Temporary coronavirus testing site is to open in Barry A walk-in COVID-19 testing facility is to open in Barry town centre in response to rapidly rising case numbers in the Vale of Glamorgan. F…Read more

Walking and Talking Book Review

November 1, 2020

The Page Turners 'Novel' Approach to Book Reviewing Due to the current Welsh government lockdown restrictions on people meeting inside, the Page Turners have had to think of novel (great pun, Babs) wa…Read more

Must Do List for November

November 1, 2020

Betty James "must do" list for November Wash flower pots before storing them. Put fleece on everything that needs covering. Raise all containers and pots to avoid water logging. Dry begonia corms thor…Read more

On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming

November 1, 2020

OFF THE SHELF This month’s book was On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming. In 1929, Betty, the author’s mother then aged three, was kidnapped from a beach in Chapel St Leonard. Within a week or so Betty re…Read more

A Deadly Game Of Catch

November 1, 2020

A Deadly Game Of Catch It was about three o’clock on a chilly morning and I was sitting in some bushes at the corner of a paddy field looking across into China from the Hong Kong side. The border was…Read more

September200 Club Draw

October 31, 2020

Pontypool

October 31, 2020

Footsteps To Pontypool We started from the Pontypool active living centre. Soon we were walking through Pontypool park to climb up to the shell grotto (groto cregyn) and the Folly tower. It was uphill…Read more

Christopher Columbus’ Carers

October 31, 2020

Christopher Columbus' Carers On September 23rd 1493, Christopher Columbus embarked on his second expedition to the New World, setting sail with a fleet of 17 ships. On September 23rd 2000, members of…Read more

Offa’s Dyke To Cardigan Bay

October 31, 2020

Offa’s Dyke To Cardigan Bay In the 1960s, the war correspondent and journalist Wynford Vaughan Thomas was persuaded by the BBC to climb on a horse and ride from Pembrokeshire to North Wales, with no p…Read more

Mike’s Reindeer Herd

October 30, 2020

Mike’s Reindeer Herd This year’s sale of Mike’s Reindeer herd, which will take place on the weekend of 28th & 29th November 2020, will be held in the garden of our home at 29 Vennwood Close, durin…Read more

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