Tag Archives: Aberdaron
Welsh North African Lamb
How do I love north Wales? Let me count the ways … Especially Aberdaron. And, yes, I’ve written about it before. Once or twice. That endless sea, bound by a long bay that keeps it from being melancholy. Swallows’ nests … Continue reading →
Posted in Llyn Peninsula, Simple Food for Simple Folk (like me)
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Tagged Aberdaron, Bardsey Island, chick peas, couscous, gurnard, https://elladeewords.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/in-my-kitchen-not-even-half-baked/, lamb chops, lobster, poet-priest RS Thomas, ratatouille, Ship Hotel Aberdaron
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‘How f—ing useful is that exactly?’ (part of quote from graffiti artist Banksy)
Banksy wasn’t coy, he used the whole f-word, but I won’t: ‘The key to good graffiti is economy. A simple splash of paint in the right place at the right time is all it takes. An old lady with a … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, jaunts & going out, Llyn Peninsula, Thinking, or ranting, or both
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Tagged Aberdaron, Art, Banksy, Bardsey, graffiti, Grayson Perry, Mondrian, National Trust, pilgrims, Poetry, RS Thomas, Wales
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Forget Rome – if you would valiant be*, I’d go for three Bardseys
It’s all too beautiful. No, I’m not reliving the sixties (‘Itchy-coo Park’, for the benefit of you bright young things), I’m treading a well-worn path, trodden for hundreds of years. In wartime, by men from the RAF. In peacetime, by … Continue reading →
Posted in If you only read one ..., Llyn Peninsula
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Tagged Aberdaron, Bardsey Island, coastguard, pilgrimages, pilgrims, RAF, saints, Travel, Wales, Ynys Enlli
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MEMOIRS OF A HUSK 