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The honesty boxes of Hay on Wye, Wales
Posted on Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 | 1 CommentHere’s a handful of photos from my trip to Hay on Wye some time ago. It’s clearly a place full of trusting and honest people because many of the bookshops... -
Cardiff City FC: a simple guide to scarf etiquette
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 | 3 CommentsRed scarf with the single word ‘Cardiff,’ backed by a stray Powerpoint motivational ‘Fire & Passion’ statement and a Red Dragon club emblem = wrong. Blue scarf with the words, “Cardiff City Football Club,” plus... -
Cardiff Christmas lights – street views around the capital, December, 2012
Posted on Monday, Dec 31, 2012 | 1 CommentAfter suffering the ultra-stingy Christmas offerings at Brixton, it was a treat to go back to Cardiff and see that the place looked rather festive. Here’s some photos. -
Boxing day football – Cardiff City 2 Crystal Palace 1, heavy rain, crappy rebrands and a useful win
Posted on Monday, Dec 31, 2012 | No CommentsThis was the first time I’d been back to see Cardiff City play after our Malaysian owners had whimsically decided to trash over a hundred years of history by changing the team’s strip and badge - adding... -
All aboard the Sir Tom Jones express, Cardiff Queen Street
Posted on Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 | No CommentsI imagine Sir Tom Jones was well chuffed when he learnt that he was getting a train named after him – but I suspect he was a little less enthusiastic when he... -
A rain-lashed August Bank Holiday Monday in Cardiff, south Wales
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012 | 1 CommentIt traditionally rains for a large chunk of the summer in Cardiff (at least that’s how it’s always seemed to me!), but the downpour over the August Bank Holiday seemed... -
Cardiff City Attack! Vintage 1993 football rave track from the 1927 Club
Posted on Friday, May 18, 2012 | No CommentsRecorded at various Cardiff City games, home and away in 1991/2, is this old school rave tribute to the mighty Cardiff City FC and their manager, Eddie May, who recently... -
A tribute to the true taste of Wales: Brains SA (‘Skull Attack’)
Posted on Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 | 3 CommentsSeeing as it’s St David’s Day today, it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the Welsh Drink Of The Gods, otherwise known as Brains SA. -
Checking out the new National Museum of Art in Cardiff
Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2011 | No CommentsAs if 1927 wasn’t a great enough year for Cardiffians (it was the year the mighty Bluebirds won the FA Cup) it was also the year that saw the opening... -
‘Composition is eyerthin …g’, graffiti on Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 | No CommentsI’m not entirely sure why, but this piece of graffiti at the rear of the Martin Tinney gallery in Cardiff brought a smile to my face. The gallery was established in Cardiff... -
A Shot In The Dark coffee bar, Cardiff
Posted on Sunday, Sep 4, 2011 | 1 CommentSituated a short walk out of the centre of Cardiff on City Road, A Shot In The Dark is a cafe/bar/venue that stays open late with occasional live music events. -
Cardiff’s Oybike street bike hire scheme continues to grow
Posted on Friday, Aug 12, 2011 | 3 CommentsIt’s not a patch on the sophisticated ‘Boris Bikes’ scheme that covers a large chunk of central London, but it’s great to see Cardiff’s more modest OyBike bike rental system... -
Cardiff overrun with seagulls, not even Aneurin Bevan safe
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 | No CommentsSeagull numbers in Cardiff have apparently more than doubled in the past five years, with the cheeky ice-cream stealing buggers creating all sorts of problems – and even covering Welsh... -
Beach walking and dune jumping at Oxwich Bay, Gower, south Wales
Posted on Monday, Jun 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsOne of the Gower’s most popular beaches, Oxwich Bay is a great little place to spend a few hours by the sea in south Wales. -
National Geographic lists Cardiff in top ten worldwide ‘Best Summer Trips’
Posted on Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 | 1 CommentIf I hadn’t seen this with my own eyes I would have thought that someone had slipped some acid in my Brains SA, but the esteemed National Geographic magazine has...