I took the Passat to Chris Babbage in Cardiff for a service this morning, I travelled back by train to Treforest and then caught the bus from Treforest to Upper Church Village. The bus stop is adjacent to the river Taff so I walked down to the observation platform and took this image of the weir with my Fuji F11 point and shoot camera.

The bus stops outside the pub, which is only a few hundred yards from home, here’s a photograph of my local, the Farmers Arms in Upper Church Village

The ‘main road’ through Upper Church Village has only a pub, a church and some cottages, so here’s a photograph of St Illtyd’s church – the reason the village is called ‘Church Village’. The church is on a site that has been used for Christian worship since the fifth century although the present building dates from 1525, the tower dates from 1636 and the 16th century chalice and paten are still in use. The church is said to be one of the finest examples of Laudian architecture in Wales.