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![En route to the lovely Green Gathering festival earlier this month, there was time to take a short walk around Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, a small town (pop: 12,300) adjoining the border […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/chepstow-wales-photos-01-1-115x115.jpg "Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos")
Tintern Massive, flabby fish and a big gun: A quick look around Chepstow, South Wales: in photos
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016 | No CommentsEn route to the lovely Green Gathering festival earlier this month, there was time to take a short walk around Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, a small town (pop: 12,300) adjoining the border […] -
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Night scenes: camp fires, upside down performers, bands and DJs
Posted on Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 | No CommentsFollowing on from the daytime views, here’s the second and final batch of photos from this year’s Green Gathering festival in Chepstow, Wales, with this collection of scenes after dark. -
![Located in a beautiful rolling hills close to Chepstow, the Big Green Gathering is an annual festival with an environmental and social justice focus. As well as live acts and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/green-gathering-2016-01-1-115x115.jpg "Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Part one: Daytime festival scenes around the site in Chepstow, Wales")
Green Gathering 2016 in photos. Part one: Daytime festival scenes around the site in Chepstow, Wales
Posted on Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 | No CommentsLocated in a beautiful rolling hills close to Chepstow, the Big Green Gathering is an annual festival with an environmental and social justice focus. As well as live acts and […] -
![France 2016 – Enjoy this trip. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip… “Coleman had a dream To save the national team We had no strikers, so played with […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wales-euro-championships-2016-115x115.jpg "Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey")
Wales and the Euro 2016 Championships: the beautiful journey
Posted on Monday, Jul 11, 2016 | No CommentsFrance 2016 – Enjoy this trip. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip… “Coleman had a dream To save the national team We had no strikers, so played with […] -
![Established in 1894, Spillers Records in Cardiff can claim to be the oldest record shop in the world – and it’s the place I’ve always visited from the day I […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spillers-records-cardiff-2016-01-1-115x115.jpg "Spillers Records, Cardiff – new premises for the oldest record shop in the world")
Spillers Records, Cardiff – new premises for the oldest record shop in the world
Posted on Saturday, Jan 2, 2016 | 4 CommentsEstablished in 1894, Spillers Records in Cardiff can claim to be the oldest record shop in the world – and it’s the place I’ve always visited from the day I […] -
![According to the Met Office, Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period. Here’s […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-02-115x115.jpg "Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015")
Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015
Posted on Thursday, Dec 31, 2015 | No CommentsAccording to the Met Office, Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period. Here’s […] -
![Here’s a selection of photos taken around Cardiff Bay over the festive season. Despite raining for almost the entire duration of my Christmas visit (welcome home!), the sky thankfully cleared […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cardiff-bay-dec-2015-01-1-115x115.jpg "Butetown, barrage and a breezy afternoon: a winter trip to Cardiff Bay in photos")
Butetown, barrage and a breezy afternoon: a winter trip to Cardiff Bay in photos
Posted on Wednesday, Dec 30, 2015 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos taken around Cardiff Bay over the festive season. Despite raining for almost the entire duration of my Christmas visit (welcome home!), the sky thankfully cleared […] -
![My feature about an old breakwater in Barry Island, south Wales has proved surprisingly popular, and I was pleased to learn more about this intriguing piece of railway history, thanks to Brian Mills. Brian […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/barry-island-breakwater-3-115x115.jpg "Forgotten railways of south Wales: the south-west breakwater at the entrance to Barry Docks revisited")
Forgotten railways of south Wales: the south-west breakwater at the entrance to Barry Docks revisited
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015 | No CommentsMy feature about an old breakwater in Barry Island, south Wales has proved surprisingly popular, and I was pleased to learn more about this intriguing piece of railway history, thanks to Brian Mills. Brian […] -
![Whenever there’s a big game on in the Welsh capital, a veritable army of street vendors swiftly wheel out their sports-branded merchandise in a burst of full-on opportunistic entrepreneurship that would […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rugby-flags-cardiff-011-115x115.jpg "When the flags fly in Cardiff – street scenes from the Rugby World Cup 2015")
When the flags fly in Cardiff – street scenes from the Rugby World Cup 2015
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 | 1 CommentWhenever there’s a big game on in the Welsh capital, a veritable army of street vendors swiftly wheel out their sports-branded merchandise in a burst of full-on opportunistic entrepreneurship that would […] -
![I love Cardiff’s Roath Park. Built on a ‘malarial bog’, the park opened in 1894 and is dominated by a 30-acre lake formed by the damming of the Nant Fawr stream. A comfortable […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/roath-park-cardiff-autumn-011-115x115.jpg "A sunny Autumnal afternoon at Roath Park, Cardiff – in photos")
A sunny Autumnal afternoon at Roath Park, Cardiff – in photos
Posted on Thursday, Oct 15, 2015 | No CommentsI love Cardiff’s Roath Park. Built on a ‘malarial bog’, the park opened in 1894 and is dominated by a 30-acre lake formed by the damming of the Nant Fawr stream. A comfortable […] -
Twenty Four Bricks at the National Museum Cardiff, Wales
Posted on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015 | No CommentsI loved this simple and small exhibition at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Entitled, ‘Twenty Four Bricks,’ the display features a selection of Welsh-fired bricks arranged on six shelves. -
![Here’s a selection of street scenes snapped around Cardiff last weekend. Above you can see one of the many scarf and flag sellers that roll into town whenever there’s a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cardiff-photos-sept-2015-011-115x115.jpg "Scarves, flags, graffiti and stickers – Cardiff street photos")
Scarves, flags, graffiti and stickers – Cardiff street photos
Posted on Thursday, Sep 10, 2015 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of street scenes snapped around Cardiff last weekend. Above you can see one of the many scarf and flag sellers that roll into town whenever there’s a […] -
![This interesting sound installation forms part of the National Museum of Wales’ Fragile exhibition and invites the public to play songs that will be big enough to smash the clay covering […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mute-national-museum-wales-011-115x115.jpg "Sound as a weapon: DJs crack the clay at Mute at the National Museum of Wales")
Sound as a weapon: DJs crack the clay at Mute at the National Museum of Wales
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 8, 2015 | No CommentsThis interesting sound installation forms part of the National Museum of Wales’ Fragile exhibition and invites the public to play songs that will be big enough to smash the clay covering […] -
![A march and rally is taking place in Cardiff this afternoon in protest at Israel playing in the UEFA Championship. The team face Wales in the Cardiff City stadium at […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_20150906_111628-115x115.jpg "Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015")
Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015
Posted on Sunday, Sep 6, 2015 | No CommentsA march and rally is taking place in Cardiff this afternoon in protest at Israel playing in the UEFA Championship. The team face Wales in the Cardiff City stadium at […] -
![Here’s a selection of street scenes photographed during my short visit to Cardiff this week. My walk to the station took me along Queen Street – where’s there’s always something […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cardiff-street-scenes-august-2015-011-115x115.jpg "Cardiff street scenes: religious rows, the Beatles, sand dogs and Chip Alley")
Cardiff street scenes: religious rows, the Beatles, sand dogs and Chip Alley
Posted on Saturday, Aug 22, 2015 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of street scenes photographed during my short visit to Cardiff this week. My walk to the station took me along Queen Street – where’s there’s always something […]