Derek Brockway visits two places shaped by the Industrial Revolution, joining fellow weather presenter Sian Lloyd at Lake Vyrnwy, before discovering the rich history of Tredegar
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Derek Brockway visits two places shaped by the Industrial Revolution. In Powys, he joins fellow weather presenter Sian Lloyd at Lake Vyrnwy, where the pair learn about the village flooded to make way for the reservoir that supplies Liverpool with water. They also marvel at the famous dam, a Victorian engineering feat. In Tredegar, Derek's on a trail back in time, discovering the rich history of the valleys town. He visits the largest lump of coal in the world, learns about a scheme that inspired the creation of the NHS and views the impressive remains of Sirhowy ironwork furnaces
Derek Brockway and the team travel to Snowdonia to walk a section of the Slate Trail, created to promote the former slate mining communities in the area
In the South Wales Valleys, Derek Brockway meets celebrity artist Nathan Wyburn, who creates one of his unique works. Plus, Lizzie Daly goes paragliding over the Blorenge mountain