# NATO Visit **URL:** \ **Category:** Fancy a Cuppa\ **Created:** [3 September 2014 13:43 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618 "2014-09-03T13:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bojanglies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bojanglies](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bojanglies)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2014 13:43 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/1 "2014-09-03T13:43:40Z")
Anybody in Cardiff this week…? Why fence the CASTLE?! Ridiculous. And Obama’s visiting Newport… ![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/uploads/default/4854/10bd8d5b7c752f71.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PaulinesCrafts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/paulinescrafts/32/101870_2.png) [@PaulinesCrafts](https://talk.folksy.com/u/PaulinesCrafts)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2014 14:42 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/2 "2014-09-03T14:42:31Z")
I saw that on the news last night and I think I also read on Facebook that he’s visiting Gloucester too. ---
**Author:** ![teabreaks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/teabreaks/32/183_2.png) [@teabreaks](https://talk.folksy.com/u/teabreaks)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2014 15:15 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/3 "2014-09-03T15:15:31Z")
On the motorway last week they had erected miles and miles of fencing…a bit weird because people could still climb over it ! ---
**Author:** ![bojanglies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bojanglies](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bojanglies)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2014 18:36 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/4 "2014-09-03T18:36:44Z")
Apparently we’re expecting 20000 protesters over the next couple of days… I’ve just walked inside the RING OF STEEL! There were about 300 policemen there. Some of them armed… All seems rather excessive! ---
**Author:** ![stitchcity](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/stitchcity/32/24051_2.png) [@stitchcity](https://talk.folksy.com/u/stitchcity)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2014 22:34 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/5 "2014-09-03T22:34:54Z")
Ohh I work really close to Bute Park in Cardiff and its MAD this week, police everywhere (all looking like theyre having a right laugh, like its a big police fun day!) and huge military helicopters circling really low! If anyones in the area theres going to be a massive fly-past on Friday morning, Red arrows and the like, im definitley going to get out to see it! ---
**Author:** ![bojanglies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bojanglies](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bojanglies)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2014 13:54 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/6 "2014-09-05T13:54:55Z")
I missed the fly-by!! Didn’t hear a peep from the Arrows - the helicopters were circling Canton all night though… ---
**Author:** ![stitchcity](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/stitchcity/32/24051_2.png) [@stitchcity](https://talk.folksy.com/u/stitchcity)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2014 14:33 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/7 "2014-09-05T14:33:33Z")
Actually was kind of dissapointing! They literally just flew over the bay in the direction of Newport and then that was it… I was kind of expecting them ALL to fly in a big formation together but they were just in 3s and then the red arrows came last, they were cool though! ---
**Author:** ![MaxPringArtAndCrafts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/maxpringartandcrafts/32/16316_2.png) [@MaxPringArtAndCrafts](https://talk.folksy.com/u/MaxPringArtAndCrafts)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2014 17:57 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/8 "2014-09-05T17:57:14Z")
I missed it too! I work in west gate street in town, and didn’t think it worth the hassle so worked out of pontypridd instead, was busier there than cardiff though lol! Typical ---
**Author:** ![bojanglies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bojanglies](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bojanglies)\ **Post date:** [6 September 2014 09:07 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/nato-visit/3618/9 "2014-09-06T09:07:16Z")
Anybody fancy a folksy meet up when all the fencing comes down?!