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
Sadly, the recent severe gales and high spring tides have severely damaged one of our favourite local haunts, (more…)
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 of course knows his sources.
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. (more…)
How can it be right to give paedophiles suspended sentences because the prisons are too full, (more…)
We were horrified to see the looting which occurred at Branscombe this week, whilst everybody else in the area was trying to prevent damage to the coastline and to the environment.
The sight on TV of people deliberately (more…)
Swansea schoolchildren have been stopped from taking part in Inter-school matches as a result of what one parent described as ‘political correctness gone mad’. As reported by BBC Wales on Friday 24th November, following a question raised by one school govenor at one school, all matches have been cancelled. (more…)
I feel lucky….
I should not still be here….
In the Spring of 1941 when I was very small, our house, at 58 Northbrook Road, Wallasey was (more…)
Someone I know was having occasional visits from individual members of a family of mice.
Being a kindly sort of a chap, he bought a ‘Humane mousetrap’, in order to be able to remove each uninvited guest from his home without harming it. (more…)