A Walk Through Llanrhidian

 Friday, 05 April, 2024

I took a stroll around Llanrhidian this afternoon and harvested a view images of the experience with you:

The remains of a Celtic Cross on the village green

Celtic Cross remains with Llanrhidian Church in background

Another, more ancient Standing Stone on the village green

Llanrhidian Church dates from Medieval times

The two embedded stones in the church gatepost are supposedly cursed and were once
part of a more ancient graveyard located next to the caravan site where we're staying

This huge and mysterious slab of etched rock was dug in in the grounds of the graveyard 

The interior of Llanrhidian Church

Llanrhidian's 2 pubs, the Welcome to Town
and The Dolphin Inn

An incredible convoluted rock used in
a wall of a Llanrhidian garden

The remains of Llanrhidian Mill

The previous night's storm is recorded in the village telegraph wires

This spot caught my eye - to the degree where
I also took a short short video

A very short video, that is well worth watching to the end:

Weobley Castle

Sheep chilling beneath the Iron Iage Earth Fort ofCilifor Top 

Another, more distant shot of Cilifor Top

Heading back to the caravan, I met another site cat, as well as seeing the more familiar black moggy:

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5/100

Thursday, 04 April, 2024

Guy N Smith project 5/100. Just sown these babies with the mission of getting them to flower and to get some decent pics of them before the 100-day deadline hits.

Catweazel by Richard Carpenter

I really enjoyed watching this TV series in the 1979s. And rewarding it on Network DVD a fews years back. I'm also enjoying this novelisation and quirky illustrations. It takes me back to simpler times. Magical nostalgia at its best.

4/100

Wednesday, 03 April, 2024

It was another quiet day with just me and the pwscat. The writing for my GNS zine is going well, and ideas are unfolding fast. 

I have also decided on the project that will replace the second edition of Avalon (postponed after May's visit to Glastonbury needed to be cancelled due to our housefire). More on this soon...

Day 3/100

 Tuesday, 02 April, 2024

A really bad hayfever day, spent on my tod in the caravan as my wife returned to work this morning and my son has been working for a good couple of weeks now. I say on my tod, but I did have this little one's company. Though she was't too pleased with my constant sneeze and gave me a good old grumble everytime I sneezed.

As I will be publishing a previously unpublished short story by Guy N Smith in my tribute book to him, I designed a cover pic for the piece. The story concerns a dog who guides his owner through a treacherous swanp. I am quite pleased with the result:

Day 2/100 and a Laundry-time Meander

Monday, 01 April,  2024

Day 2 of my Guy N Smith 100-day-project. Working on the introduction of the Guy N Smith zine under the watchful eye of fudjcat. 

Whilst staying at the caravan site, we doing our clothes washing in the landrette, the cycle lasting 30 minutes. With that in mind, we took a quick drive to the local pond on Cefn Bryn, Broadpool, catching the sunset there perfectly:

Returning to the campsite with a good 10 minutes to spare; we parked the car up outside the laundrette and crossed the road to photograph the sheep that were gathered near the roadside gate:

The sheep were very inquisitive and friendly and even allowed me to take a short video of them:

The Entrance to Llanrhidian Holiday Park

The evening light really has been kind to us since we have been staying in Llanrhidian, as as we left the laundrette with our washing, we were even rewarded with a huge rainbow over our caravan:

Day 1/100

Sunday, 31 March, 2024

Day 1 of my 100-day-project to produce a tribute to my favourite author, Guy N Smith. Before the first day comes to close, I want to have completed typing up Guy's hand-written story, Toby's Way, which will literally be the centrepiece of my one-off GNS zine... 

 And with my work on the GNS project competed for the day, I sat outside the caravan to do a little work on my next novel, Cold Comfort.

Never mind working on my writing, I should start work on losing that belly...