Chimpanzee
Date
2 January 2019
Location
Colwyn Bay
SH 83619 78854; 53.29380°N, 3.74753°W
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Welsh Mountain Zoo
Mandala #1 – Fire
Lao Tzu said a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, so let’s see what starts with a single post on a new blog…
Mandala # 1 – Fire 2018 Retrospective
Season’s Greetings
Anglesey Woodland Festival
Anglesey Woodland Festival
Date
29 September 2018
Location
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey
SH 52085 69639; 53.20317°N, 4.21601°W
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Anglesey Woodland Festival;
Plas Newydd;
More posts in the Plas Newydd series
Kazie the gorilla
Kazie the Gorilla, Betws-y-coed
Date
16 September 2018
Location
Alpine Coffee Shop, Betws-y-coed
SH 79515 56573; 53.09271°N, 3.80066°W
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Mersey Gateway Bridge
Mersey Gateway Bridge
Date
25 August 2018
Location
Runcorn – Widnes, Cheshire
SJ 52369 84471; 53.35494°N, 2.71707°W
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The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a 2.3 km-long, 6-lane, cable-stayed bridge carrying the A533 road over the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The £600 million bridge links Runcorn and Widnes and is maintained by Halton Borough Council. Construction of the bridge, designed by Knight Architects, commenced in 2014 and it opened in 2017. It was built to relieve congestion on the Runcorn through-arch bridge, which opened in 1961 and was renamed the Silver Jubilee Bridge in 1977. This in turn had replaced a Victorian steam-powered transporter bridge that could convey four cars at a time across the Mersey.
When the new bridge opened the old one was closed for refurbishment and it will reopen as a toll bridge (it was previously free to cross). The tolls on the Mersey Gateway Bridge itself operate using automatic number plate recognition and must be paid online within 24 hours. This has proved to be highly controversial with criticisms of unclear signposting. In the first month 50,000 motorists were issued with penalty charge notices for failure to pay the toll. In 2018 tribunals ruled that the tolls and penalties were in fact in breach of consumer and transport legislation because of improper implementation. The charges continue to be imposed, however, as the rulings were for specific cases and technically do not have general effect.
