On Saturday 27th I popped down to New Quay, which is about 24 miles South of Aberystwyth by car. The sun was shinning and this is one of the resulting pictures, what a difference the sun makes, tourists were out in their hundreds enjoying the sunny weather.

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Archives September 2008

Picture of Aberaeron harbour during a very low tide. The brightly coloured buildings around the harbour with boats to foreground make a great picture!

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Picture of Llanina Church located in Ceredigion, just North of New Quay, West Wales.

Never seen this church before so took this photo of it, before heading down to the beach which it over looks.

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Picture of Llanon from the A487, low tides such as this reveal the fish traps (which are more visable on aerial photographs). Looking North over Cardigan Bay you also see Llanrhystud and Aberystwyth in the far distance.

In late August 1939, the majority of the National Gallery's paintings were taken by train and van to Bangor, Aberystwyth and Penrhyn Castle. Others were stored in Caernarvon Castle, Plas-y-Bryn, at Bontnewydd, and Crosswood, near Aberystwyth. Some remained at Avening, in Gloucestershire, at the home of Lord Lee of Fareham, a gallery trustee. The many scattered locations and their vagaries were a considerable headache for Davies, who oversaw the whole operation. At Crosswood, where 70 paintings were stored, the hot-water pipes of the antiquated heating system ran under the floor of the library, where the pictures were kept, seriously lowering the relative humidity, with potentially disastrous consequences for paintings on panel and canvas. As the heating could not be turned off without affecting the rest of the house, blankets and felt had to be soaked in a nearby stream and hung in the library until the humidity reached acceptable levels. At Penrhyn, the paintings were housed all over the castle and the owner was a hazard in himself. In a letter to the keeper, William Gibson, Davies confided: 'For your most secret ear, one of our troubles at Penrhyn Castle is that the owner is celebrating the war by being fairly constantly drunk. He stumbled with a dog into the dining-room a few days ago; this will not happen again. Yesterday, he smashed up his car, and, I believe, himself a little - so perhaps the problem has solved itself for the moment.'

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Aberystwyth Mayor Sue Jones-Davies, Said: "Given what’s on TV today, it’s amazing a ban in Aberystwyth still exists - I think it should be lifted. Things have moved on in censorship". Sue now 51, played Judith, Brian’s girlfriend in the 1979 classic The Life Of Brian. What are your views on the ban thats still preventing the showing of this Monty Python film in the Commodore cimena.

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Greenwich Reading Group discuss: Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcom Pryce.A blogger writes "It's the oddest book, really funny and totally makes fun of the Welsh, but not in a bad way." Have you read this book? Let's hear what you have to say about Aberystwyth Mon Amour, is it really as funny as this blogger writes!

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Photography exhibition at the National Library of Wales. About the quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. Describe as "landscape with a large pinch of documentary". Open Monday - Saturday until November 22nd

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“The university has written to all students who have not been able to arrange accommodation prior to their arrival at Aberystwyth to make their way to Penbryn (halls) from 10am onwards on Sunday, September 21.”Up to 160 first year students are without accommodation for the full term in University halls of residence.

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Aberystwyth councillor and keen cyclist Alun Williams welcomed the development. "The new section of cycle path from Tanybwlch to Llanfarian via Rhydyfelin is a huge step forward for cyclists wanting to ride into Aberystwyth from the south and is already being used by both cyclists and walkers before it's even been publicised"

I think it's great to see these cycle routes open up the countryside, the busy country roads are not ideal for cyclists, now those who wish to cycle to work can do so safely. Combined with a healthier lifestyle and greener living, this can only be good for us all.

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A high percentage of people seemed to have turned their back on the continent for many reasons such as the strong euro or rising cost of air travel. Instead, they seem to be favouring the convenience of holidaying closer to home and taking advantage of some of the beautiful countryside that can be found throughout the UK.

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"We are trying for transit town status, which is a move towards self-sufficiency and sustainability. Having Tesco here could jeopardise that," said Mr Jenkins. "We're also trying to become a slow food town, which aims to lower food miles. Tesco would radically change that."

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Elin Jones AM said: “The resources we have in Wales’s seas are of great importance, and our fishing fleet is an essential element of the food production industry. “I am proud that Aberystwyth, and Ceredigion as a whole, is such an excellent showcase for the rich diversity of our food production industry.

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Climate change and global economic and demographic factors present new challenges for food and fuel security. Electricity and heat can be produced by a range of renewable energy technologies but biomass from plants is unique in being able to directly replace oil for transport and chemicals.

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The conference, at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, continues until Saturday afternoon.On Friday, party leader and Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones will reject claims that a referendum on further assembly powers will not be held on or before the next assembly election in 2011.

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Officers said the train did not derail but it is not yet clear how the vehicle came to be in the location near the manual crossing.British Transport police officers are working closely with Dyfed- Powys police to find out what happened.

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Aberystwyth, home to over 7,000 students, already has a alcohol-free zone. But retailers may now be asked to stop selling drink to young people on Saturdays and Sundays. A similar scheme has started in Carmarthenshire.

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The 17-year-old died after a 4x4 car left a flooded forestry track and overturned into a river in Powys.A man in the vehicle had to walk several miles to a farm to raise the alarm after Friday's incident near the Llyn Brianne reservoir.

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Altin Balla, 28, from Aberystwyth in mid Wales, died in hospital after he became trapped with steel against his neck at Marriotts Close Development.The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) will lead a vigil and one minute's silence outside the site in Witney on Tuesday.

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As part of the Fifteenth Century Conference at Aberystwyth, the Lampeter library has arranged with the Hugh Owen Library at Aberystwyth to exhibit there some of its medieval manuscripts and incunabula as well as rare early editions of authors such as Chaucer, Lydgate and Polydore Vergil. Here is a 'blog' version of the exhibition.

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According to their theory, particles acquire mass through their interactions with an all-pervading field, called the Higgs field, which is carried by the Higgs boson. It is the only Standard Model particle that has yet to be observed experimentally.

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The most powerful physics experiment ever built, the Large Hadron Collider will re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental questions of science and the universe itself.

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We’re doomed! Or so some would say. The Large Hadron Collider is going to be activated tomorrow, and according to some, this will apparently lead to the earth being swallowed by a black hole. And if this video is any indication of the CERN staff’s professionalism... well then we tend to believe them. But seriously, why so serious?

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On Wednesday, engineers will attempt to circulate a beam of particles around the 27km-long underground tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).The £5bn machine is designed to smash particles together with cataclysmic force, revealing signs of new physics in the wreckage.

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Raglan Castle built in the fifteenth-century by Sir William ap Thomas and his son William Herbert, later remodelled by William Somerset the third earl of Worcester, 1549-89.

Despite attempts of demolition during the Civil War, much of the hexagonal-shaped Great Tower and state apartments still survive today.

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This video was taken during a visit to Castell Coch, South Wales. You can see more images of Castell Coch by clicking on the link below. You can also read more and make your own comments about Castell Coch . This video shows the lavishly decorated rooms of Castell Coch.

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This video was taken during a visit to Caerphilly Castle, South Wales. You can see more images of Caerphilly Castle by clicking on the link below. You can also read more about Caerphilly Castle . This video shows the moat, which is deep defensive trench filled with water that surrounded the castle and inner ward of Caerphilly Castle.

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This picture was taken during a visit to Bodelwythan Castle, North Wales. You can see more images of Bodelwythan Castle by clicking on the link below. You can also read more about Bodelwythan Castle . This picture shows the inner ward of Bodelwythan Castle.