Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Blongb]

It must be a Mill site Hugo, but like Steve H, I don't know where.

[Hugo]

Sorry Hugo, gave it a good try, I felt I should know it and even checked out your latest walk but no luck.

I'm sure that you did give it a good try Steve but I was waiting for someone to get it before posting my latest walk tonight because it's on there.

Blongb, you are correct with your comments.  The Mill was built in 1743 and was in regular use for grinding grain for flour and cattle feed until the 1950’s.   It also produced feed for the pit ponies that worked underground at the Point of Ayr Colliery.   The Mill has since been renovated and is now a welcoming inn.      It wasn't welcoming when we went on our walk though as the place was closed.     

I thought that if Gwynant had seen the question he may have guessed the "clues Cymraeg"  and the pub is in that place.

I'm going to take my dog for a walk now and will give the answer when I come back, that's if nobody has guessed it before I come back

[SDQ]

Garth Mill, Ffynnongroyw?

[Hugo]

Well done SDQ   spot on.     

It's located at the end of Garth Lane in Ffynnongroyw.           Ffynnon =   well
                                                                                        Groyw   =   clear        

[Hugo]

And now for a nice easy peasy one for a change on this Sunday evening,       

Where exactly is this sculpture?

[Hugo]

I should have added that it is somewhere in N Wales, so that must help now.     

[Hugo]

Photographed  from another angle

[Hugo]

Another angle may help

[Hugo]

You'll find this at the start of a walk in Denbighshire.   

[Fester]

Overlooking Prestatyn, at the start/finish of the Offa's Dyke trail?

[Hugo]

Spot on Fester, well done         

Congratulations on your darts victory, that's quite an achievement.         

[Hugo]

Just in case anyone is interested, the photos were of a giant sculpture of a Roman Helmet which can be found in Prestatyn near the start of the Offa's Dyke Footpath.
It's a nice piece of art work and I was comparing it to the Arty Farty metal sculpture on Llandudno's West Shore.   It's a shame that the West Shore sculpture wasn't about 300 yards nearer Deganwy and then it could have gone the same way as the cycle track.


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[Nemesis]

Couldn't agree more Hugo. It is awful !

Talking of sculptures, have you seen the huge foot, visible from the train, at, I think, Flint station?

[Hugo]

No I haven't seen that one before Nemesis, but then I haven't travelled that way on the train for many years.     I've looked it up since you mentioned it and at least you can tell straight away what it looks like unlike that metal thing on the West Shore


Long Description:
This is a large steel sculpture of a foot standing on tiptoe. There are cogwheels and chains protruding from the top of the sculpture.

It was commissioned by Flintshire Borough Council as part of it's plan to regeneration the area around the railway station. The brief of the artist was to mirror the different transportion methods available in Flint. The sculpture was placed in an area clearly visible from the trains, station platform and car park, and by scores of cyclists using the National Cycle Network.
Name: Footplate.

Figure Type: Human
Artist Name: Brian Fell.
Date created or placed: 1999.
Materials used: Steel.
Location: At western end of station.

[hollins]

Where in North Wales will you find this?