Eglwysilan Common Sunset

I've had a really lazy day, only getting out of bed to make myself a coffee. I haven't even had a call out so took the opportunity to replace the bathroom lightswitch that would work when it wanted!

I needed to get out, so late afternoon I went for a drive to take some photo's of whatever caught my eye. The blip photo is of the sun setting over Eglwysilan Common.


The common is an upturned horseshoe of yellow access-land on the Explorer map, with Abertridwr and Senghenydd (where the 1913 colliery disaster occurred) nestling in the U. On both sides of this hilltop common are the heavily-populated valleys.  The common provides physical and metaphorical uplift for those who venture up there.  There are rights for the public to walk and ride as it’s an urban common under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925.

A bit further on and the towns of Nelson, Quaker’s Yard and Merthyr Tydfil come into view, emphasising the contrast between the valleys and the common.  Away to the north you can see the Brecon Beacons. On a clear day, from the trig point, a view over Caerphilly to the Bristol Channel and Somerset can be seen.