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Thanks for Making My Travels Easy As someone who has spent many happy hours walking the footpaths around Wenvoe during lockdown I would like to thank the people who make my travels easy: The walk leaders of Wenvoe Walkers who have shown so many of us the local routes around the village and made it possible for us to […]
» Read moreVIRUS TRACING SCAMS How to tell if a contact tracing text is real NHS Test and Trace might text or call you to warn you if you’ve recently been in contact with some-one who tests positive for the virus. You can tell if it’s genuine if it includes a unique ID number. This ID number should allow you to log […]
» Read moreRecycling Bag Suggestions After a recent very windy rubbish/recycling collection day, I have been reflecting on the small changes we could all make to help improve our great village. I am lucky that a kind neighbour will bring my recycling bins and bags to my front door, and tuck them safely away, if I am not at home. I appreciate […]
» Read moreTHE CHAINWORKS OF BROWN LENOX ‘Not the cheapest, but the best’ Established as Samuel Brown & Co., but changing to reflect the financial support of Samuel Lenox, this is a multi-stranded business story that covers the development of iron chain cables and suspension bridges. Brown Lenox figures strongly in the industrial history of south Wales and beyond. First and foremost […]
» Read moreA DAY TO REMEMBER ON SKIS It was a Saturday morning in the early spring and I had woken up in Chamonix, the historic town in the heart of the French alps under the shadow of the mighty Mont Blanc. We were having a rest day and planned to do one of the longest ski descents in Europe, a 20 […]
» Read moreFOREVER AMBER On the landing in Gran’s little house was a large oak chest of drawers on which rested the treasured family Bible. In those days just about every home had one and I remember being fascinated by the contents – the faithfully recorded entries in fading ink, the sepia photographs of long-dead relatives, clothed on their Sunday best clothes, […]
» Read moreREFLECTIONS The current situation we find ourselves in has allowed time for reflection. I am thankful for:- My family, albeit that I can only see the grandchildren and other relatives via facetime My health; neither my family nor I having suffered COVID19; My job offering me security and allowing me to work from home and not risk bringing infection home. […]
» Read moreGUINNESS WORLD RECORDS The World’s Oldest Suspension Bridge And The Welsh Link On 26th July 2020 an event was planned to commemorate the bicentenary of the Union Chain Bridge, including the unveiling of an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark plaque by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), and Japan Society of Civil Engineers, for the […]
» Read moreAfter my adventures in Kenya, and particularly, on Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro, it was time to leave Africa. Before leaving I received a phone call from BBC Radio Wales: my dad had rung in to tell them I was embarking on a trip to Everest. The interviewer tried to hide his disappointment when I said I was going trekking […]
» Read moreA Personal Reminiscence I was prompted, to put pen to paper, by the recent hype of the 75th anniversary of the end of WW 2, particularly the coverage of Captain Toms’ “100 years young”, raising £30 million plus for charity [ Isn’t he a marvel ], the Dan Snow BBC coverage of D-Day landings, WW2 history footage, etc. and lastly, […]
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