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Dist:0.3km<br/>Llanfechan church is dedicated to St Afan http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/brecon/16805.htm. In the churchyard are the graves of great-great grandparents of mine, originally they were from south Warwickshire and farmed around the Cilmery area from around the 1860s until their descendants moved to Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the early 1900s.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>Coaches and buses crowd the disused forecourt and pump area. The sign advertises unleaded fuel at 99.9 pence per litre, so that dates the closure of this facility. One small bus still bears its destination or route sign; 'Chepstow via Monmouth / Trellech' which is coincidentally my old stomping ground. An interesting and thought provoking collection.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.5km<br/>One coach bears the legend 'Scouts and Guides' and was presumably used by such youth groups on camps, trips and activities. I'm sure that each coach could tell a tale or two and if I squint a little I am sure I can see serried ranks of faces uplifted in song and hear a faint chorus of ________* (Insert favourite song of your youth here).
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.5km<br/>I have been passing this coach graveyard for years and each time I mean to stop off and study the decay at closer quarters. Maybe as many as two dozen coaches and buses stand parked on this old garage lot, as if hoping for one last road trip that never comes. Judging from the registration plates these are mainly 1980's vintage coaches, long since superseded by newer models but redolent of their day and speaking to me of many, many school trips, safari park visits and sweaty sandwiches, sing-songs and nefarious activities at the back of the bus. Great to see such a collection. Great work by the collector concerned. They're in reasonable nick all things considered.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.6km<br/>An erratic boulder in the corner of a field behind Llwyngwyn, probably deposited by ice sheets during the last ice-age.
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.0km east<br/>
©Eirian Evans
Dist:1.1km west<br/>
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>Farmland to the rear of Rhosforlo Farm. Viewed from a bridleway which like many rights of way in the area has little use.
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.3km west<br/>
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.4km east<br/>Newly refurbished house between the road and railway.
©Richard Webb
Dist:1.5km east<br/>Rhedyn dates back to the mid 1800s and was originally built as part of the Cilmery Park Estate to house its forester and his family. The house is set in a tranquil valley at the foot of Myndd Epynt. It now offers bed and breakfast.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:1.6km south<br/>The wood in the middle distance is Llanfechan Wood
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.6km southeast<br/>Farm access track to the west of Pantyblodau in the Irfon valley.
©Philip Halling
Dist:1.6km south<br/>Looking down, from the bridleway crossing the square, towards the Irfon valley. One member of the clan has been deputised to see what's going on.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.6km southeast<br/>As this bridleway climbs through the woodland it just scrapes into the south-west corner of this square.
©Graham Horn

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