Arts
Shunting Review
Some of you who have stumbled upon this wonderful site in recent weeks and months may be wondering what various references to shunting and occasional photos of a railway scene are all about. You may [more…]
Photography
Arts
Postcard from Cardiff Bay
You may think this is lazy writing and cheating somewhat as I live in Cardiff. And you would be absolutely right. But that doesn’t mean this isn’t an interesting walk and a good place to [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Allendale
Allendale is a small market town, high in the North Pennines, some 10 miles south of Hexham. Only accessible by rough B roads, it is not en-route to anywhere in particular, so is isolated and [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Penarth to Sully
Penarth is literally just around the corner from Cardiff. Home to a famous pier and much else besides. The town itself has a pleasant promenade to walk along, and numerous eateries along the sea front. [more…]
Arts
Postcard from the Isle of Man
As some of you may have noticed, I am a long-time resident of the evil tax dodging empire otherwise known as the Isle of Man. Apart from the beer guzzling, rubber burning hedonistic frenzy of [more…]
Arts
Postcard from The Blorenge
(Part 3 of my walking series. Part 1 and part 2 also available.) Blorenge or sometimes The Blorenge is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. It is [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Taormina, Sicily
May 2017 Taormina was the venue for the G7 attended by the various world leaders and as I watched I remembered my holiday there. It was 1980 and we booked a fortnight knowing nothing of [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from Sirhowy Valley Country Park
This is another of my favourite places to walk. (In a previous post I covered Llwyn-on.) A quick jaunt from Cardiff eastbound on the M4 to junction 28 then up the A467 will bring you [more…]