This is actually Version 4 of my blog.
Enjoy!
There are some series of posts that go together. You can access them directly with the links below.
Sam’s Cafe is once again having one of their week long fundraising events in aid of Blood Bikes Wales. Unfortunately the weather forecast has been full of doom and gloom, with promises of thunder storms, torrential rain, and heavy wind. This kind...
This morning I received an email from Microsoft Xbox. "As part of our compliance program for the UK Online Safety Act and our ongoing investments in tools and technologies that help ensure age-appropriate experiences, we need you to verify your age...
Today has been a day all about Coronatio Quadrans. This was a pure coincidence, and not planned. Whilst talking to an old friend this morning, I was reminded that I owed CQ an article for their next publication and that I had not sent one in. This...
Today is National Blood Bike Awareness Day, So lets us take a moment to say "thank you" to the 1000s of volunteers who give up their free time to help support this wonderful and important service. There are multiple Blood Bikes groups across the...
The Year of a Busy Mason has ended, along with my Masonic year itself. Or, I thought it had. Today I popped along to the Maesgwyn Hall to visit the newest Lodge in North Wales, the Combined Services Lodge. This was only their third meeting, and I...
Today, Welsh Nev, Hugh and myself braved the 32ºC heat and went along to the Scouts "Camp Cymru" event. 900 Scouts of all ages, accompanied by Scout Leaders, Helpers, and Parents descended on "Park in the Past" Hope for a weekend camp. And Blood...
Many, many years ago... Or in the early 90s when Spodding was a thing, I got chatting to some cool people in Aberystwyth University on Surfers, and the Pleasuredome. After ages of talking, they invited me down to visit. Yes, children, in the days...
Suns out, Bikes out! Today was a glorious sunny and warm day, some would even call it a heat wave since that is what a lot of media types are saying. So what better to do than go along to the Garden Village Fete, with a load of Blood Bikes and...
The masonic year has ended! So the second year of a a busy Mason has come to an end, and how busy did it turn out to be? Well I went to 42 meetings of which 10 were visits across 13 Masonic Halls. I attended 16 rehearsals, 9 committee meetings, 4...
Today was the Vault of the Adepts (Second Order) meeting for the Province of Western Counties and North Wales. We have one Second Order meeting a year, normally in Macclesfield Masonic Hall, but due to several reasons we were unable to hold the...