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Wednesday was the day that I allocated to go to Swansea by train and enable Francoise to have a swim in the Olympic size national swimming pool which is part of a very ambitious Sports Complex in Swansea. We caught the 10.40 train from Cardiff Central to Swansea, a journey of about an hour. The cost for us both using our Two Together card was £18.70. It was very pleasant to take a break from the...

After a late start we took the 92 bus from the centre to Penarth which is a Suburb of Cardiff right by the sea. It has an old-fashioned wooden pier and Assembly Hall that looks nothing from the outside but when you get inside is very spacious and there was an exhibition going on at the time, works by Kevin Stone who after an accident at work lost the use of his right arm and had to learn to...

Monday is not supposed to be the ideal day for visiting cultural and social activities but the fact is that Cardiff is buoyant enough and popular enough for most exhibitions and facilities to run seven days a week. There are two main museums here dealing with the environment of Cardiff and surrounds. One is closed on Sunday and one is closed on Monday so the visitor is never left disappointed....

Off we go on a much anticipated journey or should I say holiday break to Cardiff. This may not be the romantic break that everyone would see as a holiday but trust me the destination is a cosmopolitan and upbeat city with a very lively and communicative mixed race population. We decided to travel by car as we could take much more stuff with us. We could have used it to travel around locally. By...

It's not often I am left with an open mouth but this is one such occasion. I subscribe to the Christian Institute, a very professional oganization that attempts to influence the government of the UK about various trends that it considers immoral or un-Christian. The only consolation I can draw from this article is that it is a tacit recognition of the power of prayer. Does anyone who reads my...

The last time I rode a bicycle was about 62 years ago. That shows to some people that I'm probably beyond dead and not worthy even of consideration because that is a not particularly cool thing to say. I remember going on a bicycle tour with two mates  to East Anglia using YHA hostels along the way. The weather was cold and blustery and my goodness did the miles seem long but we managed it. The...