David's blog

I found an old photograph of the village on the internet today it was in the local community pubs twitter feed, the pub is called the Pengwern.  The photo was taken from across the road here on the hill in the middle of the village and it was taken in 1973 and discovered in the negatives of some photographer who I can't recall's name.   I went and took photo from the same place this morning and when I got there I was surprised to see that I could not see the original image it changed now there was a load of trees there.  If it had been winter I might have got a clearer image but it being in the summer the trees are full of leaves.  I remember the houses as they were then I was 10 years old there is one car there in the original photo which is different to now the place is packed with cars t is really interesting to how things change here over the years I guess that's one of the advantages of getting older you can see more changes  When growing up in this vi...

It is very nice to have some september sun to dry out the place a bit until the next deluge comes along which I guess is not far away.  I really don't like the fact that is rains so much here.  I went for a short walk today round a lake nearby and the ground was sodden due to all the rain we have had recently. I really hope the drama with the mobile phone is over now and the the money I asked for back is in the account tomorrow or the day after I will not go near the shop again and I am not too sure whether to advise others of the fact its shit like someone said its surprising they are still open but I doubt it will be for long it is the worse customer experienee I have ever had. I have contacted a tv channel about friend who spends a lot of time on a bike I think he deserves some publicity about his adventures, I wish I could go on the open road but I guess I would nto get too far unless I was on a tandom or something like that. I am trying to learn some french o...