Trying to catch up with dozens of posts. Just including a few shots from the Swansea Air Day, held in July 2009. The Saturday was rained off amid our glorious British summer, but Sunday was a success. As part of the Swansea Unit of the Maritime Volunteer Service I was crewing on one of the …
Pembrey holds fond memories for me. as a 13 year old my Dad would take me with him on the weekends. He was in charge of building the bombing range, still situated at the far end of the long Pembrey Sands. I learned to drive on an Austin Champ (an ex-army vehicle with an amazingly …
Carol & I, together with Pete & Jean spent most of yesterday wandering the Gower Coast in South Wales doing a reconnaissance of local caravan sites. Needless to say, we are about to go into the silly season when the kids break up from school, and most sites are already booked up. Another factor is …
This blog has been sadly neglected while life has got in the way. I’ve been considering for a while that it needed a “big issue” to kick-start it once again, but maybe because I am so laid-back these days, I just cannot be bothered. So the plan is to enter both daily trivia and retrospectively …