When I was a pupil at Fisghguard County Secondary School, our Welsh teacher Geraint Davies (known to all the pupils as “Dai Welsh“) used to give us a poem on Monday to learn by Friday, and in the Friday lesson we had to write out the poem as correctly as possible. Any forgotten or misspelled [...]
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Y Llwynog (The Fox) – a poem
Posted in Poetry, Wales, tagged A Sunny Summer's Day, Fox, Humanism, Poetry, R. Williams-Parry, Shooting Star on 15/05/2012 | 2 Comments »
A new “Golden Era”?
Posted in History, News, Rugby, Sport, Wales, Welsh history, tagged England, Grand Slam, JPR Williams, Rugby, Sam Warburton, Wales, Warren Gatland, Welsh Rugby on 23/03/2012 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday (17th of March), Wales won the 2012 6 Nations Grand Slam, beating France 16-9 in a tense match in Cardiff. Although it was not billed as such, it was sweet revenge for France beating Wales 8-7 in the semi finals of the recent 2011 World Cup in October. This is the 3rd Grand [...]
Wales win the 2012 Triple Crown at Twickenham
Posted in History, News, Rugby, Sport, TV, Wales, tagged 6 Nations, England, Grand Slam, Rugby, Triple Crown, Twickenham, Wales on 27/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday (25th of February) Wales went up to the home of English rugby, Twickenham, to play England in their annual 6 Nations fixture. Wales were in the unusual position of being favourites for the game which, given that Wales have only won there once (in 2008) since 1988, was not something we Welsh are [...]
Going to Wembley
Posted in Sport, Wales, tagged Cardiff City, Carling Cup, Chelsea FC, FA Cup, Football, League Cup, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Wembley Stadium on 26/01/2012 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday evening (24th of January), Cardiff City football club won their semi-final of the League Cup (currently called the Carling Cup), beating Crystal Palace in a penalty shoot-out, after drawing 1-1 on aggregate after extra time. This puts them through to the final, where they will meet Liverpool, who beat Manchester City last night. [...]
The state of the Union
Posted in Rugby, Sport, Wales, tagged Martin Johnson, RFU, Rugby, Shaun Edwards, Six Nations, Twickenham, Warren Gatland, WRU on 17/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
The state of the Rugby Football Union, the governing body of English rugby, is not good. Thankfully for the Welsh, the state of the Welsh Rugby Union is very good, so I am not going to lose too much sleep over the state of the game in England. In fact, I look forward to, hopefully, [...]
Number 1 in the World
Posted in News, Wales, tagged health, Lonely Planet, Natural beauty, News, Tourism, Wales on 29/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
On yesterday’s BBC Wales Today evening news programme there was an item about the soon to be completed Wales coast-path. It has been voted number 1 in a list of “top regions to visit in 2012” of anywhere in the World by Lonely Planet. What a fantastic achievement for Wales, to top the list of [...]
