Sunday 27th August 2017 ko 18.00
South Wales Alliance Premier Division
BRECON CORINTHIANS 2 (Bain 54 C Jones 83)
PONTLOTTYN AFC 0
Att 236
Entry £3
Programme £1
We headed north from Cwmbach heading past the site of the Tower Colliery in Hirwaun. It was quite a poignant moment as one of our coach drivers Nigel, was and is a shareholder in the workers’ buyout that saw the mine re-open in 1995 and continue work until 2008, and even now the site is being used for open-cast mining.
From there, we left the valleys crossing the Brecon Beacons National Park, and to my way of thinking at least, we left South Wales, entering Mid-Wales in the process. Continue reading