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BCN - Brecon VOR/DME 13th March 2003 Brecon VOR/DME is on the top off a hill overlooking the Rhymney Valley in South Wales. It's South East of the nearest main town - Merthyr Tydfil - and some 7miles from Brecon itself. It was a very pretty drive up there. I took the A469 North to Rhymney and then the Fochriw turnoff. The path up the hill is labelled "Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles!" There were a few other cars up there - mainly kite flying. Unfortunately, the land on the top of the ridge around the VOR seems to be used as a bit of a dumping ground by people. (Click on the small images for the bigger originals) |
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The Beautiful countryside on the way up to BCN |
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Fochriw turnoff on the A469 |
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The VOR is on top of this ridge. This is the path marked as "Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles!" (My car there) |
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View into the Valley below from the pathway on the drive up. |
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View #1 |
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View #2 There's loads of junk around the place! Old washing machines, burned out cars etc. |
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View #3 |
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ID Plate |
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The NATS ID Plate with the old CAA information panel above. |