Ebbw Vale - Stuff to do?

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What? It's a genuine question. ;)
I need to get off my rock at some point this year, and I like South wales.

Edit: And I like oldy worldy mining stuff
 
Turboman said:
I can make many suggestions if you want to go to Cornwall. Try the Heartlands Centre in Camborne, and a visit to Geevor tin mine at Pendeen if you like mining stuff.
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I could drive there from South Wales, so that's not a big deal, thanks.
I've not booked an "holiday residence" yet, so basing myself in the Cornwall area is still an option. South wales seemed like an easy place to get to from the ferry, and is close enough to the many mining things down that way.
 
Shimsteriom said:
I could drive there from South Wales, so that's not a big deal, thanks.
I've not booked an "holiday residence" yet, so basing myself in the Cornwall area is still an option. South wales seemed like an easy place to get to from the ferry, and is close enough to the many mining things down that way.
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If you want to go to Cornwall, avoid the school holidays like the plague, unless you want to get ripped off blind for accommodation. And experience some very bad traffic.
Different kind of mining too. Cornwall is hard rock metal mines, or was. South Wales was all coal.
 
Turboman said:
If you want to go to Cornwall, avoid the school holidays like the plague, unless you want to get ripped off blind for accommodation. And experience some very bad traffic.
Different kind of mining too. Cornwall is hard rock metal mines, or was. South Wales was all coal.
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I made the mistake of going down that way on my motorbike a few years ago, but completely forgot about school holidays. Not such a huge issue on two wheels, but I would have been well annoyed if I'd been in my car.
OK, so South Wales maybe isn't the best place for me to base myself then, looks like Devon / Cornwall could be in for another visit from Shimster
 
Shimsteriom said:
I made the mistake of going down that way on my motorbike a few years ago, but completely forgot about school holidays. Not such a huge issue on two wheels, but I would have been well annoyed if I'd been in my car.
OK, so South Wales maybe isn't the best place for me to base myself then, looks like Devon / Cornwall could be in for another visit from Shimster
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For all I know, South Wales may be fascinating. My earlier post was a joke. But I did once meet a chap from Llantrisant.
I asked him what it was like, he said it was the Hole with the Mint in it.
 
I worked for IBM out of the Bristol office and did quite a bit of work on sites in and around Ebbw and Myrthir-Tydfil (Hoover factory).
What I noticed most about it back then 1980-82 was how spectacularly grimy everything was and how it looked like nothing had been cleaned or painted since God was a boy.
 
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