Off message – During Easter Gill and I went to North Wales to see my Mum and our family. We went on some wonderful walks.
This 7.5 mile circular orange walk “Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur” from our ancient (make sure you buy the modern ver…Read more…
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda 2022 Happy New Year
“Blwyddyn Newydd Dda” and “Happy New Year 2022”. Boris “promised” a better Christmas than last year. Not for Gill and I since we were both stuck indoors with Covid.
Hopefully 2022 will be better.
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My home town #Buckley finally makes the “News” due to apparent “bloodthirsty rampage”
“Rogue squirrel bites 18 residents of Welsh town in bloodthirsty rampage – locals hide away”Hat tip ExpressRead more…
Got over Covid (“Unvaccinated people are up to 60 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care”)
My self-isolation according to the NHS Covid app finished 23.59 yesterday. I double checked with this Lateral Flow Test (LFT) this morning which was negative. Previous tests had been positive. It was all a little confusing since NHS Track & Trace t…Read more…
Newcastle Emlyn and Cenarth Pathfinder Walk
Off message but last week Gill and I spent a wonderful week in a static caravan, located in an isolated small holding in mid Wales. The weather was marvellous and we managed to go on a number of lovely walks locally (despite a many blocked right …Read more…
May 6 aftermath: Sadiq, Unmesh & Farah win well; Newham Democracy Referendum narrowly loses; Wales keeps Red as does some regions (but crushing by election defeat)
Now I have had some time to recover from electioneering and reflect upon last Thursday 6 May – some thoughts:-
Congratulations on Sadiq being re-elected as London Mayor; Unmesh re-elected as our local City & East Assembly member and Farah winning t…Read more…
‘I want to be part of the solution’
As a young person desperately trying to enter the job market at the height of the last major economic crisis, Newport Labour councillor and Unite member Majid Rahman is eager to help young people get…Read more…
Don’t underestimate our Sarah
For Unite member Sarah Murphy, who is standing as a Welsh Labour candidate for the Bridgend constituency at the Senedd election, hard work and trade unionism are in her blood
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Happy 80th Birthday Mum!
This is the 2nd “off message” post in a row but it is my personal blog and many families in the UK (and elsewhere) are in similar circumstances. Gill and I spoke to my Mum on FaceTime this morning to wish her happy birthday and had a lovely chat….Read more…
Why I became a rep
Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021’s I Heart Unions Week.
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UK Covid Lockdown as 4 January 2020
(As BBC website) “England is going into lockdown to try to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases.Primary and secondary schools will close to almost all pupils, and people will be instructed to stay at home.Nort…Read more…
Ffermwr gyda Ffon mewn Storm Eira/Farmer with a Stick in a Snowstorm by Kyffin Williams (& World Aids Day)
Another print from a calendar published by National Library of Wales featuring the works of Welsh Artist, Kyffin Williams.I have been posting the paintings each month. This is Rhagfyr December 2020 and of course today December 1 is World Aids Da…Read more…
‘From strength to strength’
Unite’s Unity over Division (UoD) campaign has received yet another boost after Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales became the second employer to sign the campaign’s workplace charter – and…Read more…
Adeilad Fferm, Eryri: Farm Building, Eryri – Kyffin Williams
This is from my calendar for Hydref/October 2020 by North Walian Artist, Kyffin Williams
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Protect our steel jobs call
Speculation has emerged that Tata is in talks with the UK government to replace the plant’s blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces as a condition of its investment in the site.
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Heol yn Arwain at y Fferm / Road to the Farm by Kyffin Williams
Gorffennaf / July 2020 Calendar by Welsh Landscape Artist, Kyffin Williams. The National Library of Wales
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Mountain Landscape With High Sun by Kyffin Williams
Mehefin June 2020 Kyffin Williams Calendar. The National Library of Wales.
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‘His loss is simply immeasurable’
“Gerallt was a hero alongside all of our frontline NHS staff. Day in day out they are selflessly putting themselves at risk in order to protect us all from this terrible virus. When all of this is…Read more…
My COVD19 experience: Mark Fisher
Mark is a friend, a UNISON comrade and fellow Labour Party activist. He is a similar age to me and of course, a fellow taff. It was shocking that such a larger than life, fit and active person should become so ill. A lesson to all of us to keep se…Read more…
Ffarmwr Ymysg y Creigiau/Farmer Amongst the Rocks by Kyffin Williams: Mawrth March 2020
This year as a Christmas present I got another calendar featuring paintings of North Walian artist, Kyffin Williams. This is Mawrth/March painting called “Farmer Amongst the Rocks” and I will post on all the paintings in the calendar during 2020.
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