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Cae Perllan Road, NEWPORT, NP20 3FW

See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/745703 for the view from the top right of this picture.

The view illustrates the steep slope along much of the length of Cae Perllan Road. The semi on the right side of each building is set about a metre lower than its neighbour on the left side.

With the Severn Estuary and the North Somerset coast in the far distance. On a cold and still evening, there is a man-made cumulus or 'fumulus' cloud, the source of which I have been unable to ascertain, and some remnants of stratocumulus clouds to the right. This was my last walk in 2020 under tier 4 lockdown rules for Wales. We are allowed out of our homes to exercise, for unlimited times and periods each day. This is less stringent than the first lockdown in April 2020 when even the local parks were closed https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6447822 .

The view to the SW from a footbridge. The single track in the distance on the right heads towards Gaer Tunnel and then Park Junction. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1579956 All the other tracks are part of the South Wales main line. A few tens of metres behind the camera are the two portals of Hillfield Tunnel, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441421 leading to Newport railway station.

This OS cut mark can be found at the junction of Cae Perllan Road & Byron Road. It marks a point 40.441m above mean sea level.

From a distance, I noticed something odd about this George VI postbox on the west side of Cae Perllan Road, between Byron Road and New Pastures. On close inspection, I saw that it was about a foot shorter than the usual height for a postbox. If it sinks much more, the black base will disappear and the door won't open!

A long train of 100-ton Murco wagons passes through Gaer Junction on the climb towards Hillfield tunnels. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441421 Murco Petroleum Ltd refines oil and has a network of petrol stations in the UK. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1652413 Murco owns and operates four refinery terminals in the UK which receive oil by rail. They are located at Bedworth (Warwickshire), Theale (Berkshire), Westerleigh (South Gloucestershire) and Milford Haven (Pembrokeshire). The Milford Haven facility includes a marine terminal.

Taken from the Cardiff Road bridge.

Housing on the north side of Byron Road, close to the Cae Perllan Road junction.

30 metres west of the turning for Anderson Close, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2172749 a path climbs away from Byron Road towards Melfort Road houses.