travel
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Ed Pigot’s from Portsmouth & so am I
…although my parents moved us to Gloucestershire when I was one. However when I was of an age to take note of trips to Pompey, it was like visiting a giant pop-up book, I was so familiar with the place names and many, many family stories. I’ve just returned from a flying visit now, and Continue reading
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Settings: Porthmadog
I have been fascinated by the industrial revolution since studying it at school. A fair chunk of it seems to come together in Porthmadog with the surrounding quarries, mines and mills, narrow gauge railways and international shipping in the age of sail. The Porthmadog in ‘Slate Heart’ is a little different to what you see Continue reading
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The Welsh Obsession
I grew up in Gloucestershire and a lot of my childhood holidays were spent camping across Wales. Aberporth and Tresaith were initially family favourites before we ventured further north, to Barmouth, into Snowdonia and then: Dad discovered the Ffestiniog Railway. Momentous day! It was the early 1970s, the railway was in a state of ambitious Continue reading
Jacqueline Day 