Wet Wednesday
Martin H. and I had to go to Abercynon today, as Cwm Taf Local Health Board were holding a meeting and we wanted to sit in at the back and make notes. Ynysmeurig House, where they have their headquarters, isn't exactly accessible. We were lucky to have a lift on the way down, but on the way back we were on our own. As the crow flies, the complex of office buildings known as Navigation Park is a couple of hundred yards (if that!) from the station. It's built on the site previously occupied by Abercynon colliery, so it's obviously not in the middle of the town, but it seems that little provision has been made for people to get there. The more I've thought about it, I can't help wondering whether it's just a twist of fate. As I observed in A Tale of Two Castles , there seems to be an increasing trend for local authorities and other public bodies find the most inaccessible spot to set up shop. I first noticed it in 1984 in Uxbridge, when I was living in halls of res...