VIDEO – Barry Island Pleasure Park

Anyone living in the HTV region during the 1980’s must surely remember this iconic commercial for Barry Island Pleasure Park! The advert seemed to run for many years and had that familiar theme tune which someone has uploaded to Youtube in all it’s glory. The advert first aired when Barry Island Pleasure Park had an […]

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BIKE RIDE – For Robbie Powell

On a sunny Saturday 20th April 2013 – there was a ‘Ride Out’ in memory of Robbie Powell who died on the 17th April 1990, aged 10, of gross medical negligence. The ride out started from The Big Bike Shop in Aberaman and headed to the National Assembly for Wales where it was hoped to […]

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PHOTOS-Caerphilly Castle

The first bike ride up the Taff Trail for a while and it brought me out in the small town of Caerphilly (no its not a disease!) I hadn’t actually been to Caerphilly Castle since school days (yep it’s gotta be about 20 years since my last visit there!) Initially I felt totally dis-orientated as […]

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VIDEO-Cardiff Bay Speedboat Ride

It was a relative’s Birthday and most of his friends were invited along to ride around Cardiff Bay and the Bristol Channel courtesy of The Bay Island Voyages. The vessel left Mermaid Quay and headed towards the barrage, where after a small wait for the gates to close and water levels to adjust, they then […]

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VIDEO-Speedboat in Cardiff Bay

A video featuring my nephew and his mates on a speedboat ride around Cardiff Bay as part of his Birthday Present!

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