Potters Recycling - Machynlleth: five points! It is clean, well designed. You can recycle…read moreeverything - and astonishingly it is free! I take paper here, glass and plastics. We also took old bricks to Potters and garden rubbish. A highlight of Machynlleth.

Excellent facility pity there are not more of these.read more

This is a very strange bronze and slate statue which I've seen many times when I've visited the…read morenearby Elan Lakes in the centre of Wales. It's not really to my taste, to be honest, although I'm sure it's a very clever work of public art. The statue is inspired by 'Prometheus Unbound,' the lyrical drama by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley which concerns the suffering of Prometheus at the hands of Zeus. Shelley kneels in the centre with nymphs perhaps his muses - on either side. Apparently, Shelley spent time in the area for several weeks during 1811 and 1812, staying at Nantgwillt House and Cwm Elan House which are now submerged under two of the reservoirs here. The sculptor was Christopher Kelly and the statue was completed in 1988.

Beautiful views and the ideal place for a day of strolling or cycling underneath an expanse of sky…read more The visitors centre has a cafe serving hot and cold meals and drinks as well as an information centre about the connected resevoirs. You could easily spend a whole day here. Well worth a visit.

exelant service and cheep as well xxxread more