Coed Tysegur

Peeping over the hillside is a chapel on the A483.

Two very different fields.

This OS cut mark can be found on the SW parapet of the railway bridge. It marked a point 166.034m above mean sea level.

This OS cut mark can be found on the west parapet of the railway bridge. It marked a point 178.174m above mean sea level.

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 Judging from the registration plates these are mainly 1980's vintage coaches, long since superseded by newer models but redolent of their day and speaking to me of many, many school trips, safari park visits and sweaty sandwiches, sing-songs and nefarious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.

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).

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.

Yet another large chapel building looking a little neglected.

Originally built here in 1847 and rebuilt in this form in 1883. They must have been very proud of it at that time.

View to the west over farmland north of Llanfechan.

Farmland near Cil-micney Farm to the north of Llanfachen.

Driving past this former garage I had to stop and photograph it with its many old buses parked up and rusting.

Llanfechan church is dedicated St Afan.

Llanfechan church is a small church with a single chamber containing the nave and chancel.

Llanfechan church is dedicated to St Afan.

This family grave contains a number of the Webb family. Originally the family were from south Warwickshire and moved to the Builth Wells area in the nineteenth century and farmed locally at Rhosforla Farm, Cilmery Farm and Aber-Bwtran.

Llanfechan church is dedicated to St Afan.

Llanfechan church is dedicated to St Afan.