Garlic Allergy

Please, please, please, does anyone have any information on research into a garlic allergic. Carol suffers with it, and we are both so careful about vetting products for any trace of garlic. Lidl’s, for example, are particularly good for selling products with a very limited ingredients list. I have tried writing to all the major …

Incident (?) Worms Head

Had a peculiar one today while on Coastwatch down at Worms Head. The weather was pretty rough, blowing gale force 7 and 8 at times. Approximately 12 to 15 foot waves, and sudden squalls, often with hail. A helicopter suddenly appeared below us on the southern side of The Worm at about thirty feet about …

House Hunting 957

House Hunting

As most of the limited viewers of this site will know, we have decided to downsize. Our house is now on the market ( http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/sale/wales/swansea/clydach/5-bedroom-detached-house-sale/16895-4849684.html ) – maybe not a good time of the year, but fortunately we are not in any great hurry to move. However, we have been looking around to see what …

11th11 09

Armistice Parade

Just thought that I’d add a couple of images that saddened me. I attended the Armistice Parade in Cardiff on the 11th November. It was sad that there were so few public present – though in some ways not entirely surprising given the rising disquiet with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although I have …

759 Spitfire Maintenance HMS Heron

I must get around to cleaning some of these photographs up one day, although the stains carry their own history. My father is among this group. I haven’t had any success yet finding out any more about 759 Spitfire Maintenance. I was surprised to find that HMS Heron is, or was, the shore base in …

HMS Nabob

HMS Nabob

I’ve been trying to piece together some of my late father’s experiences from old photographs – not an easy task, as he rarely spoke about his wartime experiences as he found it too painful (he lost a good many friends). He certainly served on HMS Nabob, which I think was one of the so called …