Weatherman Walking

Derek Brockway embarks on a walk between Porth and Taff's Well

On the edge of the Rhondda Valley, Derek Brockway takes the plunge in the National Lido of Wales in Pontypridd on a walk between Porth and Taff's Well. There's a serious element too, as he follows a route commemorating the first mining disaster in Wales to claim more than 100 lives - many of them boy miners. Dr Erin Lloyd Jones tells the story of three young brothers who perished in that Cymmer Colliery tragedy of 1856, and Onkar Singh Purewal fizzes with excitement to learn about the history of the 'Pop Factory' in Porth