The Cliff Railway funicular has been hauling passengers up steep Constitution Hill, at the northern end of Aberystwyth Promenade, since 1896. This kingdom is surrounded by myths – it’s similar to the Atlantis idea – but there’s no question that some land was submerged in the area, and more has been revealed by the storms of the last few years.

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A few years on and Louie Knight does most of his work on small-time jobs, but often involving violence; a former lover, Bianca, died in his arms in Aberystwyth Mon Amour, and he nearly lost his assistant 'Calamity' (a nod to Calamity Jane) to a snuff movie in Last Tango in Aberystwyth, and saves his girlfriend, Myfanwy, from an evil genius. In The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth Myfanwy is kidnapped when she and Louie are fed drugged raspberry ripple ice cream. This worries him especially because Myfanwy is very ill, with Louie having to support her in a nursing home on the low earnings of an honest, small town PI. To facilitate this he now lives in a caravan, and has moved his office from the increasingly gentrified Canticle Street to 22/1b Stryd-Y-Popty. [note 1] Alternative universe culture [ edit ]

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Dai Brainbocs is the evil scientific genius who Louie runs into. Dai is obsessed with Myfanwy and abducted her twice to try to make her love him. Physically he stopped growing aged 14, and has to use a wheelchair to get about. A truly brilliant school boy genius who discovered Cantref Gwaelod, reads and writes runes and even faked his own death in Mon Amour, he is described as a danger to humanity. His Promethean urge to do the unthinkable makes him dangerous, as does his emotional and moral detachment from experiments (e.g. trying to clone Jesus). At the end of The Unbearable Lightness he had found a potential cure for Myfanwy, and had turned his hideout into Myfanwy's idea of heaven as described in a school essay she wrote aged 9. What happened to him after he cured Myfanwy is not explained in the latest book, but he may have been returned to Shrewsbury prison.

Last Tango in Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth Noir series Book 2) Last Tango in Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth Noir series Book 2)

British author Malcolm Pryce wrote a series of six novels set in the town, including Last Tango In Aberystwyth and Aberystwyth, Mon Amour. The main protagonist of this series is Louie Knight, the only private detective in town, who spends his time delving into the (imagined!) criminal netherworld of the town. At exceptionally low tides, a petrified forest is revealed, the scattered tree stumps believed to be the remnants of the lost kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod. North Beach Aberystwyth is one of the most popular Cardigan Bay beaches, a wide sloping sand and shingle beach between Constitution Hill and the Pier. It’s the better of the two beaches in Aberystwyth, a great place to spend time at any time of year, but most of all in summer. Borth beach becomes Ynyslas beach near the northern end of the sands, and this section of the beach is surrounded by gorgeous dunes which are a haven for wildlife and rare orchids. The Cambrian Mountains Walkers on the summit of Foel Fadian in the Cambrian Mountains It’s currently being restored, with a view to it being used as a postgraduate research centre in the future. Aberystwyth Cliff Railway The Cliff Railway from the top of Constitution Hill

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urn:lcp:lasttangoinabery0000pryc_s8k7:epub:ef2606c1-76f3-4bc8-a65c-d5d05d04f0e8 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier lasttangoinabery0000pryc_s8k7 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t81k9461d Invoice 1652 Isbn 0747566577 Its message is ‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’ – Remember Tryweryn. This refers to a notorious episode in Welsh history when the Tryweryn valley – near Bala in North Wales – was flooded to make way for a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, for the City of Liverpool. The route south of Aberystwyth is one of the quietest parts of the Wales Coast Path that I have walked (and I’ve walked most of it). There aren’t any beaches for quite a few miles, just wild cliff scenery, the occasional swooping seabird and great views in either direction. Borth and Ynyslas Beaches Ynyslas is one of the best beaches near Aberystwyth The petrified forest on Borth beach is only visible at very low tides It’s around ten minutes’ walk from South Beach to Aberystwyth Marina, a pleasant sight but far from the most interesting part of town. Aberystwyth Pier Starlings murmurating above Aberystwyth Pier