Walk Around Wales - Dai's Blog

October was the middle and end of the Rugby World Cup so things were busy and I needed to stay focussed on the day job at www.rugbyrelics.com . If you went to the website as requested and bought lots and lots of things so that I can retire and Walk Around Wales full time. Thanks. If not WHY ? I did a few walks and things in this month so will hopefully try and add some stories when I can. It's the middle of December and I've only just returned to blogging on the website so please visit some of the other pages if this one is still blank.

I took a short walk from the car to the Rogers Jones auction house in Cardiff with a view to bidding on a Dave Gallaher 1905 All Blacks jersey. I didn't even get to raise my hand as the bidding reached £180,000 and was sold to an absentee bidder on the phone. Happy days for the seller.

This month I started to write my first book.........

"Understanding the ORIGIN & EVOLUTION of Sport

Volume 1 - Rugby Union"

To view more information about this book or to buy a copy please click on the link to visit the book page our sister website Rugby Relics.

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A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF WALES - 2015

Dear Wales

On October 21st 2015 at 9.15am it is the 49th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives as the school day began in a village south of Merthyr Tydfil. Everyone who is old enough will remember where they were when they heard about this fateful moment. Every man and woman in Wales stopped what they doing and asked themselves ‘what can I do to help’. The roads outside Aberfan were clogged for miles with men clutching digging tools desperate to help, most were turned away. Next year is the 50th anniversary and there will be TV programmes and articles about the disaster, some will remember this sorrowful day, others won’t. In 50 years time nobody alive will remember and the memory of the Aberfan disaster will have faded away. If you are Welsh, my question to you is ‘Are we in danger of forgetting the past, the hardships of past generations who suffered to make Wales a better place for us to live in ?’. What can we do to help us remember this in the future? What about we take something that is uniquely Welsh and personal, a ‘cwtch’ and use it to remember our lost loved ones. Those that gave us cwtches because they loved us and are no longer here to do so, this could be your nana or grampa, mam or dad, wife, husband or partner, brother, sister, son or daughter Why don’t we we cwtch those we love and join with them thinking of our lost loved ones. Why don’t we do this on the 21st October every year in support of the people of Aberfan whose loss as a community is the greatest in living memory. My proposal is this;

On the October 21st 2015 as close to 9.15am as possible we the people of Wales have a ‘cwtch of remembrance’ to remember our lost loved ones.

I know I will, will you ? - Yours sincerely - A Welshman