Llanelli – Jac o' the North

20mph, A Disaster Unfolds

Jac — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:00:25 +0000

Well, here we are, on the eve of a great experiment. Are you excited about 20mph speed limits? Enthused? Or do you just roll your eyes skyward in the way that typifies modern Wales? I suppose I could have gone about this post differently, by looking at the costs, and examining the various claims more …

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The Alliance Against Livestock Farming

Jac — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:51 +0000

This week’s piece about wildlife trusts and environmental groups complements what I put out last week about the assorted river charities. For both seem to be funded to shield Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water) and others from criticism by blaming livestock farmers for all river pollution. Also, to pursue the so-called ‘Welsh Government’s Net Zero lunacy …

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Housing for Wales or housing for the Welsh?

Jac — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:50:12 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ We are confronted by a paradox. The stock of housing in Wales is growing, yet less and …

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Odds & Sods 22.07.2020

Jac — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:35:49 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Well, you must agree that the title makes a change from Miscellany. And unless I have a …

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Dawnus 3

Jac — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:25:18 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ This was intended to be a sort of bits and pieces post in which I looked at …

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Snippets and Updates 19.04.2018

Jac — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:45:54 +0000

I’ve neglected you in recent weeks, relying on two excellent guest posts from Brychan Davies and Aled Gwyn Jôb. But now I’m back. With a vengeance! Though this offering is long, over 3,000 words, it’s made up of six different items, so you can take them one at a time if you like. Enjoy! ◊ …

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Third Sector Nightmare

Jac — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:00:18 +0000

OLIVE AND POPEYE Regular readers will know that before this incarnation of my blog – hosted by the estimable Gwilym ab Ioan – I had a blog with Google that ran for a few years until December 2012. Then it was pulled for no obvious reason, though Google suggested that I was a spammer, which …

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General Election 2017

Jac — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Those of you who’ve read Cneifiwr’s latest post, about his canvassing experiences, will I’m sure have enjoyed him waxing lyrical about wrens and shimmering vistas, country lanes and tinkling rills . . . well you’ll get none of that fancy bucolic stuff here. This is the opinionated old git section of the Welsh blogosphere. Last Thursday …

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Bits & Pieces: Bear Grylls, Redrow, Llanelli Poles, Ebbw Ponds

Jac — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:15:24 +0000

Bear Grylls: ‘It’s not for me, you understand . . . ‘ I’ve written about Bear Grylls, the television personality, survival expert and tourism operator a couple of times recently. Now I find myself writing about him again. My first mention of Grylls was an almost light-hearted look at his ‘survival camp’ on Llŷn, done only because …

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‘Welsh’ Labour In All Its Ugliness

Jac — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:38 +0000

A few days ago I got an anonymous message telling me about someone, or a group, seeking to raise money to ‘Save English Language Education in Wales’. Here’s the link to the relevant CrowdJustice site. I doubt if those behind this are susceptible to embarrassment, but just in case, and it’s been taken down, here’s …

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