I didn’t exist the last time the Welsh football team competed in a major tournament. Indeed, esquires Neil and Buzz hadn’t even set foot on the moon when Wales last competed on the world stage at football. Wales’ last appearance was, in fact, at the 1958 World Cup, where they were knocked out of […]
It is now less than a week until the RBS Six Nations tournament kicks off again! Excited much?! And what an excellent 12 months of rugby it has been: Last season’s Super Saturday kept us all on the edge of our seats to see Ireland named champions, and then, a home World Cup gave us […]
Tomorrow (Friday 22nd January), the iconic Millennium Stadium will officially assume the name of its new sponsor, the Welsh Building Society, The Principality. Whilst most modern stadiums adopt sponsors nowadays, it’s going to take a great deal of getting used to. It is an interesting choice of sponsor. Not because this organisation is not […]
Well, it certainly has been one heck of a roller-coaster ride so far! Legends are born here. Blood & sweat. Dreams made, broken. Rugby is our game. #RWCHaikus The pool stage of the RWC2015 has been sensational, and has been full of drama and controversy. The 40 matches have been a delight to experience, […]
The 2015 Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend, and is being hosted in England, the spiritual home of the rugby. Legend has it that the game was invented by Rugby School student, William Webb Ellis, when he decided to pick up the ball during a regular football (soccer) game, thus inventing the egg-shaped ball […]
Hiking in the Brecon Beacons offers such diversity in terms of the landscape that is available to be explored, and yesterday, we visited what is known as Waterfall Country, in search of Bruce Wayne’s legendary Batcave. The Batcave hides behind the tallest waterfall in South Wales (at 90 feet), in the county of Powys. The […]
The conclusion of the 2015 RBS Six Nations championship proved worthy of a season finale George R.R.Martin himself would have been proud of. As the participant nations broke their fast yesterday morning, it was a three-way battle between Ireland, Wales and England, with an outside mathematical chance for France thrown in for good measure. There […]
Today is St David’s Day, and the people of Wales are celebrating the life and times of their Patron Saint, St David. I was also interested to hear that all across America, “Welsh Americans” were celebrating this National event over the weekend. We are all familiar with “Irish Americans” and “Scottish Americans”, but I have […]
The Gower peninsular in South Wales has an abundance of beautiful hikes. Some of the better known hiking landmarks of the area include the gorgeous Three Cliffs Bay and the iconic Worms Head tidal island off Rhossili Beach. Whiteford Sands is one of the more unusual destinations of the Gower, in that its most notable […]
The 2015 Six Nations Championship kicked off in true George R.R.Martin style on Friday night as Wales’s mind games failed to rattle Robshaw’s men at the Millennium Stadium. The BBC’s homage to the HBO fantasy blockbuster, Game of Thrones, was well timed in readiness for the biggest opening clash for a decade. The […]
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