ValleyBoy

Retired, Welsh, Bipolar ex-professional, sharing eclectic views through my love of all things visual, as Valley Boy and Barry James. 🙈🙉🙊

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A welcome break in the weather this late October morning on Ynys Môn, for an autumnal Traeth Coch bay view. @Ruth_ITV @AngleseyScMedia @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @northwalescom #YnysMôn #Anglesey #EastCoast #TraethCoch #RedWharfBay #October #Wales

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@StarWarEcho It's true - it gets everywhere, and keeps reappearing for months after ...

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In 2020, intrepid Kayakers exit Eryri's Afon Llugwy rapids at Betws-y-Coed's 1500s Pont-y-Pair bridge. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #BetwsyCoed #Kayakers #AfonLlugwy #PontyPairRapids #Wales

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In coastal Llandudno, the Alex Munro Way entrance view to the Great Orme's Happy Valley in late October. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #GreatOrme #AlexMunroWay #HappyValley #October #Wales

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A bleak and blustery October morning Menai Strait view, from Porthaethwy's Beach Road on Ynys Môn. @Ruth_ITV @AngleseyScMedia @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @northwalescom #YnysMôn #Anglesey #Porthaethwy #MenaiBridge #MenaiStrait #MainlandBangor #Wales

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"Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor," with its popular 1896 Garth Pier - a scenic Menai Strait landmark. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @northwalescom #Bangor #GarthPier #1896Landmark #Scenic #MenaiStrait #Summer2026 #Wales

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On Llandudno Great Orme, a Marine Drive early morning view of the pier piercing the Irish Sea's North Shore Bay. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #GreatOrme #NorthShoreBay #October #Wales

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St Cystennins 1843 Church on its 335AD religious site in the southernmost Dinerth Valley, at Mochdre. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @pplscollection @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #ColwynBay #Mochdre #1843StCystenninsChurch #Wales

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A Colwyn Bay to Llandudno tram on Brompton Ave in 1955, only to be replaced by a bus service in 1956. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @pplscollection @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #ColwynBay #RhosonSea #BromptonAve #1955Tram #Wales

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Eryri's autumnal views at Bethesda, with Ogwen Bank's Victorian packhorse bridge over the Afon Ogwen. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #Bethesda #OgwenBank #PackhorseBridge #AfonOgwen #Oct #Wales

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Today's Llandudno Great Orme's northerly Irish Sea view, before the mist and rain blew in from the south. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #YGogarth #GreatOrme #NortherlyView #October #Wales

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A small but perfectly formed island off an island via a causeway, that's Ynys Môn's Ynys Tysilio on the Menai Strait. @Ruth_ITV @AngleseyScMedia @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @northwalescom #YnysMôn #Anglesey #Porthaethwy #MenaiStrait #YnysTysilio #Wales

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Autumnal early morning cold water swim, in Llanberis's slate landscaped Llyn Padarn glacial lake, in Eryri. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #Llanberis #LlynPadarn #ColdWaterSwim #October #Wales

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Making seasonal day trips and extended stays to Llandudno both fun and educational, Llandudno Boat Trips. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #LlandudnoBoatTrips #NorthShoreBay #IrishSea #Wales

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In 1946 two young ladies gave the gulls an ad-hoc leap frog demonstration, on Llandudno's Victorian Pier.
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[ValleyBoy @BJRoberts]

In 1946 two young ladies gave the gulls an ad-hoc leap frog demonstration, on Llandudno's Victorian Pier. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #VictorianPier #LeapFrogDemo #1946YoungLadies #Wales

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A cold and grey October early morning view of the Llandudno Great Orme coastline, from its North Shore zig-zags. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Llandudno #GreatOrme #NorthShoreZigZags #October #Wales

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Bethesda's Ogwen Bank today, with its Afon Ogwen downriver view from Pont Ogwen, a 19th century packhorse bridge. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru
#Eryri #Bethesda #PontOgwen #AfonOgwen #October #Wales

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An autumnal Eryri view along a simge track road in the lush Gwydir Forest Park, high above Betws-y-Coed on an October day. @Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #BetwsyCoed #GwydirForestPark #Wales

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An autumnal Eryri view of Capel Curig's Pont Ty Hyll over the Afon Llugwy, in the lush Gwydir Forest Park.@Ruth_ITV @ItsYourWales @visitwales @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #CapelCurig #PontTyHyll #AfonLlugwy #GwydirForest #Wales