Simon E
ruralwales.bsky.social
Simon E
@ruralwales.bsky.social
shortarse ginger welsh cyclist

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
This is the same NatWest that has closed more than 1,400 branches since 2015 and is closing more.

Only a fool would rely on a mobile app for something so vital!

Switch to a bank (or better still a building society) that treats its customers properly.
June 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If a man's height is the only metric you care about when estimating the ability of a leader then you obviously haven't yet realised that size isn't what matters.
May 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thanks for these. A very experienced friend used to insist that the difference cf. HP5+ (both w/red filter) was not worth the extra ££ & hassle.
I don't use SFX any more & get his point, yet feel SFX is distinct enough to be worthwhile.
April 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Gary addressed the topic of rich people leaving in a recent video (a Channel 4 interview?) - fact is that the *assets they own* are here so tax the assets. He explains it well in his own YT videos.
March 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The mindset of many drivers is selfish and solely focussed on their own convenience, which of course comes at everyone else's expense.
March 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
My kids rode 3 miles to secondary school, having to cross very busy arterial roads, using side streets and diversions to avoid motor vehicles (and still had a few scares).

I spend a significant amount of time in North Wales and would be *much* happier if Shrewsbury had widespread 20mph limits.
March 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Had many holidays in NW Scotland in 70s & 80s, never understood why no-one would plant trees. Lack of fencing was certainly an issue (deer / sheep).
Grouse moors & $$$hooting also a serious obstacle.
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Add in resistance to change.
The Welsh hill farmers I grew up with do NOT like change, they want to be left alone to do their thing... and collect the grants for doing it.
February 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's forrin film, innit.

Don't touch that muck! Stick to good British beer (and film). 😉
February 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I haven't used XP2 for many years but 800 will give thin negs. 👎 Being a chromogenic film (C-41 technology), it performs better being overexposed - ISO 200-250 provides finer grain & better shadow detail yet it will still retain highlight detail better than trad silver films.
February 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM