{"id":16034,"date":"2015-03-01T14:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16034"},"modified":"2015-03-01T22:14:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T22:14:34","slug":"happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-1st-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-1st-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St David&#8217;s Day &#8211; Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant &#8211; 1st March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-1st-march-2015\/st-davids-day-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,366\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hapy St David&amp;#8217;s Day &amp;#8211; Dydd Gwyl Dewi San &amp;#8211; 1st March 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Hapy St David's Day - Dydd Gwyl Dewi San - 1st March 2015\" width=\"620\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iechyd Da\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0Happy St David&#8217;s Day \/Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sa to you all! \u00a0I&#8217;m seeing the day in with a fairly sizeable hangover, with extra drinking encouraged by yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/0\/rugby-union\/31646805\" target=\"_blank\">fabulous win<\/a> over France in the Six Nations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-1st-march-2015\/st-davids-day-2015-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Happy St David&amp;#8217;s Day &amp;#8211; Dydd Gwyl Dewi San &amp;#8211; 1st March 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-1.jpg\" alt=\"Happy St David's Day - Dydd Gwyl Dewi San - 1st March 2015\" width=\"620\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the land of my birth. Above: Cardiff Castle grounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-1st-march-2015\/st-davids-day-2015-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;URBAN75@GMAIL.COM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Happy St David&amp;#8217;s Day &amp;#8211; Dydd Gwyl Dewi San &amp;#8211; 1st March 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy St David's Day - Dydd Gwyl Dewi San - 1st March 2015\" width=\"620\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015-2-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To the Valleys! Caerphilly Mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/national-botanic-gardens-01.jpg\" alt=\"National Botanic Garden of Wales, Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-walk-around-the-national-botanic-garden-of-wales-towy-valley-carmarthenshire\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Botanic Gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxwich-beach-south-wales-08.jpg\" alt=\"A trip to Oxwich Bay, Gower, south Wales\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/beach-walking-and-dune-jumping-at-oxwich-bay-gower-south-wales\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxwich Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/happy-st-davids-day-dydd-gwyl-dewi-sant-march-1st-2012\/st-davids-day-2012-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-davids-day-2012-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,425\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"st-davids-day-2012-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Near Cardigan, West Wales&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-davids-day-2012-2.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7563\" title=\"st-davids-day-2012-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-davids-day-2012-2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy St David\u2019s Day\/ Dydd G\u0175yl Dewi Sant 2012\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-davids-day-2012-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/st-davids-day-2012-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Near Cardigan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-particularly-rainy-august-bank-holiday-monday-in-cardiff\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A particularly rainy August Bank Holiday Monday in Cardiff &amp;#8211; umbrellas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9472\" title=\"A particularly rainy August Bank Holiday Monday in Cardiff - umbrellas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rainy-bank-august-bank-holiday-cardiff-06-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rain, Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-christmas-day-walk-in-wales-snow-hills-and-blue-skies\/cardiff-christmas-2010-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cardiff-christmas-2010-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"580,367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cardiff-christmas-2010-02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Christmas Day on the snow covered hills around Cardiff, 25th Dec 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cardiff-christmas-2010-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2960\" title=\"cardiff-christmas-2010-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cardiff-christmas-2010-05.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Day on the snow covered hills around Cardiff, 25th Dec 2010\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caerphilly Mountain snow.<\/p>\n<p>Someone asked me a while ago what a Welsh accent sounded like. Here\u2019s my reply:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What exactly does a Welsh accent sound like? Like Richard Burton. Like the Treorchy Male Voice Choir. Like butter across a freshly baked Welsh cake. Like Slack Blodwyn from Tiger Bay after six pints of SA. Like a warm summer breeze on the slopes of Snowdon. Like Shirley on a Vegas encore. Like Tom\u2019s Green Green Grass. Like the sound of the onion bag bulging as Cardiff surge into the FA Cup Final.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See lots of photos from Wales <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/wales\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iechyd Da\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0Happy St David&#8217;s Day \/Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sa to you all! \u00a0I&#8217;m seeing the day in with a fairly sizeable hangover, with extra drinking encouraged by yesterday&#8217;s fabulous win &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,17,193,198,16],"tags":[1091,556,1194],"class_list":["post-16034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff","category-photos","category-places","category-wales-places","category-wales","tag-dydd-gwyl-dewi-san","tag-st-davids-day","tag-wales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/st-davids-day-2015.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4aC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16051,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions\/16051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}