On their return from adventure training at Trails End Camp in the Rocky Mountains, 1 Tp was tasked to construct a bridge for HM The Queen on the Balmoral Estate. An MLC 30 structure was required to replace the original timber-beamed ...
It's out of the ground now, it's in tanks on an industrial estate, and at some stage the hope is to be able to put it back together, like the Mary Rose. But we don't have the funds to do that at the moment, so what we are trying to do is put it back ... About exactly a mile north of Caerwent, on the hill above it, is the Llanmelin hillfort, which is one of the Silurian hill forts. So it's dead easy if people fancy a day trip ? do the Roman town and then do the hill fort. ...
I only recently discovered from a new road sign near Abergele that Caer is Welsh for Chester, so the Welsh towns like Caerphilly and bCaerwent/b, equate to the English towns such as Winchester and Gloucester. b....../b I had spoken with them on the phone as we'd set off from Christleton and after breakfast they were going to set off from the Mill bHotel/b, where I'd put them up overnight, and walk along the tow path with their tripod and camera to meet us. b.../b
