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Blue Sheep

By Trev August 23, 2018 13 Comments 2 min read

Scotland Has The Loch Ness Monster Scotland has its Lochness Monster, Asia has the Yeti and now Wales has Blue Sheep! ...

By Trev August 19, 2018August 21, 2018 10 Comments 3 min read

Visiting Presteigne What to do, what to do? A Saturday morning and time to do as we please. It's wonderful isn't ...

By Trev August 6, 2018 12 Comments 2 min read

I love a great sunset and with the extraordinary summer we've been having in the U.K. this year, they have ...

By Trev July 29, 2018 8 Comments 2 min read

Monaughty Powys Wales When I first started this blog, I didn't really know what to write about. Being a humorous sort ...

By Trev April 23, 2018 22 Comments 1 min read

Walking In Wales This is a video I made of one of our now regular walks around the village where ...

You’re Never Alone With A Tree
Some trees have been here for hundreds of years. They never complain, they just tree. If only they could talk. The things they must have seen, the changes, hundreds of years through snow, rain and sunshine. When you sit in the company of a tree, you will never be alone. If you listen carefully, you […]
Another Time Another Bench
Benchman went to see Another Time which is one of the pieces by sculpture artist Anthony Gormley. There are a few of these statues situated at various locations across the U.K. This particular statue is on the beach at the seaside town of Margate in Kent. The complete set of works are titled ‘Another Place’ […]
A Room Full Of Books
Being in a room full of books is like being in a room with all of your friends. Each one is a conversation, full of memories or imaginations, telling stories to keep us enthralled. Other books are full of knowledge, how to bake a cake or make a cupboard. Some are colourful with pictures and […]

Desperate Measures March 21, 2020
Desperate Measures It’s not the great beer that draws us all here, It’s not classy wine that tastes so damn... The post Desperate Measures first appeared on Gloria Smud.
The Best Apple December 17, 2019
The Best Apple An apple hung upon a tree, It stood out from the rest. Ruby red, sun ripened skin... The post The Best Apple first appeared on Gloria Smud.
It’s Only A Song October 3, 2019
It’s Only A Song “It’s only a song….” Only a song? Goodness me, no! You’ve got it all wrong! It’s... The post It’s Only A Song first appeared on Gloria Smud.