Cardiff chitter-chatter, news and more

[ddraig]

more pics of the flooding
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/two-women-strip-underwear-jump-7592730

 

[ddraig]

anyone know about this?? first i've heard of it!

 

[ILovesThe'Diff]

New to Cardiff Bus as they have recently commissioned some new buses, including the BayCar (bendy bus) route. They're "looking into" doing wi-fi soon too, according to their Twitter feed.

 

[editor]

USB ports are well handy!

 

[ddraig]

Croeso ILovesThe'Diff

 

[nogojones]

Are they just for charging shit or can we give the bus a virus?

 

[ddraig]

massive 10,000 rider Velothon in Cardiff and south Wales next year
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...lothon-wales-cardiff-host-10000-rider-7614803

www.velothon-wales.co.uk

 

[Plumdaff]

I am already annoyed by the increase in helicopters and the summit is weeks away.

 

[ddraig]

might even get drones!

 

[Plumdaff]

Some of the noise over the bay this week I wouldn't be surprised if we have already

 

[ddraig]

ah well, for our own good of course, must be needed for all the important people
nice selection of selected views re OTT fence here
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiffs-nato-summit-ring-steel-7614279

 

[Ranbay]

Town can fuck off today "Nato traffic related"

 

[ddraig]

and now people are going to get angry, when it's too late

 

[Ranbay]

Will stick some pictures up tonight or something.

 

[ddraig]

 

[ddraig]

anyway! shoosh plebs, the benefits far outweigh the inconvenience
Nato Summit 2014: Why the benefits of the international gathering far outweigh the disruption
says a 'key organiser'. free advertising is what we all want, isn't it?
some of the delegates might bring their families back one day, you never know!

 

[ddraig]

guess what makes the bbc headlines, disruption to a construction site in Swansea by fracking protestors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wales/

not of course the huge disruption to many thousands more in Cardiff, not even mentioned on the BBC Wales news page

 

[Ranbay]

stuck some in the Nato thread, will do more later in the week.

 

[pepper78]

Walked through town this morning and saw the state of the place with the fence.

Anyone got any idea how much of the bill is being footed by the member/attending countries? A cursory search doesn't confirm and I'm not familiar with what the norm is for these types of things.

 

[ddraig]

Was wondering this earlier too

 

[ddraig]

Register your frustration!
http://www.change.org/p/the-people-...to-south-wales-go-about-their-lawful-business

 

[editor]

Avoid the fence!

 

[editor]

Cardiff is one of the 'affordable cities in the UK for short breaks.' Apparently.

Cardiff is among the top cities in Britain for offering value-for-money short breaks, a new survey has found.

The survey by TripAdvisor looked at 20 cities and compared the cost of two people having a one-night stay in a four-star hotel in August.

The overall cost included a pre-meal cocktail, a meal out and a short taxi ride.

The Welsh capital came in third place, behind Birmingham and Sheffield, which took the top spot.

The total cost for Sheffield was £154, with Birmingham £166, and Cardiff at £173.

Rival city Bristol came in fifth at £180 while at the other end of the scale Edinburgh came in as the most expensive at £331.

London was in 18th spot at £267, and Bath in 10th place at £204.

Paul Harris, director of See Wales Tours, said: “Cardiff is absolutely a great value for money city. We’ve been selling Cardiff as a lovely, approachable, affordable city and gateway to Wales for 10 years and it is becoming ever more popular.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-one-uks-top-bargain-7633724

 

[Gromit]

Cardiff is one of the 'affordable cities in the UK for short breaks.' Apparently.

It used to be one of the most affordable places for university students too. Not sure if that still holds up but when they checked it before with cost of living, student accommodation prices and tuition fees we were miles ahead of many other uni towns.

Not bad for a Uni ranked 26th out of 116 in the the guardian league table.

 

[ddraig]

Avoid the fence!

Nice huge diversion there! What a joke

 

[Gromit]

Hold on. Direction of traffic flow?

They aren't making Clare Street and Cathedral Road One way are they?

 

[ddraig]

No not AFAIK
That pic does suggest that tho

 

[Ranbay]

yes i think they are.

 

[ddraig]

Butetown Carnival is back after break of 20 odd years
this bank holiday Monday 25 August
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/butetown-carnival-back-after-20-year-7613389

 

[editor]