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Just a day after my Welsh blog comes some interesting news of an excellent new Welsh business idea. This Sky News article tells of the “Wales In A Bottle” product from Welsh businessman John Gronow. He’s selling a bottle of clean, fresh air from the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia. It comes complete with a cerificate [...]

There’s one thing that my grandparents still tell me every time I go round to their house. “They’re trying to get us off the roads y’know” I never believed this really. Prices have always been high for fuel but now they’ve gone up more than ever before. However, now I’m starting to believe it. Some [...]

There’s one thing that my grandparents still tell me every time I go round to their house. “They’re trying to get us off the roads y’know” I never believed this really. Prices have always been high for fuel but now they’ve gone up more than ever before. However, now I’m starting to believe it. Some [...]

Notepad. What would we do without it eh ? I use it for jotting stuff down, making quick notes and even writing news stories. Brilliant. I always have a shortcut to Notepad on every computer I use, it just makes my work and website-running life a lot easier. Anyway.. on an unrelated topic.. Today, after [...]

This weekend I went for a curry. I’ll warn you before I even start here that this blog will turn into a “restaurant review” like you’d see at the back of your local free newspaper when a reporter takes his secretary out and blags a free meal. I haven’t had a curry for a good [...]

The great bin debate rumbles on. Yes, it’s an uber-local blog here, but I wanna try and get across to you how our little local community works. The local newspaper, the Chase Post / Burntwood Post is edited by a guy called Mike Lockley. The following is an excerpt from his weekly … ermm.. editorial… [...]

It’s actually sunny today, which is pretty amazing considering that much of the last month or so has been miserable weather-wise. Maybe I should take up the offer by the Australian government eh? They’re looking to grab more than 20,000 Britons to help plug a skills shortage. According to this story they’re looking for many [...]

We went to see Lee Evans last night at the Stafford Gatehouse. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much in my life. We’ve seen him previously, but this was all-new material that he’s trying out before starting his new XL Tour across the UK. Stafford is one of the first smaller theatres where he’s [...]

This Anonova.com story deserves it’s very own post in my blog. Although I’m aware of the town itself, it’s hilarious to read the comments of Siegfried Hauppl, Mayor of the Austrian town in question. I’m not saying anything else – just click here and have a read all the way through. Picture right by prodigy69 [...]

I like my work. Generally it’s the only time I can relax The weekends now consist of painting, wallpapering, sanding, gardening or something in between. What happened to spending lazy summer afternoons in the pub eh ? How come we’re not getting drunk at our towns biggest summer event of the year? Well, I’ll tell [...]