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		<title>Tourism in Wales: problems, thoughts, suggestions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ I&#8217;m taking a break from the con men, fraudsters and assorted crooks who figure regularly here. But &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/tourism-in-wales-problems-thoughts-suggestions/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tourism in Wales: problems, thoughts, suggestions</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coronavirus and Wales</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Yes, I know I&#8217;d promised to write on a couple of other subjects, but this coronavirus pandemic &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/coronavirus-and-wales/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Coronavirus and Wales</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ain&#8217;t no mountain high enough . . . to escape the ravages of saturation tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 08:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ TURNING THE TAPS ON A BIT MORE Wales has just experienced another Bank Holiday. Even so, I &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/aint-no-mountain-high-enough-to-escape-the-ravages-of-saturation-tourism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ain&#8217;t no mountain high enough . . . to escape the ravages of saturation tourism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Friends old &#038; new: Gavin &#8216;Wynnborn&#8217; Woodhouse; James &#8216;Fforest&#8217; Lynch; Shane Baker, &#8216;the bargain basement Baldrick of Nebo&#8217; and Jonathan Duggan</title>
		<link>https://jacothenorth.net/blog/friends-old-james-fforest-lynch-shane-baker-the-bargain-basement-baldrick-of-nebo-and-jonathan-duggan/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice to meet up with old friends, and here are updates on three characters I&#8217;ve written about before, though I suppose it&#8217;s stretching it a bit to call them friends. And it also gives me the opportunity to introduce a couple of new faces. This trip down Memory Lane will take us from &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/friends-old-james-fforest-lynch-shane-baker-the-bargain-basement-baldrick-of-nebo-and-jonathan-duggan/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Friends old &#038; new: Gavin &#8216;Wynnborn&#8217; Woodhouse; James &#8216;Fforest&#8217; Lynch; Shane Baker, &#8216;the bargain basement Baldrick of Nebo&#8217; and Jonathan Duggan</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Respecting Snowdon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 22:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RESPECT WANTED Tourism is a subject I&#8217;ve written about more than once, and so I think my views are pretty well known. But in case anyone&#8217;s failed to get the message . . . tourism in Wales is exploitive, tasteless, disruptive, damaging to Welsh identity and culture, destructive of our physical environment, and far too &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/respecting-snowdon/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Respecting Snowdon</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Destructive Power of Tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was directed to a piece on the MailOnline website about Barcelona or, more specifically, tourism in Barcelona or, to be really, really specific, high volume and damaging tourism. The problem is that &#8220;uncontrolled tourism&#8221; is attracting too many low-spending tourists who are turning Barcelona into a &#8216;theme park&#8217; and making &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/the-destructive-power-of-tourism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Destructive Power of Tourism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fleece Jacket Fascists 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back at the beginning of August I wrote a piece called Fleece Jacket Fascists, in which I tried to expose those British or Englandandwales organisations that want Wales to be run in the interests of middle class English settlers and visitors. Those working for these organisations can invariably be identified by their &#8216;uniform&#8217; of the &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/fleece-jacket-fascists-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fleece Jacket Fascists 2</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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