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Mountain Bike Racing at Fforest Fawr

Fforest Fawr is the setting for a series of junior mountain bike races organised by Maindy Flyers. The races are open to anyone and there’s an entry fee of £3 for U8/U10/U12 and £5 for U14/U16. The event in Fforest Fawr was part of "Go Ride Wales" – http://t.co/nGsGPO1H9l from @welshcycling pic.twitter.com/1Wj2ZYjNTl — Tongwynlais.com (@mytongwynlais) … more…

Aerial Photos of Tongwynlais

Have you ever wanted to fly over the village and appreciate the majesty of Castell Coch from above? Well John Bulpin does exactly that. John is an avid pilot and regularly flies over the village taking photos. He took these photos last November. John has also just posted a video of one of his flights. … more…

A Different View of Tongwynlais

Local company, Crazy High, took these photos yesterday and have kindly let us share them with you. There are some fantastic shots, including this one of the dragon sculpture in Fforest Fawr. Crazy High use a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, GO Pro Hero3 Black and Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal to record footage then extract these still … more…