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south Wales
One sunny Sunday morning in February 2023 I cycled to Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan. This was an extended cycle which I’d been toying with for a while, but now the conditions were just about perfect. The weather was fine and looked reasonably settled. I had enough time to play with. There was an […]
Most saturday afternoons of my young adulthood were spent playing football at low amateur levels. Usually my sides were beaten, often embarrassed and sometimes utterly humiliated by teenagers half my age. On rare occasions my team won – there was one memorable cup final (we lost heroically), and one or two promotions. But I never played […]
A blog from South Wales on General Election Day 2015. Far too early in the morning, words of a radio newsreader blended into my brain and I surrendered into foggy consciousness. Just as a few months earlier when heading to the Brecon Beacons, I blearily fumbled around, putting sandwiches and flasks into plastic bags, before climbing into the car […]