talks about the most. (I'm not sure of the spelling, but thats the way it sounds to me) Her sister contacted some relatives there, ans she received some information about things in the past! Very nice area you picked to move to! During WW II, i was on a troopship that docked in Liverpool. Then we got a train ride across Wales, down to Bournemouth and Trowbridge. We camped there for 2 weeks, then over into France, and into action, near St.Lo! Nice country, but my Uncle Sam souldn't let me stay! got me a nice ride home on a hospital ship! Rustyj

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