GRAFFITI-Spades ‘blob character’ used for Referendum Vote poster

Venturing via a different route in the back-end of town and passing over this ‘well-decorated’ railway bridge – set all alone amongst an area going through huge redevelopment – located between the edge of the City Centre, Grangetown and Cardiff Bay. (Which part of Cardiff would you say this is actually within? answers on a […]

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CARDIFF-Lorry gets stuck under railway bridge

An articulated lorry got stuck under a railway bridge at the top end of Bute Street yesterday. Around 2:30pm the lorry, laiden with mattresses, approached the 14ft 9 bridge and attempted to pass under but obviously got stuck. No major structural problems have been reported about the bridge and roads were re-opened after an hour […]

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VIDEO-Llandaff Raft Race

After catching some of the Cardiff 10k Marathon earlier in the day it only seemed fair to venture out and actually do some exercise myself. The sun was shining and it seemed only natural to get out on the bike and cycle up the Taff Trail and experience some of the natural delights that Cardiff […]

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Pont Y Werin bridge opens (at last!)

Above is the picture of the scene from July 2009 – exactly ONE year ago to the day that it shouldve opened! All you can see is the trunk road across the River Ely which doesnt allow any pedestrian or safe cycle access between Cardiff Bay and Penarth. Hence a solution was required to allow […]

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PHOTOS-Graffiti Character Posters Spotted

Time for another update on some grafitti characters that ive spotted on my travels. Two of these fellow gents have popped up on Cowbridge Road, near Ely Bridge and seem to be cut-out sprayed posters which have been pasted up. (is there a better technical graf-term for them???) I hope there are many more to […]

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PHOTOS-Delays in the opening of Pont Y Werin bridge.

The bridge, which joins up the 10km route around Cardiff bay, was due to open on June 8th, 2010 but due to unforeseen supply delays the bridge will not open until 14th July, 2010. Tests have been successfully carried out on the hydraulic operating system to raise the 20 meter section allowing vessels to pass […]

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Construction of Pont Y Werin bridge in Cardiff Bay

“It’s costing £160,000 per hour to hire the crane”, “It’s the world’s largest crane”, “The last piece of the bridge is being fitted by a smaller crane on Tuesday as it’s too expensive to use the large one” These were just some of the things that were being said as the third piece of the […]

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