British motorways and highways aren’t particularly pleasant places (Hey I’m looking at you, M25… Grr…), but at this time of year the metal crash barriers along the central reservation and the banks beside the hard-shoulder are bursting with Wild Daisies – or if you want to get all scientific about it; Oxeyes. They’re one of my favourite things […]
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The Red Arrow No Show
In Iceland there’s a popular saying spouted by locals; “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes”. Well, the same could be said for Welsh weather right now, although when we hate the weather here we’re more likely to say, “Oh, it’ll come nice, now, in a bit…” Someone should have let the Red […]
Last time I set foot in Burger & Lobster it wasn’t actually Burger & Lobster at all, it was the top floor of Habitat. I’d go in there on a Saturday and plan all the cool things I was going to buy when I finally got a place of my own. Fast forward around fifteen years […]
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May Meadow
I’m definitely an Autumn/Winter girl. I love the cold; snow, thick jumpers and Autumn leaves. But if I had to pick another favourite time of year, it would now. There’s just something about May, you know? Those first summer days when the blossom’s out and we get a tease of what’s to come weather-wise (…or not, […]
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Cardiff Central Library
Something that became obvious during the whole house moving thing was that I own a lot of books. I mean, I knew I had a lot, but when they starting filling box after box after box I realised that I have more than just “a lot”. Especially history books. If you want to read a […]
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