Patagonia – Jac o' the North

Guest Post: Update from Patagonia

Jac — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:35:40 +0000

I first became acquainted with Jeremy through my old mate, the late Rhobert ap Steffan, known to the inner circle as ‘Castro’, who made a number of trips to Patagonia. I’d known Rhobert for many years, we spent the Investiture period in ’69 with a couple of other young rebels in Ireland. We had a …

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News Round-up 29.05.2018

Jac — Tue, 29 May 2018 18:20:25 +0000

This is a bumper edition, some 3,600 words, enough to keep you going for a week. It comprises six different reports so you don’t need to gorge and make yourself ill, you can take it one piece at a time. Enjoy! ∼ MRS AND MR MERRILL Rose Mutale Merrill (née Nyoni), doyenne of the race …

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Time to Show Appreciation of International Relationships

Jac — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:53:45 +0000

BY A GUEST WRITER There are a few countries around the world with which Wales has long-standing and profound cultural, political and social ties. The other Celtic countries, of course. The United States, where, famously, 16 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Welsh descent — with particularly strong Welsh connections with …

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Guest Post: Jeremy Wood, Esquel, Patagonia

Jac — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:22:43 +0000

I am delighted to offer you something different, a piece by Jeremy Wood on an obscure publication relating to the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. Jeremy and I have never met but we have corresponded for quite a few years, having had a mutual friend in the late Rhobert ap Steffan (‘Castro’) who visited Patagonia a …

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