Wales
St Patrick was a Welshman!
First off, let me wish a happy St Patrick’s Day to my Celtic compatriots and hope you all have a great night tonight – I’ll be out celebrating with my pals at …
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Wrexham & Shropshire railway campaign update
We raved about the fantastic service and lovely staff when we took a trip on the line and vexed like an angry rapper when we heard the news what it …
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Message from Merthyr – how the ConDem cuts will kill the community
If you’ve ever been to Merthyr, you’ll know what a thoroughly depressing place this once proud working town has become, and the government’s proposed benefit cuts are going to hurt …
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Happy St David’s Day/ Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant
Happy St David’s Day/ Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant to you all! Here’s a few views from my beloved country – above is a scene from the Heads of the Valleys, …
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A winter’s walk around Llangollen and Chirk, north Wales
The recent announcement of the untimely demise of the wonderful Wrexham & Shropshire railway prompted me to look up some photos from my last trip with them.
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Spillers Records, Cardiff moves to the Morgan Arcade
Finally losing the battle to stay in their premises by The Hayes in central Cardiff, the much loved Spillers record store closed on June 26th, 2010, reopening in the nearby Morgan Arcade a …
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Coney Beach amusement park, south Wales: 90 years old
Built on an old ballast tip, the amusement park at Coney Beach in Porthcawl, south Wales, dates back to to April 1920, when its first attraction arrived in the shape …
Read MoreNewport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) – Wales’ finest
Note: it seems that the humourless wankers at EMI have pulled the plug on this video over copyright reasons. I’ve tracked down the version above but it’ll probably be gone …
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Five old ladies on a bench, Penarth, Wales
I love this picture of these five old ladies dressed in white and sat on a bench looking out across the Bristol Channel. It was taken at the small seaside …
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“Soccer Hooligan Mayhem: an angered Russian Mob takes on a swarm of a Welsh Mob”
This video is hilarious. The clueless American commentator seems to think that a massive mob of Welsh ‘soccer’ fans have somehow transported themselves into a Russian stadium parking lot. SUDDENLY …
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Great games – Wales 32 England 31, Wembley, 1999: oh yes!
Easily the best day I’ve ever spent at the Wembley Stadium – new or old – was the glorious sunny afternoon where Scott Gibbs jigged past several players to score …
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Funerals and Parisian jazz bands
Blimey. Yesterday was a bit of a strange one. I woke up in Cardiff after coming up the night before for my grandmother’s funeral. It was a crisp and sunny …
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Christmas in Cardiff
Christmas in Cardiff Had a great time up in my home town over Christmas, taking in some lovely country walks in the Brecon Beacons, wolfing down real ale, (half) climbing …
Read MoreFestive greetings from Caerdydd
Festive greetings! Christmas Eve started in the Deri, a lively pub in Rhiwbina, Cardiff before getting into the spirit of lager at the Butchers Arms, half a mile away. Christmas …
Read MoreA feast of new photo panoramas on the site – Wales, London, Brixton…
A feast of new panoramas on the site! I’ve been swivelling about snapping photographic panoramas, and have just got around to adding them to the site. (Please note: panoramas need …
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A trip to Wales – Cardiff, Tintern, Usk, Cardiff Bay and Castell Coch
On the road… ‘Scuse the lack of updates – but we’ve been shuffling about the countryside a tad recently. On Tuesday, we headed up to lovely, lovely Wales, arriving in …
Read MoreActionettes goo to Cardiff
Cardiff report (part one) We arrived to find the streets of Cardiff deserted as what seemed like the entire city’s population were packed into bars watching the mighty Wales thump …
Read MoreChristmas update 2003 – drinking in wales
Christmas update Well, I’m half way through the festive season and it hasn’t gone quite to plan. I went back to Cardiff, Wales on Christmas Eve to stay with my …
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