Archive for the ‘ monmouth ’ Category

Closure of The Hill, Abergavenny

Local news: The Hill, Coleg Gwent’s Education and Conference centre in Abergavenny is due to close, under plans announced recently. A real shame if this does happen. Politicians condemn Hill closure [ READ MORE ]

The end of The Wye Valley Chorus

A couple of Tuesdays ago, a few of us held the last meeting of the Wye Valley Chorus in Monmouth. There was no singing and the mood was sombre as we took votes to decide on which charities would receive the remainder of the bank balance. Instead of the usual banter, there was awkward smalltalk. [ READ MORE ]

A Boudin Noir

I have bought a boudin noir from the Trealy Farm stall at the Monmouth Farmers’ market. Now what do I do with it? [ READ MORE ]

View from the Kymin

Image by Monnowman via Flickr This was the view this morning from the Kymin, the big hill behind Monmouth, looking towards Abergavenny, the Blorange and the Skirrid. I’ve never seen it so clear. [ READ MORE ]

Black triangle UFOs over Monmouth

The 10th October edition of the Forest & Wye Valley Review, a local free newspaper, has an article reporting triangular black craft seen by anonymous witness over the A40 dual carriageway next to Chippenham Mead at 10 PM on Friday 26th September. The witness describes the two objects as “low enough to hit with a stone… [ READ MORE ]

Hypocrisy on the Pavement?

A rant about hypocritical cyclists[ READ MORE ]

Monmouth from Buckholt Woods

Monmouth from Buckholt Woods Originally uploaded by Monnowman. Went for a walk here today as I hadn’t seen the countryside on this side of town. Picture is taken with my mobile phone so very wide angle too much foreground!) and panorama stitching a bit iffy. [ READ MORE ]

The trials of the pushchair-pusher

I had to push my daughter in her pushchair into the road to avoid these two cars parked on the pavement recently in central Monmouth. Technorati Tags: Monmouth, parking [ READ MORE ]

Monmouth to get Sustrans cycle paths

Monmouth is to be one of the beneficiaries of the Sustrans connect2 scheme after the project was the winner of the People’s £50 Million Lottery Giveaway recently. The scheme aims to provide cycle and foot paths into town across the Wye and Monnow rivers, going some way to restoring the town’s connection with these [ READ MORE ]

The Council excepts no liability…

A sign in one of Monmouth’s main car parks states that Monmouthshire County Council “excepts no liability” for loss or damage to property. So if it excepts no liability does that mean that it accepts all liabilities? Technorati Tags: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, English, signs, spelling, typo, language [ READ MORE ]

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