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.
'How sweet to be an idiot' usually does it for me.
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'How sweet to be an idiot' usually does it for me.
Brilliant ! Rutland Weekend Television passed me by as I was working overseas. I shall try to rectify this - youtube ?
Had the privilege and great pleasure in seeing Neil Innes in Grimms a few times and at a solo gig In Winchester where I had a lovely chat with him afterwards.
Had the privilege and great pleasure in seeing Neil Innes in Grimms a few times and at a solo gig In Winchester where I had a lovely chat with him afterwards.
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Brilliant ! Rutland Weekend Television passed me by as I was working overseas. I shall try to rectify this - youtube ?
Had the privilege and great pleasure in seeing Neil Innes in Grimms a few times and at a solo gig In Winchester where I had a lovely chat with him afterwards.
Had the privilege and great pleasure in seeing Neil Innes in Grimms a few times and at a solo gig In Winchester where I had a lovely chat with him afterwards.
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.
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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.
Bore Da from a sunny blue sky Brittany.
October 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Bore Da from a sunny blue sky Brittany.
Shorts and T-shirt here in Le Morbihan. 22-23C , c'est bizarre for almost October .
September 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Shorts and T-shirt here in Le Morbihan. 22-23C , c'est bizarre for almost October .
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.
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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.
A game of two halves eh !
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A game of two halves eh !
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.
September 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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.
Same here.Enjoyed yesterday's game.Canada were looking quite classy and outplayed Australia in just about every area.
September 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Same here.Enjoyed yesterday's game.Canada were looking quite classy and outplayed Australia in just about every area.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
August 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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.
August 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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.
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.
August 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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.
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'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.
August 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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.
Inexpensive , nourishing and tasty - ticks all the comfort food boxes.
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Inexpensive , nourishing and tasty - ticks all the comfort food boxes.
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.
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.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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.
Currently reading Gaia Vince's 'Nomad Century'. Lots of food for thought in it.
July 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Currently reading Gaia Vince's 'Nomad Century'. Lots of food for thought in it.
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.
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
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.
July 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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.
Wrth gwrs. But worth it !
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Wrth gwrs. But worth it !