Just posting some pictures of a walk so that a friend can see them. I’m also working out how easy it is to post blogs from my phone. Which might be useful in June (I’ll explain that closer to June).

There are some good descriptions of Hills Tramroad online, like this one from the Blaenavon World Heritage site.

So, here’s some pictures of Hills Tramroad near Blaenavon, taken on a gorgeous day in May 2023. The Hawthorne blossom was amazing that day.

Hills Tramroad was built in 1815 to transport iron from The Blaenavon iron works to the Canal at Llanfoist and onwards to Newport. This was necessary before the railway had reached Blaenavon.

There was also some processing of the iron en-route at Garnddyrys Forge, home of The Slag Monster. Limestone from the local quarries was also transported back to Blaenavon furnaces. It was a complicated bit of industrial infrastructure.

That’s it for the moment. I’m planning another visit with the friend who wanted to see these.