wales

Apathy from pollygarter 342 days old

I saw my lover on Monday and we had nice time together, but sad as I knew I wouldn't see him until next Friday - Longest we've been apart other than ...

For Usky - smelting in Tondu from pollygarter 452 days old

We were discussing iron works (as you do!) on Usky's blog and I mentioned Tondu where they have an info centre and had a recent metal pouring for first ...

Another day of being boring... from pollygarter 497 days old

but having a perfectly lovely time. I'd taken him to St Fagan's Folk Museum, but there is so much to see that we'd only done my favourite bit around ...

B*gger squared!!! from pollygarter 823 days old

[ ... ] back to Wales today/tomorrow (Tuesday) so I'm likely to get any messages before Tuesday night. I'll be seeing him Wednesday, but today's ...

More Welsh Culture Stuff from pollygarter 1120 days old

[ ... ] to Wales, most notably the "Cerdd Dant", which is still very strong. There is also a kind of carol singing at Christmas known as Plygain. This ...

A bit of Welsh Culture: Pwnc from pollygarter 1127 days old

[ ... ] When Wales was a Catholic nation, congregations used to sing verses from the Bible instead of reading them. This form of chanting was called ...

Village Life from pollygarter 1136 days old

I was recently joking about the culture shock of moving all of twenty miles from village to city when I first came to cardiff. it triggered something ...

Paul Robeson and Wales - For Trolly from pollygarter 1181 days old

[ ... ] with Wales began in 1928 while he was performing in London in the musical Show Boat. There, he met a group of unemployed miners who had taken ...

Google Earth/ Missing him.... from pollygarter 1190 days old

[ ... ] in North Wales. If you put in a postcode you watch earth spin and home in on chosen destination. Sadly North Wales is a little blurred, but the ...

It's all glamour being a mistress.... from pollygarter 1250 days old

and of course it's hard work being a mythical object of desire - So it's lucky that I'm not one! having pottered around Swansea last week I had my ...