Christmas Day walk, Graig Llanishen, Cardiff
By gum it was freezing cold, but I still managed my traditional Christmas Day walk up Graig Llanishen, to the north of Cardiff. Here’s some photos:
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Cardiff City 0 Bristol City 0 – photos
On Saturday we popped down to Ninian Park for what will probably be our last cross-Severn derby with Bristol City – next season we should have moved across Sloper Road …
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Barry Island photos
I fucking loves Barry Island (or “Barry’s Island” if you’ve been watching the fantastic Gavin and Stacey BBC TV prog). It’s right tidy. Here’s a few pics:
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Cardiff 3 Barnsley 0
The game was a whole load more fun than our recent Wembley semi final clash with Barnsley and it was a great way to end the season. Who would have …
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Cardiff City win FA cup semi final vs Barnsley
Oh joy! In a tense (and, let’s be honest) frankly dull game, the mighty Cardiff City beat Barnsley at Wembley 1-0 to go through to the final of the FA …
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Colds, Keyboards and Wales
It’s Saturday night and I’m stuck in with a stinky cold. No Fun. Bah. I didn’t do myself any favours spending most of last night out – I was doing …
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Cardiff at Christmas
Just a few snaps from my brief stay in my home town over Christmas. It’s getting hard to reconcile the city with my memories as it’s being redeveloped so fast. …
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Football: cut out the “industrial language”
Went to see the mighty Cardiff City play like a bunch of disinterested park walkers at QPR on Saturday and was rather baffled by match programme’s curious warning about “industrial …
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Camden, Cardiff and Majestical Lips
Camden After not setting foot in Camden for ages, I found myself being given a tour of the super swanky Roundhouse building on Wednesday afternoon and then returning again to …
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Save Spillers!
The oldest record store in the world, Spillers Records in Cardiff, is under threat as the landlord looks set to hike the rent to unaffordable levels. It’s a great shop …
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FA Cup: Spurs 4 City 0 – the Pain!
FA Cup 3rd Round replay: Tottenham Hotspur 4 Cardiff 0. Yowch! That was a thumping! We were rubbish for all but the first 20 mins, but at least the Cardiff …
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Two wintery walks around Cardiff
Despite the raging hangover, I managed to drag my ale-soaked arse half way up Caerphilly Mountain and across Graig Llanishen for a bracing walk in the freezing mist. I’m really …
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Christmas in Cardiff
Just back from a lovely few days climbing mountains, scaling hills and scrambling through thorny bushes in and around Cardiff. south Wales. Sadly, the mighty Cardiff City once again failed …
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FA Cup. Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 1
FA Cup. Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 1 Well, we didn’t manage to pull off a cup upset, but it was a great day out – and the Cardiff fans brought …
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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 …
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Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2
Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Cardiff win, but I was a happy bunny on Saturday, even if the ‘field of dreams’ looked …
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Just seen the BFB at the Spitz in east London and have to say it was good ‘un. Top band! When I left to go out, Cardiff City were trailing …
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Go Cardiff! Things are tighter than a crab’s arse at the bottom of the Championship, with the mighty Bluebirds swaying perilously newar the drop zone. Happily, an impressive 2-0 victory …
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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 …
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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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Heading to my homeland
It’s a beautiful day and I’m speeding through green fields on my way to a meeting in Abergavenny. I don’t think I’m much happier than when I’m on a half-empty …
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Cardiff trip (part two) There was a total of eight bands playing that night and I can’t say any of them particularly floated my boat: almost all of them sounded …
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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 …
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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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Executive box woe I’m afraid today hasn’t gone to plan. What should have been a whoopy-doopsy, all expenses paid trip to Reading for a Toshiba press launch and – oh …
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Collossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham! The mighty Cardiff City slammed five goals past hapless Gillingham on Saturday – with Earnshaw bagging four! Tuesday night, I’m off to Reading football stadium …
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A trip on The Balmoral steamer from Penarth to Clevedon
Back from Wales Just returned from a fabulous short holiday in my hometown of Cardiff – and what a great trip I had! On Saturday night I celebrated Cardiff’s mighty …
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