September challenge: the details

[kake]

OK! So I mentioned there would be another Flâneurs challenge, and here it is.

The instructions for the June challenge were relatively complicated, so I decided to do a simpler one this time.

To participate in the September challenge:

• Leave a top-level comment on this post, stating the name of the city/town you'll be doing your challenge in. (You can leave more than one comment if you want to walk in more than one place.)
• Wait for September, during which time hopefully other community members will reply to the comment as described below, giving you a selection of starting points for your walk.
• Once it's September, pick one of the starting points you've been given, do a walk of any length or type starting from that point, and report back.

To help others complete their September challenge:

• Choose one of the top-level comments on this post which contain the name of a town/city.
• Use an atlas, online map, etc, to select a starting point within that town/city. You can choose a point that you think will result in a pleasant walk, a challenging walk, a walk that's likely to produce a report that you'll find interesting, any criteria you like.
• Leave a comment specifying your chosen point, and optionally the criteria you used to choose it.

Comments

[trouble]

In the city or outside of it?

[cxcvi]

My main way of traveling to Cardiff is by train (to Cardiff Central), but I don't mind catching a bus to get to my starting point.

[trouble]

You know the big music hall, the one that says in really big letters something about how the rocks will sing, both in English and Welsh? (It's been a long time since I've been to Cardiff.) Start there!

[kake]

St David's Hall? I was going to suggest this too, since a lot of the times I've been to Cardiff have been for musical reasons.

[trouble]

I think so. I have photos someplace. REALLY BIG LETTERS. :)

[cxcvi]

Found it, with some assistance from shanaqui. Millenium Music Hall.

More info, via the BBC website (via Google):

The inscription is two poems, one Welsh and one English. The English is 'In these stones horizons sing' and the Welsh 'Crev Gwir Fel Gwydr O Ffwrnais Awen' (creating truth in glass from the furnace of inspiration).

[kake]

In that case, please add St David's Hall to the list as a second suggestion :)

[trouble]

It's really pretty!