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caroline palmer

@letterfromaber

I write about life nature and history in Ceredigion

 Aberystwyth
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Joined November 2012
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A Tour of Old College

A Tour of Old College

by The Curious Scribbler, I was privileged to join a group of Old Students Association members for a tour of Old College.  Twelve of us gathered at the site office in the building formerly known as…

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Ignominious end of the Hot Toddy

by the Curious Scribbler I wrote in August about the two boats beached at Tanybwlch, the second of which remained un-rescued and acquired a council notice for its removal under the terms of the Abe…

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Hot Toddy on Tanybwlch Beach

There is a new piece of litter on the beach this month, a rather aged fibreglass yacht which lies stranded on the shingle at the north end of the beach. I first saw it on 5 August, when not one but…

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More street art in #Aberystwyth, with #PenDinas #Hillfort & monument in the background - #Penparcau, #Ceredigion @Toby_Driver1 @RCAHMWales @CeredigionArch @CeredigionMus
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Dr Toby Driver@Toby_Driver110 Aug 2024
Perhaps we should be restoring the tidal pool on Castle Point rocks, Aberystwyth?
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The 1930s former tidal swimming pool on Margate beach in Kent has been listed at Grade II, protecting it for future generations. 🌊 Margate is thought to be the only town in England with 2 purpose-built tidal pools. The other is at Walpole Bay. ➡️ bit.ly/TidalPoolListed
Aerial photo showing a sandy beach with a large rectangular pool filled with sea water.

ALT Aerial photo showing a sandy beach with a large rectangular pool filled with sea water.

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Dafydd ap Gwilym’s Kestrel

by The Curious Scribbler There is a celebrated yew at Strata Florida.  It is certainly old, and by tradition is deemed to be the yew under which the fourteenth century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym is buri…

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Gwydir Castle@JudyCorbett22 Jun 2024
Posers.
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Been about five years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.
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