Bit colder too, not surprisingly. But shopping had to be done. Surpriseing what a couple of days can make in the weather in Penarth.
An pictorial account of activities and thoughts of David Whitworth, a returned VSO volunteer.
Bit colder too, not surprisingly. But shopping had to be done. Surpriseing what a couple of days can make in the weather in Penarth.
Finally cracked the weaving lark. Takes 4mts ish of thread per chair not to mention total concentration.
The Mallard on the front cover is the engine me and my friends used to travel to Doncaster to spot back in 1960. The book explains the history, social and economic effects together with explanations of how the engineering developed and works. And across the world, not just in the UK. Quite an achievement, I think you have to agree. Steam power, first trialed in Merthyr Tydfil in 1803, eventually replaced horses on the Iron Roads and effectively changed our world for ever.
Reflected on a rising tide,
The walk home. "Wait for me."
Walking though the park to The Dingle,
Aboard the Heart of Wales Line to Swansea, mostly through a tunnel of trees and bushes.
Brecon, after a bus-train-bus journey up the Taff's valley and across the Beacons National Park.
Its Castle and
the Castle Hotel, the oldest in Wales, our
bed for the night with period furniture to match. Cosy it was.
Well, only two more years before I become OBE. Tie made by Polly 30 years ago, waistcoat finished by Gek this week and a day at the Bay. Lovely.
A pick of favourites exhibited.