SOCIAL EVENTS |
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| Our social events are often arranged around home groups as well as 'whole church' events.
We may have barbecues, go to a local 'hostelry' for skittles, family trips to the beach or forest walks, football matches with other local groups, etc.
It may also report on our events, with photographs. You are always welcome at our home group meetings. |
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| June picnic and walk along Taff near Merthyr Tydfil | |
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A number of church members and friends met for a picnic and walk. The venue was near Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, at the Blue Pool on the banks of the River Taff. One family travelled from Clevedon, in Bristol - a distance of about 50 miles - to be with us. Well, although the weather had been very poor for June, the skies remained clear for the afternoon. A good time was had by all, with normal picnic type sandwiches and foods, and one couple even brought a disposable barbecue with them. |
 So, who's brought the sausages? |
 "If he was that big, why did he need a castle?" |
After 'food and fellowship', a few of us went for a walk along the river Taff. We found the Blue Pool, which was more dark grey and a bit muddy, although the waterfalls that filled it were quite noisy, cutting through the limestone in a series of cascades. We also found the tomb of Crawshay the Ironmaster, a local colourful figure from the 1800's who bought Blaenavon Ironworks and built a castellated mansion to protect himself from danger due to irate workers. His tomb is surrounded by a iron railings and is capped with a large (3mx2m) slab of stone. We spent a while discussing just how large he might have been to warrant a 3mx2m tombcover (cut from devonian old red sandstone conglomerate)? |
| We also found an old abandoned church nearby, which our intrepid church leader Tony explored, seemingly to discover whether it might be turned into a cinema (sorry - in joke! Our new church building was once a cinema). |
 "hmmm, the projection room could go here" |
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Our walk had passed under the Pontsarn viaduct (a bit wet down there)........ |
| ......and continued to a local hostelry for a well earned beverage. |  mine's a capp...cappi...cappa......coffee! |
| Old (really old!) images of the area can be seen on the alangeorge.co.uk site | |
