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©Marion Phillips
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©David Medcalf
Dist:0.7km<br/>These sheep weren't being curious - they were terrified, cowering into the little hideaway provided by the gateway into the field. For about 10 minutes I saw them being chased from one side of the field to the other by a loose Alsatian dog (seen in the distance) who was repeatedly being called and whistled to by its distraught sounding owner. For the dog, it was all harmless fun - he/she never actually attacked any of the sheep but I now understand why farmers hate dogs that "worry" sheep - they could so easily harm themselves in their panic and also, one of the sheep in the foreground looked like it was suffering from some form of respiratory problem or heart condition as it was panting heavily with its tongue lolling out for at least five minutes after the others had calmed down.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.8km<br/>This track, now a public footpath, seems to be part of the industrial history of the area, but it's not apparent what purpose it served.
©David Medcalf
Dist:0.8km<br/>Until recently, the land beyond the gateway was an opencast mine. A local man who was walking his dog told me that when the mine was created, assurances were made that all rights of way and thoroughfares would be restored once the mine had completed its operation as would be the field boundaries. All the public rights of way listed on the council's definitive map have been faithfully preserved and re-created but strangely not the more major roads and thoroughfares that weren't listed as public rights of ways. This has lead to a very strange network of public footpaths that lead to nowhere! Where a footpath met a road prior to mining, it simply stops at a fence with no means of continuing - and in some cases another footpath can be seen continuing "further down the road" with no way of crossing to it. The local man told me that the way the land has been sold back to the farmers (including the roads) has been a cause of contention - I was told that the land owner has asked walkers not walk along the old road routes.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.9km<br/>A snowy scene with a telecommunications mast in the distance.[[SN5715]]
©Marion Phillips
Dist:0.9km<br/>A view of Pen-y-Groes, looking towards the Carmel TV, radio and communications masts. The second smaller mast had only been erected a few days before this picture was taken.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:1.0km southwest<br/>
©Colin Bell
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Brasserie with function room.
©Marion Phillips
Dist:1.1km east<br/>Blaenau Primary School.
©Marion Phillips
Dist:1.1km east<br/>
©Marion Phillips
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Built in 1825.
©Marion Phillips
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>
©Colin Bell
Dist:1.2km south<br/>The handle is padlocked against mischief but I think the fact that the whole linkage mechanism is metal from top to bottom also acts as a deterrent.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>View towards Ammanford with mud, rushes and sheep. The ground on which I am standing is raised about 5 metres above surrounding land by the deposit and levelling of rubble and soil from elsewhere.
©Marion Phillips

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