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HANNAN THE BARBARIAN. Being an architect, my Dad has seen a lot of famous old buildings in his time, but he'd never stood on the turrets of a ruined mediaeval fortress. This glaring gap in his experience of life was remedied with a visit to Raglan Castle on the Welsh border. We also spent a day visiting the regimental home of the Welsh Borderers, the troops who were wiped out at the battle of Isandlhwana during the Zulu War more than a hundred years ago. The Borderers were all from the Brecon region in Wales, and met their end when attacked by a massive Zulu army at the foot of a hill that looked spookily like the Brecon Beacons that towered over their own home town in Wales. See more on that here... |
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ASTRA TRAVELLING. We decided that we needed a more decent car to add to the ones we bought on arrival in Bristol in early 2003, so we've now settled for a nice 2-door Astra. Ours is a deep metallic midnight blue. With a CD player. And big speakers. Natch. |
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DUBLIN. My cousin Carel lives in Dublin, where he works as a Financial Advisor. We'd not seen each other for about 5 years, and so I decided to pay him a quick visit. Flying from Bristol takes less than an hour and I spent two days with him and his very nice fiance Helen. There was Guinness on the menu, and there was Medal Of Honour on the X-Box. A very decent visit to be sure... |
Missed out on news for earlier this year? Catch up with a quick scan on our 2004 page here.
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