Blogs from Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Heavens where do you start ? So many hits on my last blog . I am sure that readers did not dip in to hear about our small city. THEY would not have been fan club awaiting every word I uttered . Perhaps a few Americans did tune in if they followed Wrexham AFC. Was it the Boss ? Did readers expect the latest news on Bruce Springsteen? Or indeed were they whiskey drinkers and homed in to the Four Walls ? I read and reread the title and wished at times that anyone reading it might say they accidently fell upon it and it was not what they thought. Or perhaps they were fans of Mr and Mrs Met and the MLS? . I was at a loss to understand why this particular blog got ... read more

" Do you decide to observe ?" "Or do you merely observe ?" I hate philosophy . Always struggled with the moral arguement of free will and determination . Always had a problem who to throw out of the boat when there were too many passengers . But somehow this morning I found myself thinking more deeply than usual on the thought for the day which was clearly a debate two philosophers would dearly love to have . Because of this quotation on observation - who decides to observe , why we do it and how we explain it brought me to the underground depths of a city centre car park . I had passed it by many times . It was never one of those car parks I ever used . In fact I probably ... read more

It was hard walking today not to think a lot as I walked . I had headed out of the village . The proposed Christmas scarecrow competition had died a death. The Village Hall Committee had ditched the treasure hunt this year and opted for a film themed scarecrow competition . However, either all the villagers forgot about it or could not be bothered . There were decorations on some houses. Christmas wreaths of holly and ivy on doors. Lights hanging from some of the houses, dangling in the wind. Trees draped with lights. It did not seem like Christmas much this year . The soldiers outside the Buck were missing . I guess that had something to do with the pub going bust again . The staff and the bills unpaid . The new tenants ... read more

There was not much going on to be honest. The weather has turned distinctly rainy nearly every single day. And Autumnal too. We wake up and hope for a dry day but it seems that it never comes . We all feel happier when the sun shines. With Autumn rumbling along we are all looking forward to Spring and better weather . We should really be grateful for what we have but we are always feeling extremely ungrateful when we look up to the overcast grey sky. Happiness is not something ready made . It comes from your own actions . The Dalai Lama uttered those words and as I walked I sent that thought through my head in an attempt to agree. Being happy is not a given. You have to work towards it. Sometimes ... read more

It is extremely noisy in Cafe de Galles. It feels like the local Womens Institute or a few friends have dropped into town for a coffee and a natter. And natter they did . The cafe is quite small and felt really crowded . The noise was overwhelming and it was extremely hard to hear ourselves think . But it was somewhere we wanted to have a coffee and breakfast for a while . Of course it was somewhere we never quite round to visiting . Well today we did manage that visit. Possibly the wrong day but there it was . A chance and you cannot turn those down. It was a dull day and we parked up on the local supermarket car park . Something I would never had done years ago as I ... read more