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The only coal fired power station in the UK designed to burn low volatile Welsh steam coal.

Just visible on the horizon to the right of the station is Hinckley Nucler Power Station across the Bristol Channel.

We have not had many clear crisp days this winter in South Wales.

Here the light is just right to show the strata in the Triassic Marls of the cliffs at Penarth South Wales UK.

The resistant layers are bands of Gypsum (Alabaster) within the red marls.

Overall the cliff structure is a major normal fault in a kind of flower structure of Alpine origin.

Just behind the seafront in Penarth is this once lovely victorian townhouse. Over the 16 years I have lived in Penarth it has gradually deteriorated with no sign of any care and attention. It sits on prime development land with a view of the pier and Bristol Channel - so you wonder whats the story behind this house ?

In December 2010 I posted an image of the roofless building on Penarth Seafront in the snow.

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Gradually over 12 months the building has been knocked / fallen down and all that remains are the two end towers supported by girders. Penarth seafront is a complete disgrace as the saga of the redevelopment of this seafront buiding has gone on for three years now. The promenade road is full of potholes hardly enticing to any prospective tourists.

Finally the sun shone a little in 2012 in South Wales' New Year after days of rain and grey skies.

I managed a cup of tea and cake on the lightship in Cardiff Bay.