Slow Train Coming Articles

Chepstow

Published 7th May 2024

The Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming visited Chepstow and had a wander around the town and riverside before visiting the castle.

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Barry Island

Published 11th April 2024

Brief notes on the trip the ‘Slow Train Coming’ group took to Barry Island in April 2024.

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Cheltenham

Published 8th March 2024

Notes on a trip by the Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming group to Cheltenham in March 2024.

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Newport

Published 15th January 2024

On Thursday, February 1st 2024, we are heading for Newport to learn about the Chartist Rising of 1839. 

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Penarth

Published 9th January 2024

Short report of the Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming trip to Penarth in January 2024.

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Aberdare

Published 3rd December 2023

Report on our December 2023 trip to Aberdare.

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Aberfan

Published 6th October 2023

A brief report on the Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming group trip to Merthyr Vale and Aberfan in October 2023.

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Rhoose

Published 14th August 2023

The next trip for the Slow Train Coming group is on Thursday, September 7th when we will go to Rhoose

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Taff’s Well

Published 9th July 2023

It was another good turnout of U3A members for our tip to Taff’s Well and it was nice to welcome some new members of Slow Train Coming aboard.  We started by having a look at the progress being made on the building of the new South Wales Metro Depot and control Centre adjacent to Taff’s […]

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Llanhilleth

Published 15th June 2023

A sizable group of people (~30) successfully completed the first IQ test of the day and found their way to Platform 0 at Cardiff Central only to be informed a while later that there was a platform alteration so we all trundled off to platform 4. We left 18 minutes late and made up a […]

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