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Directions to pipeline protest & Update

Despite lots of bluff and bluster, police finally left the site today! more support is needed to keep the protest site going!

Despite warnings from police that the site would be evicted today at 8am, no attempt to remove activists from the site has been made. police filmed heavily and helped the National Grid intimidate the landowner (who is still very much in support of the protest!).

There are still people staying in the pipe itself 24 hours a day, as well as a presence on the cranes and bulldozers. the floodlight left by police is now able to be turnned on and off as the protestors desire.

If this an URGENT NEED FOR MORE PEOPLE! several people have had to leave today, though they will be returning soon, there it plenty of work needed to be down on site to blockade the pipe.

For directions to the (completely secire and totally legal) campsite alongside the pipe, from Cardiff. check out:

http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_results.jsp?displaymap=true#map

Lewis
e-mail: gwentanarchists@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage: http://southwalesanarchists.org

Additions

media reports

15.11.2006 22:51

Mainstream news reports on the protests can be found here:

http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&ncl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6144022.stm

Lewis

Directions, 'cos the link don't work

16.11.2006 11:27

Leave the M4 at junction 44 (signposted Swansea East), then at roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the B4290 (signposted Birchgrove, Clydach) Entering Birchgrove

At traffic signals turn left onto the B4291

Continue forward onto Birchgrove Road - B4291. Entering Glais

Bear left onto Birchgrove Road - B4291. Entering Clydach

At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A4067 (signposted Pontardawe)

Continue forward onto the A4067. Entering Pontardawe

At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4067 (signposted Pontardawe)

At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A474 (signposted Ammanford)

At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A474 (signposted Ammanford)
Bear right onto Swansea Road - A4067

Bear left onto Glan-Rhyd Road

Bear left

Bear left onto Ty'n-Y-Pant Road

Arrive at Ty'n-Y-Pant Farm

Enter the courtyard and the camp is on the left, you can't miss it!

Lewis

Comments

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Crime or Punishment

16.11.2006 00:14

Wrecking the pipeline construction is a proper way to kick Thatcher in the teeth for wrecking the South Wales Coalfield Economy., and giving the traitors to Socialism that have corrupted the Labour Party a good hiding at the same time.

A century of so ago it was said in South Wales that Coal is too precious to burn. That also applies to gas. Not quite in the same was as the man who first said it intended, or can they get as much by-product out of Gas as they can from Coal? But all fossil fuel burning destroys the Life Balance.

Turning to Gas is now putting these Nations in hock to foreigners who can charge whatever they like for their gas, and leave the stupid Brits unable to pay the exorbitant prices the USers will demand for their grain when they turn to ethanol from grain for fuel.

The real priority is that there is an immediate stop on burning fossil fuels, and reorganising all our localities to feed themselves from their own resources. Bankrupting the Pipeline builders is just a small step in that direction. But a big step back from Mass Extinction. Stop Airlines berfore they fly in human to human infectious lethal bird flu.

Ilyan

public transport

16.11.2006 17:10

what is the best public transport + bike option for getting there?

cardiff SW

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