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Cardiff

The Pumping Station

I love old. I love old jokes, I love old films (if you haven’t seen Some Like it Hot then we can’t be friends!), old cars, old furniture.  I love old books (I’m one of those weirdos who wedges her nose between the pages and inhales that lovely musty scent)… My father’s pretty old and I love him too – […]

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Cardiff

After the Storm

This time last week I went for a stroll down Barry Island – a day after Storm Imogen battered South Wales with 80 mph gusts of wind.  The weather was lovely – no sign of the horrible rain and wind from the day before.  One of the blokes from the council sweeping piles of sand and seaweed […]

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Cardiff

Project 365: Week 6

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Cardiff

Cardiff “BAE”

I officially feel well old when I get to say that I remember what Cardiff Bay used to look like before the barrage (Does anyone remember the giant sausage/squished loo roll which displayed all the Bay regeneration plans? No…? Just me? *sigh*). Nowadays – minus the mud flats, and with a lil’ help from a […]

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Blogging

100 ideas to beat Blogger’s Block

You know how it goes; some weeks you’re spilling over with ideas and then others… meh, you’re running on empty.  Inspiration is a fickle thing; you can’t bottle it and it comes and goes like the family cat – on top of you one minute, then off prowling the neighbourhood the next.  Blogger’s Block – just […]