January 2026 Dai's walk around Wales blog

	1 - sunset - Hirfynydd from Cwm Gwrelych
	2 - sunrise - Craig-y-Llyn ridge
	3 - sunset - Mumbles lighthouse from Ladies Walk, Briton Ferry
	4 - sunrise - Craig-y-Llyn ridge
	5 sunrise - Craig-y-Llyn ridge from solar farm near Banwen - sunset Vale of Neath
	6 sunrise - Craig-y-Llyn ridge
	10 pre-sunrise - Craig-y-Llyn ridge & Vale of Neath mist - sunset Vale of Neath

10 January 2026 - Out for a sunrise walk I came across the valleys Extreme Enduro event in Walters Arena.

https://youtu.be/96Q60Bi8DbI		VALLEYS EXTREME ENDURO EVENT, SOUTH WALES 10 & 11 January 2026 EVENT INFORMATION - Valleys Extreme Enduro in Walters Arena, Banwen. A short information video with an interview with Betty of the event organising team.
https://youtu.be/0ljVy_joC7s		RHYS & LAWRIE DAVIES (JUICE) INTERVIEW at VALLEYS EXTREME ENDURO EVENT, SOUTH WALES 2026 Rhys Davies (Merthyr) & Lawrie Davies - Juice (Rhondda) explain the finer points of the Valleys Extreme Enduro event.
https://youtu.be/uQe-fUMSItM		PAUL BOLTON & RADFORD CHUGG INTERVIEW at VALLEYS EXTREME ENDURO EVENT, SOUTH WALES 2026 interview with Paul Bolton former professional rider & Radford Chugg a sponsored rider who has just signed up with a new team which he's keeping under wraps. Radford is riding the world series again, last year he finished 11th overall in the world championship series.
https://youtu.be/2j4vVqH0BPk		RADFORD CHUGG POST RACE INTERVIEW at VALLEYS EXTREME ENDURO EVENT 2026, WALTERS ARENA, SOUTH WALES post race interview with Radford Chugg who finished third in the event.

I put myself forward to represent the Heritage Party in the 2026 Senedd election.

Breaking Britain...............

Today, freedoms are not openly abolished — they’re quietly managed. Speech is “guided.” Debate is “regulated.” Law is applied selectively, excuses offered where accountability should live, and history is treated as something to apologise for rather than learn from. Pride is framed as suspicion. Dissent as disruption. Memory as inconvenience............. more

This link is to an article in the magazine Rugby Journal that features my collection of rugby memorabilia.

https://rugbyjournal.substack.com/p/memorabilia

Post overview: In 2020 the Neath-Port Talbot Councillors Del Morgan & Simon Knoyle (Glynneath Demon) worked together to turn a blind eye to historic planning department corruption that allowed the Cuddy Group to tip toxic waste unregulated at the Heol-y-Glyn landfill site for over 5 years. Children in Glynneath can be see to have behavioural problems that may have been caused by the toxic waste still in place at the site. The post provides evidence of how toxic waste affects children causing behavioural problems etc.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE POST

Gethin and I went to the beach and discussed the car number plate system in the UK. I knew how the numbers worked but not the regional variations as we had back in the 1970s. It turns out if your car number plate begins with C then it was first registered in Wales, although new registrations are dealt with centrally from the DVLA through an on-line system. What is an interesting connection for Gethin is that his great, great, great grandfather's company were partially responsible for building the DVLA in Swansea.

info source - https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/how-does-the-uk-number-plate-system-work/

25 January 2026 AM - there's a break in monsoon season in the Vale of Neath - PM beach walk with Gethin

left sunrise from the top of PNF lane - right sunset on Aberavon Beach with Gethin.

GT + DR flotsam & jetsam sculpture

left - sunrise reflection over Fan Fawr with Pen y Fan to the right

right - Vale of Neath