Sam Warburton recalls the offer Toulon made him when he was appointed captain of the Lions. The one takeaway for me is that his soul mate for whatever reason β probably that he was already married, as was she would not acknowledge her love for him.
That must be hard for anyone β to love and not apparently be loved β as the song says β in return? During lockdown, we had the party for my 60th in our back garden. Although it involved social distancing and figuring out bubbles to help decide who we could invite there were balloons and cake then, too. There was a time, many years ago, where I travelled small roads to get to far-off places.
In one such, I would leave the M4 at its far end and, via Ammanford and Llandeilo travel through Talley, the site of an ancient abbey, and on via Lampeter to Aberystwyth.
The reward of passing through Talley was often lost as I did not often stop to visit. So today was intended, in part, to put that to rights. Although the remains are quite significant though far less so than, say, Tintern or Llanthony they are hardly visible from the nearby main road. I wanted to understand what the significance of this ruin in deepest Carmarthenshire, was.
This plate was helpful. The whole village sits beside this. There is also a church and a small lake the lake is behind the church. Almost by accident I came across a useful Waldo Williams β quaker, poet, pacifist in 12 buildings bilingual leaflet. There was this information board at Oriel y Parc the leaflet is halfway down the left-hand side of the board in its box. I still use cash on occasion. Some shops prefer a card. Online is generally a credit card payment β though I think I may succumb in the New Year and go Apple Pay the rest of the family already do.
