David's blog

Christmas is nearly over again, and thankfully so—it’s becoming quite a drag these days. Next year will be worse, with an extra bank holiday meaning it’ll drag on even longer than usual. I’ve ended up drinking a lot more beer than normal over the holiday period. At least the weather’s been okay, though it’s been cold.   This morning I came across an article about young footballers in the region—players the writer had enjoyed covering over the past year—and among them was a young man I know, a distant relative. He’s 17 and plays for Dolgellau , with an impressive record of 40 goals in 49 appearances. He’s been with the club for a while now, though he was in an academy at one point. I’ve tried convincing him to join the local team here, but that would mean dropping down a level, and it’s clear he wants to move up rather than down—or even sideways.   https://nwsport.co.uk/2025/12/29/10-shining-stars-of-2025-in-north-wales-mens-football/ His current team recently reache...

I had a day out yesterday I went to have a look at an old church in the small village of Brithdir.  To get there from here I needed to get the bus to Dolgellau and then a connoction to Brithdir.   I can't recall ever having been to Brithdir before and the only connection I can recall having is that facct that my old junior school headmaster came from there or lived there I am not sure if he came from there. The bus to Dolgellau arrived on time and accroding to the timetable I had I had about 20 minutes to wait for the connection.  I looked on the timetable in the town just for curiosity and it said the connection was at 12.30 and therefore at the time I was looking that indicated it had gone I was a bit confuseed now I rang the timetable place and they had the same time as me so I waited I did not have much choice really to wait as my bus back was at 1.20 if my connection had gone. A little bus came in the little buses usually serve the the local area I asked t...