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IF you haven’t already, Llandrindod Wells residents can now tune in to BBC iPlayer to see BBC weatherman Derek strolling around town.
<strong>Llanfihangel Cefnllys, Powys:</strong> The bracken hillsides are aflame with light as I follow the lane to the spire
THE story of Cefnllys is one of war, struggle and defiance during the turbulent Middle Ages. The village, near Llandrindod Wells, witnessed the destruction of its nearby castle - not once but twice - and would eventually become a ghost town. The poet Lewys Glyn Cothi wrote: "A white castle above a full moat, An eight-sided fortress above a loop of the Ieithon, A Greek fortress with twelve girdles, The name of the place is Cefn llys, The name of that fortress is to be found In the great Brut of the Mortimers.' The village was founded at the same time as the first stone castle was built...