The Black Cock Inn–Caerphilly

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19 July 2013

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Take the A or B to Cardiff from Caerphilly Bus Station and get off here.   Take the right just ahead.
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Head down the hill.   Pass the signs.
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A little welcome shade.   About 15 minutes from the Bus stop.
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The entrance to the car park.   And the pub itself.
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The bar. Free WiFi.   Hops hanging from the ceiling
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Cwtch – Tiny Rebel.   Castell Coch – Celt Experience. Brewed just down the hill.
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Silures – Celt Experience. Note the Black Cock picture in the Pump Clip.   Good food.  Caerphilly Curry and Chips.

http://theblackcockinn.com/

Going Down Return Up

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Caerphilly Castle – 03

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Caerphilly Castle – 02

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Caerphilly Castle – 01

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July 2013

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Odd to have a summer in the Lower Rhymney Valley.   Caerphilly Cheese used to be made in Caerphilly.
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Now we make our Cheese from Fibre Glass.   Caerphilly Castle.
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When summer returned

Before Cider

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Tomato and Potato Flowers–July 2013

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Walking York’s City Walls – 03

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And the circle completes

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    Churches as well as the Minster
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History everywhere   Shade and Walls
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And a Ferris Wheel    
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    A shadow
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    For those who didn’t come home
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York Railway Station    
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    My gaff

Hydration needed

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On a summer Saturday in July 2013

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The start – Micklegate Bar.  Going anti clockwise.    
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Clifford’s Tower    
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With the better quality light

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