Morning all. It’s a wet day here in south #Wales, and I have some spare hours, so let’s see if I can do some #Train geeking. There’s an “Explore the Capital day-to-go ticket” only available from staff. Let’s see if I can find one. #Caerdydd#Cardiff#rail 1/n
Cé chomh hálainn is atá an Bhreatain Bheag? / How beautiful is Wales?
#Language shouldn't frighten you. It is a beautiful expression of who you are and where you came from. It speaks to your past! The Video in this article is moving. It speaks to your soul.
The second full day of our visit to #BannauBrycheiniog was devoted to visiting #PenYFan, the tallest #peak in south #Wales. This was a very nice #walk of 15 km with some steep ascents and descents but no climbing.
Starting from the car park, a path started to climb gently upwards. You can see Pen Y Fan on the horizon near the centre of the image.
Think about a pedestrian/cyclist being hit by a car: the person with the lowest carbon footprint, space use, noise and pollution production hit by a high carbon, space-guzzling, noisy and polluting box of metal.
Roads are for people, not for cars - cars have their uses, but that does not imply that the whole system should be built to satisfy their merest whim.
So well done Wales for making 20mph the default speed limit in residential/built-up areas.
So Owen #Farrell has had his red card, for a shoulder to Taine Basham's head, overturned.
I am at a loss to see where the review board found its rationale
Head contact? Yes
Foul play? Yes
Degree of danger? Yes - Basham at full speed, Farrell accelerating up into the side of his jaw - HIA
Mitigation - none that I can see
It makes a mockery of the whole process, from the review bunker through to the disciplinary committee
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #Ceridwen lived on an island in the middle of Lake Bala (Llyn Tegid) in north #Wales with her mate, Tegid Voel (“the bald”), and their two children, the beautiful Creirwy (“light”) and the ugliest little boy in the world, Afagddu (“dark”). To compensate for his unfortunate appearance, Ceridwen planned to make her son a great seer, and to this end this fearsome goddess (sometimes called a witch or sorceress) brewed a powerful secret mixture of herbs. Into her cauldron she piled the herbs to simmer for a year and a day—a magical length of time appropriate to such a concoction. The brew had to be stirred regularly, and Ceridwen was not always on hand to keep the brew mixed. So she set a little boy named #Gwion to stir the cauldron, warning him that he must on no account taste it. Three tiny drops splattered from the cooking pot onto Gwion’s thumb, which he popped in his mouth to ease the burn. Immediately, all the wisdom and inspiration Ceridwen had intended for Afagddu was Gwion’s.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
A lovely long walk this morning, along the canal and various country roads, to the aqueduct that crosses the valley floor. Felt very spring-like, this May Day, and the trees are rapidly coming into leaf. More pics to follow
By global standards, the #waterfalls near #Pontneddfechan are not huge but I still think they’re impressive. Here is the largest one which is perhaps 15 m high. The recent rains meant that there was a good volume of flow on that day. This one is called #SgwdGwladus. I like the #mist rising from the #spray in this scene.
And the troglodytes win. With help from the media - Guardian INCLUDED. No one ever looks at the very successful roll out in the Scottish Borders (Conservative council). Grumbles maybe, but I know of no one who wants to go back from safer, more pleasant towns and villages. But what can you expect from a Starmerite?
I’ve a stupidly busy week coming up, so I’m starting it with a calming Daily #Wales in winter. Some mornings betoken spring - but though they look warm, they’re not.
Inflamed ankle on the mend, I took a 9 mile walk along the canal to the aqueduct this morning. 4 natural shots here, to be followed by 4 of humans having fun on the water, ending with one of a blurry squirrel action shot 😊
Clearly the Welsh polis have learnt something from Farage’s appearance in Edinburgh (milk shakes then) and no doubt Vaughan Gething will have learnt something. He would not have wanted the instigator of the stitch up treated in the same way as PM.
I’m outside in a T-shirt and shorts in full sun. I’m going to have to go and put some sunscreen on, I can feel the back of my neck starting to burn. I’m not complaining, this spell of lovely weather will be over by Tuesday #Wales#pembrokeshire
Its great for #London that TFL has again frozen fares for #transport, but this is in stark contrast to the rest of #England & #Wales where Govt. 'intervention' has limited rises just under 5%.
What is needed is a range of bodies across the regions with similar powers to TFL & a similar outlook about the social worth of #publctransport.
To adapt the old saying of socialism for the rich & capitalism for the rest of us... its a public transport for London & cars for the rest of us.