Arwel Richards
@olddruid.bsky.social
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.
Bret's now make an unfeasibly large number of flavours. I find these garlic mayonnaise ones quite funky.
August 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Bret's now make an unfeasibly large number of flavours. I find these garlic mayonnaise ones quite funky.
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.
July 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
And of course ,further up the valley we had , in Porth , our very own Houses of Parliament. Younger viewers ask your parents/grandparents.
July 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And of course ,further up the valley we had , in Porth , our very own Houses of Parliament. Younger viewers ask your parents/grandparents.
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 .
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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 .
Talking of foods with flavours , I remember having the delicious and very orangey Jubbleys.
June 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Talking of foods with flavours , I remember having the delicious and very orangey Jubbleys.
The first 'flavoured' crisps that I came across. The chippy across the road from my house sold them. This packet is one of the later ones.The original ones were very low key and black and white. Random memories of a valleys boy !
June 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The first 'flavoured' crisps that I came across. The chippy across the road from my house sold them. This packet is one of the later ones.The original ones were very low key and black and white. Random memories of a valleys boy !
Henri helping the bulbs to hatch.
March 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Henri helping the bulbs to hatch.
Richard Dadd - The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke. Day 5
February 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Richard Dadd - The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke. Day 5
Jean Giraud a.k.a Moebius .
February 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jean Giraud a.k.a Moebius .
Maxfield Parrish - Hilltop Farm
February 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Maxfield Parrish - Hilltop Farm
I see this every day - 2 ,yes 2 , fridge magnets of it.
February 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I see this every day - 2 ,yes 2 , fridge magnets of it.
John Atkinson Grimshaw
February 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Apropos of nothing really.On a FB site posters were talking about modern music festivals compared with previous ones. Here's one I went to - I remember enjoying it.
December 7, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Apropos of nothing really.On a FB site posters were talking about modern music festivals compared with previous ones. Here's one I went to - I remember enjoying it.
