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Arwel Richards

@olddruid.bsky.social

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Retired health-care consultant.Worked in exotic and some not so exotic countries. Now living in bucolic Brittany where there are more cows than people. And the rain where I live reminds me of Welsh valleys rain - serious and very wet.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · 1d

Demat from a now sunny Brittany. Great start to Tachwedd though I confess I had to find a tissue to deal with some moisture that was making its way down my cheek.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · 21d

Bore Da from a sunny blue sky Brittany.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 29d

‘A major figure in the Brexit movement will go to jail for accepting bribes for Russian interests’…Farage and Yusuf say they have no idea who he is. Why isn’t this story bigger? open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

The Lead Untangles: The Reform leader’s Russian influence scandal

Not unreported, but certainly not given much spotlight, what do the Russian bribes taken by a former Reform UK leader tell us?

open.substack.com

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Sep 30

Shorts and T-shirt here in Le Morbihan. 22-23C , c'est bizarre for almost October .

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Sep 20

It's south Wales - c'est normal. Here in Brittany it's chilly but fine and a lovely sunset. p.s we do have proper horizontal valleys rain here quite often.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Sep 14

A game of two halves eh !

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Sep 14

Intense spirited defence by France. Good for Ireland that half-time has arrived so they start the 2nd half not affected too much by their failure to score during that last passage of play. Ireland playing with more invention and speed I fancy.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Sep 14

Same here.Enjoyed yesterday's game.Canada were looking quite classy and outplayed Australia in just about every area.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 17

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 15

And in Brittany 'Le Symbole' was used. It was given to a child caught speaking Breton.The only way to get rid of it was to 'snitch' on a fellow pupil speaking Breton.At the end of the day the pupil in possession of Le Symbole would be punished.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 8

I follow 2 or 3 Rhondda social media sites , 'cos that's where I'm from, and I'm saddened , angered and disappointed in about equal measure by the degree of support for Reform. The comments supporting Reform are devoid of reasoned debate and seem based on emotion and catch phrases.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 7

Demat - Bore Da !

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bret's now make an unfeasibly large number of flavours. I find these garlic mayonnaise ones quite funky.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'd forgotten about them but now I can see and taste them. I'm thinking that there must have been a nationwide menu for school meals dreamt up by some government department.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Aug 1

Inexpensive , nourishing and tasty - ticks all the comfort food boxes.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 31

I live in Brittany.The French don't do packed school lunches. Here's a pic of a typical French school lunch. I was brought up on Rhondda school dinners - not haute cuisine but pretty much balanced meals and they left me with a fondness for rice pud with a thick skin.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 20

And of course ,further up the valley we had , in Porth , our very own Houses of Parliament. Younger viewers ask your parents/grandparents.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 12

I was watching Sky news and went into full shouting at the telly mode when he came on - 4 MP's (at the time of writing).He and his party have zero credibility.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 12

Currently reading Gaia Vince's 'Nomad Century'. Lots of food for thought in it.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 10

Should have added - bought my copy in 1984 but it has sat on the shelves of various bookcases for 40 years and survived many house moves before being addressed by me.

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 10

Just finished reading Dramocles by Robert Sheckley . One of the towns on one of the planets was 'Ystrad' which is also a town in the Rhondda. Went down a rabbit hole and Sheckley was commissioned by Powys Media to write a novel based on 'The Prisoner'.Bought my copy in 1984 .

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jul 5

This year it comes quite close to me at Mur de Bretagne. Summer means many trips to the dechetterie with big bags of green waste. Today a restrained 3 bags of ferns, brambles and yew tree prunings. Gardening keeps me sane in these strange times.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wrth gwrs. But worth it !

Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jun 30

Talking of foods with flavours , I remember having the delicious and very orangey Jubbleys.

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Arwel Richards @olddruid.bsky.social · Jun 30

Moi aussi ! Penygraig boy.