Tywyn 2024: Dolgoch Waterfalls
On the last day of my holiday, I was originally planning to go up to Fairbourne and have a trip on its minature steam train, before getting the ferry across…
Tywyn 2024: “Choo Choo!” – a ride on the Talyllyn steam train
Apparently no visit to Tywyn is complete without a trip on the Talyllyn steam railway, the "railway with a heart of gold" which is one of the world's oldest preserved…
Tywyn 2024: A ‘free man’ visits “The Village” and escapes! (or An afternoon in Portmeirion)
I've never watched the cult 60s show "The Prisoner", but I've heard of the village of Portmeirion, near Porthmadog, where its outside scenes were filmed. So while I was staying…
Tywyn 2024: a “Happy Birthday to me” holiday
Earlier this summer, I'd decided I wanted to go away on holiday again for my birthday, and my aim was to stay somewhere on the beach and finally get to…
Going back to Linux
It's been a good few years since I last regularly used Linux on my home PC. However in recent weeks, the itch to ditch Microsoft Windows has been returning, and…
Fighting the scourge of ‘fake’ websites
In recent months, my Facebook news feed has been populated mainly by 'sponsored posts' from people who have clearly set up 'fake' websites in order to dupe unsuspecting people into…
Mourning the demise of Wilko
Like many other people, I was saddened to hear the recent news that Wilko had notified an intention to go into administration. I first properly discovered Wilko when I moved…
A warm welcome at the train station in Penzance
Journey To The End Of The Line – Penzance 2023
I've never been to Cornwall, and while I've liked to have gone and visited there sooner, now my brother and his little family live in Penzance, I have no excuse…
...then after the tree surgeon had done their handiwork
Refreshing the garden – 2023
I previously wrote about how my landlord had the conifers removed from the top of my garden at the start of this year, and since then I've had an ambition…
Another holiday in Borth… – April 2023
When you find somewhere you really like and feel at home, it is of course rude not to go back there! Following my previous short stay last October, I booked…