Ignacio Lopez

 A Welsh/ Spanish comedy night with the delicious Ignacio Lopez was areal tonic. A Spanish father and Welsh mother has given this man a delightfully warm and gentle humour where he seeks information from the audience in the first half which he uses in a semi improvised story in the second. 

A great nite out, with some intelligent humour and met an old friend to boot! 

How lucky am I ? 

Pope Alone

 

Looking at the Pope in Argentina, I was struck by the notion that he always seems alone. Surly he can take a friend or a sibling or even a colleague out with him , to sing along with, to chat to when boredom sneaks in or to just share the good times with . 

I may send an email to the Vatican . 

Bata

 My Spanish teacher José ( with a quiet Catalonian é) had me envious on our last on line lesson, for he was wrapped in what looked like a fluffy dressing gown, which looked amazingly attractive to a Welshman rapidly approaching his mid sixties. 

So I did bang on about it ! ALL LESSON! 

The Spanish for dressing gown is bata, and in all of my adult years, I’ve never owned one. What an odd fact to admit to ! …….well that all changed today when a bata was delivered all the way from Spain 

Thank you José Espinosa , it’s bloody lovely … Sangriento encantador! 

11/11

  

 · 5͏ ͏N͏o͏v͏e͏m͏b͏e͏r͏ ͏a͏t͏ ͏1͏9͏:͏5͏  Alun Hughes

Silent soldier silhouette at village hall

As we approach remembrance Sunday, the poignant silhouette of the silent soldier reflects on our village hall, as a tribute to those brave soldiers from our village and surrounding Community who, made the supreme sacrifice during both world wars. 

Thank you to Dai Ellis for arranging this. 

WE WILL REMEMBER THEMThis was written by Alan H on the village Facebook page

The village has burst into autumn, with russett reds, warm yellows and comfort browns on almost every tree. The TCA s orchard is almost bare but the fruit and oak saplings look as robust as my own laburnum, still standing proud in the graveyard. 

The war memorial Trelawnyd see link

https://disasterfilm.blogspot.com/2011/11/joseph-hemelryk-of-trelawnyd.html

This old post has some old blog followers of interest commenting xxx

My Favourite Things

Around 3 am there was a big crash from the living room 

A second later I heard Weaver running up the stairs 

There was the sound of breaking glass 

I guessed she had knocked the Ocean is calling and I must go poster off the fireplace 

But I couldn’t be arsed checking

Another second or two both Welsh terriers galloped up the stairs 

Both frightened 

Both needy 

And moments later both had jumped onto my bed with Weaver bouncing in behind them 

The Sound Of Music re imagined 

We slept all together til dawn

IKEA

Met a friend and had meatballs in IKEA

Bloody lovely ……bought a vase too

 

Heart on my sleeve

 I admit to this 

“ I can’t hold my own water”

I say what I think and damm the consequences 

It’s gotten me in trouble many times….recently once at work ! 

In the village I was once conscripting help for the flower show door to door and one resident ( transferred in to the pensioner bungalows from a nearby village) bad mouthed the management of the show to my face… I retaliated with a generic “well you are a wonderful bag of laughs”👀👀👀👀👀

Which she countered by calling her grandson and his friend ( who were having supper) to the front door to deal with me 

I honesty thought my number was up , as it all resembled a scene from Deliverance, but I escaped a punch by laughing at the redneck situation ….

The resident moved back to her village soon after and I applauded the move 

She was a nasty cow.

Even her sister , who lived nearby hated her with a vengeance 

The Archers

The fire is keeping the cottage cosy. 

The Archers had Vince Casey waiting for a Spinal Injury unit bed 

In reality he would be going to the Shropshire Centre in Oswestry 

One of only 11. 

I worked in the second largest in Sheffield 

Vince broke down after having a bowel accident on tonight’s episode, (quite a difficult thing to act on the radio) but I applaud the sensitive way the situation was handled

Embarrassment and healthcare go hand in hand , and I should know 

Last week my flip/flow valve came adrift at work and in a second or two I effectively wet myself 

The support worker I was with at the time helped me sort everything out with good humour and a no nonsense approach perfect for such events. In minutes I was back on the ward ( albeit in a pair of loaned joggers) and half an hour later my uniform was clean and pressed and I was back to work quick sticks as if nothing had happened. 

My colleagues were stars that night

Matter o’fact, professional and sensitive 

And I thank them 

For their kindness