Category Archives: Sad things

Holocaust denial ?

I received an E-mail yesterday in the form of a chain letter. Rather than pass it to friends as an E-mail, I decided instead to refer to it here.

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Adult Greed v. Childhood Innocence

It was a beautiful day on Easter Saturday. The Fund-raising Committee at Llys Nini had organised an Easter Bonnet competition and an Easter Egg Hunt for the local children. There was a small entry fee (it was, after all a fund raising day as well as a ‘fun day’), with concessions for family groups.

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The Mumbles Railway

This week sees the two hundredth anniversary of the introduction of the oldest passenger carrying railway in the world, the famous Mumbles Railway

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Coastal erosion

Today it was very cold, but also sunny, so we took the dog for a run along the beach at Llanelli. At least, she went for a run. We walked. It is a favourite place for all three of us, but we have been exercising her elsewhere for a few weeks, for various reasons

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Dreadful refereeing – Italy v. Wales

Yesterday we watched a dreadful display of refereeing in Rome by Chris White, of the rugby match between Italy and Wales. I have several points to make:

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Slaughter of Dolphins in Japan

One of the great joys of our sailing years was whenever we were joined by dolphins. There are lots of them off the Welsh Coast, and we had the pleasure of their acrobatic cabarets also in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

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Tidal damage to Millennium Coastal Path

  Sadly, the recent severe gales and high spring tides have severely damaged one of our favourite local haunts,

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Buy Fresh; Be Safe

There are plans to build a new Asda store in Gorseinon. Having watched a programme on BBC One Wales this morning about the lack of good practice at Asda, I am more than ever convinced that the place to buy food is from local suppliers, like the farm shop and the excellent local butcher who [...]

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Staffie to France? Non!

Last summer, we had a very successful camping holiday in France accompanied by our Staffie Cross, which I wrote about here (Click to read) We have now been informed that our lovely furry friend is considered to be a dangerous breed and will not be allowed into France.

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Prison or Suspended sentence ?

How can it be right to give paedophiles suspended sentences because the prisons are too full,

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