You see some strange things whilst travelling the roads of the world and Wales is no exception. 
Traffic Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government’s traffic information service and it has collated a list of 10 of the strangest sights seen.
Traffic Wales’ 10 strangest sights
1. A man dressed as Father Christmas tied to a gantry.
2. Two small […]

As soon as you’ve crossed the Severn Bridge back into Wales you begin to see Welsh place names appear alongside the English ones on the sign posts.  For me, this marks my return home - I like seeing both.  However, there is a strong campaign to make changes.
Some place names are so similar in both […]

Causing wide-spread damage throughout the country, high winds once again blew across Wales with a vengence.  Damage was reported in Conwy, Cardiff and points in between.  80,000 homes and businesses lost power with Powys and South Wales taking the brunt of things (74 mph gusts in The Mumbles and Anglesey.  Train and road travel has […]

Browsing blogs again tonight.  The downside is that many of the blogs listed these days seem to be neglected and lacking posts.  But, ocassionally you’ll find something of interest.
I found John Hennessy’s blog via a link somewhere - can’t remember where - and was taken to his latest photograph of Cadair Idris (Snowdonia).  Take a look, […]

Four teams of film makers have undertaken a challenge to make the best short film in the Really Restrictive Shorts project. There are some interesting ‘twists’ to this Big Brother-like competition as the teams are on camera whilst locked in together for the week. Starting Tuesday past, their every move had been telecast […]

You can feel the excitement building as we get closer to the start of the Six Nations competition, and everyone is evaluating their team lineups; Wales is no exception.
Unfortunately we have some very good players out (or potentially so) with a variety of injuries ranging from knees to cheeks to shoulders.
Gareth Thomas has been out […]

Okay, most people cringe when they hear the phrase ‘Call Centre’ but sometimes it can be a good thing.  Here it is good news as Yell, the telephone directory company, is planning to develop a new £3.5m call centre in Newport.
The plan under review will bring 250 new jobs to Newport in support of the […]

The FW Blog is now feeding its RSS feed directly to BlogCymru.
“BlogCymru.com is an aggregator. That doesn’t mean that it lives in swamps and eats bad actors, it means that it draws a number of blogs (or other RSS sources) together in one place. 
The purpose of BlogCymru.com is to draw together stuff (that’s the scientific […]

7,786 households,
49% had Internet access,
>25% had a concessionary bus pass,
24% of people provided unpaid help to someone who was not a relation.
Just a few of the statistics which resulted from the 2005 Living in Wales Survey commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government.  The 2005 Survey was the second such survery to be commissioned currently managed […]

If you’re thinking about buying a new bike to help burn off the Christmas excess, take a look at City Bikes‘ “The 5 Things to Avoid on Your Next Bicycle“.
Read the article, buy a new bike and get fit in 2007!
Via: Treehugger (article)
Link: City Bikes

And loads of them. This one is an interesting one for learners such as myself. Morfablog is administered by Nic Dafis, a Welsh tutor (according to Suite 101 - I don’t know who he is myself). And if you want to see how your learning experience compares to someone else, check out Telsa’s […]

Around the world everyone welcomed in the new year with fireworks and all night parties.  Here on the west coast of America we got to see it all - and well before it was our turn!  BBC has captured some of the parties on film and you can see their photos on the BBC News […]