Blogs from 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

The car with no name needed a trip out . We had tried earlier in the week to get over to Anglesey. Ynys Mon - a smallish island about one hour and forty five minutes drive from home. The home known as the mother of Wales and home to the Druids pushed back over the years. But that was thousands of years ago. The A55 North Wales Expressway runs from near where we live and we can join just south of Chester and travel right along the coast with the Irish Sea to one side and pretty welsh villages and towns to the other . There is always a lot of traffic on the Expressway as it runs from east to west taking traffic from and to the port of Holyhead and then on to or ... 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

Being on your own when walking gives you chance to remember things or ponder on them.The thought for the day was one from I think the Dalai Lama who suggested perhaps wisely that an eye for eye ended up with blindness . That was going round and round my head as it was counter intuitive from the Biblical idea of an eye for an eye. It was not revenge but something that was in the end a useless idea at times. My friend had popped something in the window for me to see and ponder upon . She knew I would be passing by . Todays message read Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Set out like an opticians reading chart. My walk feels all the better for seeing messages left for me . ... read more