Talgarth – Jac o' the North

Gilestone: It’s All About Water

Jac — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:30:55 +0000

Over three years ago, with ‘Gilestone: Thinking Outside The Box‘, I suggested that the ‘Welsh Government’s controversial £4.25m purchase of Gilestone farm is about the transfer of water. Much of what follows may look, superficially, like a rehash of that earlier piece; if so, it’s because that’s unavoidable in bringing the story up to date. But …

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Coleg Soros And Associates

Jac — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:30:00 +0000

This wasn’t planned, but it’s too big and complicated for a tweet, and so I’m putting it out as a quickie. As the title suggests, it concerns Coleg Soros in Talgarth, otherwise known as Black Mountains College. For those new to this blog, or regulars with short memories, I have written a few times about …

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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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Green Man, Red Herring?

Jac — Fri, 20 May 2022 09:00:59 +0000

When someone drew my attention to the Green Man festival being gifted a farm by the so-called ‘Welsh Government’ I thought to myself, “I’m sure I’ve written about those buggers recently”; but no, I was thinking of the Green Gathering. There are just so many using the ‘Green’ label, desperately trying to look enviro-virtuous! Bullshit, …

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