I didn’t finish this book, not because I didn’t have the time to read it and have just given up on it but because what I have read of this book so far has barely held my attention when I’ve spent almost a whole month on the book already. It was one of the last additions from Aber’s Victorian era, and at the top you’re rewarded with amazing views along the Ceredigion coast and towards Snowdonia. On a clear day you can also see the tip of the Llŷn Peninsula and Bardsey Island. On the way from the station to the falls and bridges (there are separate entrances for each), you pass the Hafod Hotel, which was built in the mid-19th century. If you love Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia, you’ll fall for this too.

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This author should not be confused with a different author of the same name, [3] who has written the following books: And with an even better setting, on the seafront, making a dramatic sight straight out of a Gothic novel when the sea is stormy. Hinterland was broadcast in two versions. The Welsh language version, Y Gwyll, was shown on S4C in Wales, while the English version (with some Welsh subtitled scenes) was shown on the BBC. Strata Florida Abbey The Romanesque arch at Strata FloridaThe most famous graffiti in Wales can be found on the main A487 road about ten miles (16 km) south of Aberystwyth. I have always called it the Empty Quarter of Wales, while others call it the Green Desert. Either way, you’ll have great swathes of it to yourself. I once climbed possibly its most famous mountain on a glorious sunny autumn day and saw just two other souls in eight hours. Vale of Rheidol Railway The Vale of Rheidol Railway near Devils Bridge The graffiti next to the A487 has been there since the 1960s, and it is regularly repainted. The wall has been vandalized several times, and copies of it have been made around Wales to keep reinforcing the message. Pryce writes in the style of Raymond Chandler and has been labelled "the king of Welsh noir". [2] His Aberystwyth Noir novels are incongruously set on the rainswept streets of an alternate universe version of the Welsh seaside resort and university town of Aberystwyth. The hero of these novels is Louie Knight, the best private detective in Aberystwyth (also the only private detective in Aberystwyth), who battles crime organised by the local Druids, investigates the strange case of the town's disappearing youths, and gets involved in its burgeoning film industry, which produces What The Butler Saw movies. It was originally intended to be a hotel, and when that fell through it was taken over by the fledgling University of Wales. It was the main building of Aberystwyth University until the 1960s, until the new campus was built on the hill in Penglais, on the outskirts of town.

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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 PierAberystwyth is a university town, and during term time its population increases by about 50%. It keeps the town young, and also by far the most cosmopolitan place in rural Mid Wales. We’ve eaten at many restaurants in Aberystwyth down the years. I can strongly recommend the restaurant in Gwesty Cymru, the 5-star hotel on the seafront, and also Baravin (pictured), which serves very good Mediterranean food with the occasional Welsh and even Asian twist.

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It’s a rail romantic’s dream, a narrow-gauge railway with a steam train chugging and chuffing up through the Rheidol Valley to Devils Bridge, in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains. If you’re reliant on public transport, I’d strongly suggest taking a return trip from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge on the gorgeous Vale of Rheidol Railway. And if you have a car, do the same. 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 ] Pryce has also written The Case of the 'Hail Mary' Celeste and Aberystwyth Noir - It Ain't Over till the Bearded Lady Sings, a BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama, first broadcast on 15 May 2013, featuring Louie Knight and produced and directed by Kate McAll.Louie Knight is Aberystwyth's one private detective. He is a bitter, cynical man haunted by the death of his best friend Marty at school, by his inability to stop the dam raid and various old loves who have suffered various tragedies, notably Bianca and Myfanwy. After working as a policeman in Swansea he became a PI and moved to Aberystwyth, although what made him leave regular policing is never explained. He is passionately in love with Myfanwy, only taking her case because he loved her in Mon Amour. His agency is called Knight Errant investigations (a joke he now winces at), although his card reads Louie Knight, Gumshoe. He has a long running hatred of Mrs. Llantrisant (who plays a role as infrequent Moriarty to Louie's Holmes). Working out of an office at 22/1b Stryd-Y-Popty he is unaware he is a detective living in what literally translates as 'Baker Street', and he lives in a caravan so that he can swim in the sea, where he feels most relaxed under the waves. He drinks Captain Morgan rum, preferring it to the stereotypical whisky because, despite a similar alcohol content, rum comes from sunny islands, while whisky comes from Scotland.