Visited Places
Hafodyrynys, Monmouthshire, Wales
One of my main objectives for visiting Hafodyrynys (which I did in May 2008) was to see this mountain and to walk from the back of my Grandmother's old garden in Rectory Road, up the side of the mountain, and to turn and look down at the house, just as her father had done on his way to the mines, and as she had done when playing. My Grandmother passed away in November 2008.
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Cefn-y-Crib, Monmouthshire, Wales
After visiting the ruins of Raglan Castle, we (Monika, my Dad and I) made our way towards Hafodyrynys and having taken a back road came first to Pantygasseg, a village I knew through my research as being the place where my Great-Uncle amongst many others had worked as a miner.
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