Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Caernarfon

Llanbeblig Cemetery, Caernarfon

Date	11 May 2013
Location	Constantine Road, Caernarfon	SH 48728 62283; 53.13616°N, 4.26275°W
Information	Eglwys Llanbeblig (St Peblig’s Church) was founded in the fifth century and the present-day church dates back to the fourteenth. There were subsequent additions to the building and it was restored in the late 19th century. The church is owned by the Church in Wales, and all services there are held in the Welsh language. The adjoining cemetery is thought to be located on the site of a Roman burial ground associated with the nearby Segontium fort, and indeed over the years several urns of burned bones have been uncovered when graves have been dug. The older part of cemetery has suffered from neglect with much of it being badly overgrown. Vandalism and other anti-social behaviours in the grounds have also been a serious problem. A new £9.3m, 450-pupil replacement building for primary school Ysgol yr Hendre opened in March 2012 on a site bordering the cemetery to the north. The council had intended to use a path through the cemetery as the main access route for pupils. These plans were, however, put on hold in the face of fierce local opposition on the grounds of both pupil safety and also the potential for disruption to the peace and quiet.

Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza II

Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza

Date	6 May 2013
Location	Llandudno, Conwy County Borough	SH 78383 82247; 53.32312°N, 3.82735°W
Information	Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza

Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza I

Traction engine

Date	6 May 2013
Location	Llandudno, Conwy County Borough	SH 78383 82247; 53.32312°N, 3.82735°W
Information	Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza is an annual three-day event held in the main street of the town over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Originally conceived and organised by the town council in 1986 as a means of boosting tourism, the event was later taken over by a volunteer-run company. In its early days, this Victorian-themed carnival featured traditional entertainments with many people wearing period costume. Over the years, however, the emphasis has shifted, with much of funding for the event now coming from modern funfair attraction operators. The Extravaganza is held in conjunction with the Llandudno Transport Festival, whose venue is the nearby Bodafon Fields in Craig y Don. Victorian Extravaganza (Official Site)

Bodnant Garden

Bodnant Garden

Date	6 May 2013
Location	Bodnant Garden	SH 80019 72289	53.23402°N, 3.79903°W

31 Maintenance Unit Depot, Rhiwlas

Concrete hut base, Rhiwlas 31 Maintenance Unit Depot (A)

Date	4 May 2013
Location	Rhiwlas, Gwynedd	(A) SH 57053 65347; 53.16598°N, 4.13977°W (B) SH 57562 65182; 53.16463°N, 4.13209°W (C) SH 57364 64918; 53.16221°N, 4.13493°W
Information	The explosives storage facility built by the Air Ministry at Rhiwlas was a sub unit of 31 Maintenance Unit Llanberis. The site, covering an area of approximately 60 hectares, comprised 25 timber-framed Laing huts. Following the collapse of part of the underground bomb store at Llanberis, 7,000 tons of explosives were re-located to the Rhiwlas depot in 1942. The site closed in 1953.

Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura

Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura

Date	6 April 2013
Location	El Matorral, Fuerteventura	28.453053°N, 13.869381°W
Information	Fuerteventura’s first airport was the military aerodrome built near Tefía in the 1940s. This opened to commercial traffic in 1959, but was superseded in 1962 by a new airport at Los Estancos, the latter’s site having been chosen for its proximity to the island’s capital. However, increasing levels of demand coupled with local wind problems led to this site in turn giving way to the present location at El Matorral, 5km south of Puerto del Rosario. The airport at El Matorral opened in 1969 and its facilities were expanded in 1978 and again 1994. Further expansion work has recently been completed on the terminal, allowing it to double its passenger capacity. In 2012 the airport handled 38,000 flights and 4.4 million passengers.

Parque Natural de Corralejo II – Las Grandes Playas

Grandes Playas, Parque Natural de Corralejo

Date	5 April 2013
Location	Corralejo, Fuerteventura	28.704309°N, 13.836488°W
Information	Las Grandes Playas is a 3.5km-long group of beaches in the Parque Natural de Corralejo. This stretch of Fuerteventuran coastline has at its centre two hotels – the Clubhotel Riu Oliva Beach and the Riu Palace Tres Islas. These are the only two buildings in the Parque Natural. The fine sandy beaches together with the near constant winds make this a very popular spot for water sports such as surfing, windsurfing and kiteboarding.