With an afternoon to kill and some new music to listen to, I decided to go for a wander yesterday.
I had downloaded some mixes of Floyd Campbell after reading a feature on XLR8R and decided to head up the old dump of Grangemoor. It seemed apt as he seems to use a lot of found sound as source material... whatever, fidgety buzzing techno is good walking music.
Once up there I decided to amble on further, popping into The Pumping Station (regretting not buying this sign now)...
and onto the Ely Trail, which was quite nice until you got past Sanatorium Park, where it turns onto the back of a decrepit industrial estate, like something out of Life On Mars. The footbridge at the end of Paper Mill Road brings you out between Ely Bridge and Victoria Park and that's where I left the trail and headed back into town down Cowbridge Road East.
The Ely Trail continues up to St. Fagans for four miles and there are plans to put a proper path in once the mess of the old paper mill is sorted but for now, if you want a nice two hour wander, I'd come off one of the paths in Sanatorium Park.
I had downloaded some mixes of Floyd Campbell after reading a feature on XLR8R and decided to head up the old dump of Grangemoor. It seemed apt as he seems to use a lot of found sound as source material... whatever, fidgety buzzing techno is good walking music.
Once up there I decided to amble on further, popping into The Pumping Station (regretting not buying this sign now)...
and onto the Ely Trail, which was quite nice until you got past Sanatorium Park, where it turns onto the back of a decrepit industrial estate, like something out of Life On Mars. The footbridge at the end of Paper Mill Road brings you out between Ely Bridge and Victoria Park and that's where I left the trail and headed back into town down Cowbridge Road East.
The Ely Trail continues up to St. Fagans for four miles and there are plans to put a proper path in once the mess of the old paper mill is sorted but for now, if you want a nice two hour wander, I'd come off one of the paths in Sanatorium Park.
