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ON THE MOUNTAIN ROAD: Chris Towers watches Blaenavon Blues take on Cwmbran Town

Football poet and writer Chris Towers meets with some friends to watch the Blaenavon Blues take on Cwmbran Town in the Ardal South East League…

Football poet and writer Chris Towers meets with some friends to watch the Blaenavon Blues take on Cwmbran Town in the Ardal South East League…

This was, in many ways, a quirky trip. First, one buys fudge made to look like coal and second, one takes a bus and a fellow traveller thinks your double flapped hat is a pet in your arms!
Both surreal on a weekend where one often reflected upon what is authentic and what is not.
To the Mountain Road, we made our way to Blaenavon, where goats loitered, on the winding trails.
In Pontypool Library, and about to take the bus to Blaenavon, I stumbled a...

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