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A short sharp definition of Lee's take on his role of chief whip with Reform UK.  

The Reform UK parliamentary candidates Ian Williams (Torfaen) and Dai Richards (Neath & Swansea East) in conversation at the grave of Pte John Williams who received a Victoria Cross for his part in the battle of Rorke's Drift on which the film Zulu was based. Ian follows on with details of his own military career. 

Three Torfaen Councillors announce that they've joined Reform UK during a media release at the Greenhouse pub in Llantarnam. Lee Anderson the first Reform UK MP welcome the councillors who have formed a Reform Wales UK group at the Torfaen Borough Council. The formerly independent county councillors David Thomas, Jason O’Connell and Alan Slade said they had been drawn to Reform's "common sense" approach to politics.....  more info

Terry Furlong was for many years the videographer at Maesteg RFC. He passed away in 2012 and one of his last wishes was that his son Howard looked after his rugby memorabilia collection. Howard has enhanced the collection with many additions and has taken the collection to new levels. 

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In May 2003 Swansea City were starring disaster in the face and they needed to beat Hull City at the vetch Field to stay in the Football League. Up steps Swansea born James Thomas to score in hat trick in one of the most dramatic games in the history of Swansea City. His final goal, a delightful chip over the goalkeeper will be remembered for all eternity by Swans fans around the globe as the goal that saved the Swans. The James Thomas song is sung by Derek Davies (the Bard of Baglan) at the Neath Poems and Pints evening on 8 August 2024. 

On a ride to Aberavon Beach I came across these young bike enthusiasts building themselves a bike park on what they considered to be waste ground. It an empty space therefore its an adaptable play area for youngsters and I hope they are allowed to develop the area further in their own fashion without intrusion from the powers to be.

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16/5/24 1.00pm Some lovely footage of a pair of swans on the Neath Canal with 6 young cygnets preening away.

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Not the best footage but better than nothing.

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Baglan win the Welsh Brewers Cup for a second time at the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff. In a dour struggle in perfect conditions, centre Steve Lewis combined with his inside three quarters and Dai Lockie to score a scintillating try, converted by Gareth Downs. Penalties by Dai Lockie with a mammoth kick and David Dunn completed the scoring with Cliff Morgan, the Cimla scrum half, replying with two penalties.

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The former international rugby referee Clive Norling talks about growing up in Neath and about various rugby union subjects to include refereeing the Irish in the 1982 Triple Crown and on tour in Namibia. On his pathway to becoming a referee, his first international Ireland v New Zealand 1978, modern day refereeing and the modern rugby game. On becoming the president of Birchgrove.

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HOW I BEAT JPR WILLIAMS by WAVEY DAVEY at NEATH POEMS AND PINTS 14th March 2024

Includes interviews with Jeff Jones of the Gladiators,  John Tyrrell and Neath's Dai Stephens of the Panthers who was making his 100th appearance for the Panthers.

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Interview with Joanne Juliff about the Dementia Hwb in Glynneath library. 

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About Dai Richards - an updated 2021 election video to include some TV appearances in relation to Rugby Relics.

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This video is an email exchange chain between the Neath M.P. Christina Rees, the Glynneath Councillor Simon Knoyle and the Glynneath Residents Against Contamination chairman Dai Richards.

The subject matter of the initial email is the Council of Death  document delivered to the 15 Neath Port Talbot Councillors on 7 September 2020. The document shows how the council planning department worked with the demolition and asbestos removal company Cuddy Group Ltd to avoid remediation of contaminated land through a series of planning approvals between 2008 and 2010. This broke the 1990 Environmental Protection Act.

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While walking in Waterfall Country I met this group who had travelled to Wales for the day. Thanks to all for taking part in this video.

This video is an email exchange chain between the Neath M.P. Christina Rees and the Neath Port Talbot Council Chief Executive Karen Jones. 

The subject matter of the initial email is the Council of Death  document delivered to the 15 Neath Port Talbot Councillors on 7 September 2020. The document shows how the council planning department worked with the demolition and asbestos removal company Cuddy Group Ltd to avoid remediation of contaminated land through a series of planning approvals between 2008 and 2010. This broke the 1990 Environmental Protection Act.

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Its not every day you break a world record, this video is Alan's story about the race in which he broke the over 70s world record for 5k road running in 18 minutes and17 seconds. He followed this with an 18.12 in a park run. Please click on the link below to be taken to the full interview on YouTube.

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The following report was submitted to South Wales Police following the refusal of Stephen Karl Hunt to take council malpractice to the relevant scrutiny committee of which he was chairman. The report defines the offence as Misconduct in Public Office in respect to his covering up of 3 major environmental crimes that involve the NPTC planning department and developers. These crimes have almost certainly caused the death of Glynneath residents bordering the Heol y Glyn landfill site including the actress Ruth Madoc and her husband Jack Jackson.

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20 Years on from the first College Triathlon Academy in the UK, the former Academy Manager and athlete James Parfitt go head to head in the Neath Valley Triathlon at Glynneath. Includes an interview with Phil Gibbon about the first triathlon in Wales in 1983.

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Dai Richards appearance on Flog It with Simon Thomas circa 1999. This part of the episode was filmed on the St Helens ground, home of Swansea RFC. Following the showing of this episode I was contacted by the granddaughter of Elsie Bradford who informed me that Lillenhall was the name of a house in the Uplands, Swansea, less than a mile away from St Helens. I had purchased the book from a dealer in Durham so this was a massive co-incidence. An even bigger one was that Elsie's granddaughter lived about 2 miles away from me in Neath.

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Game of the Century, Wales v New Zealand 1905 which includes Gareth Edwards visting Rugby Relics in Leonard Street to view the 1905 Wales v New Zealand collection, includes Edwards adding his Thumbograph to the book as the first modern player. Complete programme. 

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Total Rugby appearance circa 2012. In this episode of the World Rugby programme Total Rugby I show off the top 5 items in my collection. 

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A short report on the fire in Chain Walk, Glynneath on 17-18 September 2023

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Inspector Lindsay Sweeney indicated she would contact us in relation to reported crimes but by 21 May 2023 she had failed to do so. So we sent her a communication providing her information about our initial contact with SWPO in relation to what we believe to be Unlawful Killings of residents adjoining the Heol y Glyn landfill site.

A video of the full discussion between GRAC & SWPO on 21/4/2023 at the Glynneath Town Hall to include enhancement images.

On 21 April 2023, three members of Glynneath Residents Against Contamination attempted to present information to South Wales Police officers relating to a crime by Gerry Reynolds. This is a video of the information we attempted to present to South Wales Police at the event.

This video contains an excellent example of corruption at Glynneath Town Council. An explanation is contained in the description of the video.

Fastest growing hair in the world. with Sean Goodsir-Cullen

An interview with Kimberley Isherwood of Public Child Protection Wales at a meeting in Port Talbot on 2nd March 2023. The relationship and sex education programme that Kimberley talks about covers the whole of the county of Neath Port Talbot and the whole of Wales. This interview is not meant to take sides on the subject, it is for information purposes only. Our intention is to allow Kimberley the opportunity to put forward information to the public of Glynneath that her group, Public Child Protection Wales has collated. If anyone has an alternate view they would like to share with us please leave them in the comments or if you are happy to be filmed, then I will do so, and publish that video to give a fair representation of the subject matter.

SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS IN WALES BASED ON PAEDOPHILE LITERATURE - PUBLIC CHILD PROTECTION WALES

The complete speech of Kimberley Isherwood, Public Child Protection Wales at a meeting in Port Talbot on 2nd March 2023.

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THE BETHANIA FILES - 17 MAY 2022 - GLYNNEATH TOWN COUNCIL RESCINDS IT'S DECISION TO DISPOSE OF THE CHAPEL

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10 days with the grandchildren Gethin and Korra have come to an end with our final task being to edit this video. 

Does any one know how to tell the sex of a grass snake? 

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Kev Lewis, far right in this photo  and I got together a small number of Neath Harrier legends for a chat and a trip down memory lane. The key figure in the discussion was one of the founder members of the club Billy Hancock who at 85 still has fond memories of the club and its early days............................. 

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This video is a compilation of the 4 videos I made for my election campaign for the May 2022 County Borough & Town Councils election in Glynneath. 

Video 1 looks at why the council tax is so high in Glynneath and focuses on an item in a Glynneath Town Council meeting chaired by the Mayor of Glynneath Simon Knoyle.
Video 2 is launched on the 100th anniversary of the birth of my dad David Richards Senior and includes an interview with the former Glynneath Town Councillor Jennifer Herbert and a repeat of my July 2021 election video about myself.
Video 3 is about safety in Glynneath and why people should be concerned about the safety aspects of the Heol y Glyn landfill site in Glynneath.
Video 4 is a short video where the former international rugby referee Clive Norling sends a message to Max Boyce to 'vote for Dai'

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The common toad emerges from hibernation in late February and they make their way to their breeding ponds. On their journey they may have to cross a busy road, in this instance the road is quite quiet but the toads were unable to climb up the raised kerb on the opposite side. They were following the road in the direction of the traffic more.............

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JERSEY PARK, BRITON FERRY, NEATH, WALES - PLAYGROUND REVIEW by GETHIN & ELLIS

We were riding through Briton Ferry, and stopped to lunch at Jersey Park. Gethin and Grampa decided that a review of the park was a good idea and Gethin made a new friend Ellis who helped us along with the review. 

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This video shows how the Planning Committee malpractice has enabled the Planning Department at Neath-Port Talbot Council to place Glynneath residents lives in danger, causing deaths from a rare neurodegenerative disorder and almost certainly commit the UK law offence Corporate Manslaughter. The Planning Department are covering up contamination at the Heol y Glyn Development in Glynneath.

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Information and accountability for a PSP cluster in the Welsh town of Glynneath. This document has been submitted to the following organisations, none of whom have acknowledged receipt, provided counter evidence or disputed its conclusion. 

Natural Resources Wales, Neath-Port Talbot Council, Glynneath Town Council.

The report concludes that:

“Residents of Brynhyfryd are dying from the rare neurological disorder
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. These deaths are almost certainly due to
specified and other probable unspecified contamination tipped at the Heol y Glyn landfill site. Public officers who have covered up this contamination are potentially responsible for the unlawful killing of these residents.”

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This document was submitted to the Neath-Port Talbot Council Planning Committee and the Glynneath Councillors Del Morgan and Simon Knoyle by recorded delivery. It was received on 7th September 2020. To date (2 September 2021) no counter evidence has been submitted to refute the allegation that the council breached the 1990 Environmental Protection Act. 

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"Would it be possible to have an information update please on what is happening at the Heol y Glyn Development?"

Together with Simon Knoyle's reply in the comments. 

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The 190th anniversary of Dic Penderyn has been featured in my diary for a while now and I knew I had to do something to commemorate it so I woke up with a plan already formed in my mind to place Welsh poppies on the grave of this martyr. I've been drawn to life and death of Dic Penderyn for quite a while now, I can empathise with him in my own little small way, I am fighting 'system purpose corruption' and Dic died as a result of the failure of the British Government to support the working class from the ravages of the Industrial Revolution. My adventure incorporated the Aberavon Round the Pier Swim, an annual event which didn't take place last year and this year because of COVID19. 

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The Neath-Port Talbot Council Head of Planning and Public Protection deliberately falsifies information relating to the role of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act in the Planning Process. 

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On a beautiful November morning I met with Jim the Swim near the West Cross Inn in Swansea and we walked to Rotherslade Bay on the Gower Peninsula for a swim, on the way we bumped into Chris and her former guide dog Big Dave. Chris told us the story of how she looked after Big Dave as a puppy then sent him on his way to learn his trade as a guide dog, and how one day she received a call saying that Big Dave was getting the sack because he had a phobia about wooden flooring and refused to enter shops and places that laid such traps for dogs. The problem was that his legs were too long and he'd slip and slide and slide and slip. Poor Dave, maybe he was just happy living with Chris and acting up in the knowledge that they'd send him home. 

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....is running the shore line at sunset. You can't beat it.

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I took a spin to the Mumbles for an interview with Howard Middleton-Jones, the founder of Triathletes Swansea and the organiser of the first race in the Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot area, the Valley Tinman Triathlon. This week saw the 35th anniversary of this swim bike run event which was held at Pontardawe swimming pool in the Swansea Valley. 

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My bags were packed ready for a ride to the beach followed by a swim but the weather was not the best and rain was on the way. The beach is not the nicest place to be in the rain, the main consideration being changing for the swim & back into cycle gear again in the wind and rain which is a real problem, so I came up with the idea of a multi-sport-adventure on the Craig y Llyn ridge where I could change in amongst the trees and hide my bike while I went for a run. I also wanted to check out the new zip wire facility recently opened on the ridge. This is the story of my adventure until the camera battery run out. 

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WHY ARE YOU KEEPING THIS INFORMATION SECRET FROM THE PEOPLE OF GLYNNEATH?

On the 27 March 2021. Councillor Knoyle posted information about the Heol Glyn development that had not previously been made public. He posted information about a document containing the results of chemical testing from soil at the Heol y Glyn site. He states that he had used this document in his role as a county councillor and undertaken due diligence in relation to the testing results contained in the document, he states in his post: 

"I was provided with a copy of the WAC (Waste Acceptance Criteria) Tests which were carried out on 7th October 2020 - I received this confidentially, hence the reason I have redacted the image below. You will see that there are many contaminants identified in the samples, this is just a snippet of Sample 04 taken on 20th October 2020."

Councillor Knoyle and the complete Neath Port Talbot Council refuse to communicate with us and provide information that is relevant to the Heol y Glyn development in Glynneath. Why?

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Our swim training during the camp was mainly in an open water lagoon in the resort of Costa Teguise. This is a voluntary additional swim session for those athletes who felt their stroke or swimming fitness needed improving. This took place during a rest period. Thanks to Martin Ennis for the complete production.

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n this video we see the athletes strengthening their rib cages by laughing at each other during a pool session. Thanks to Martin Ennis for the complete production.

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Gethin and his friends Flip, Flop & Bunny were playing the park when the Evil Monkey appeared and kidnapped Flip, Flop & Bunny. Gethin called upon Tobot Titan to find his friends, this video tells the story of how Gethin and Tobot Titan saved Flip, Flop & Bunny from the clutches of the Evil Monkey. 

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Isaac Newton (1643–1727) - Newton's First Law of Motion
An object that is sitting at rest will stay at rest, and an object that is in motion will stay in motion until a force acts upon it. Also known as the law of inertia.

Gethin’s task - move objects that are sitting at rest 

Grampa’s task - exert a force on the objects that Gethin has put into motion to bring them to rest

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EAST GLYNNEATH RESIDENTS AGAINST CONTAMINATION CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED REPORT

Every Glynneath Town Councillor in this video is aware that Neath Port Talbot Council broke the land contamination rules in 2009 resulting in an above normal level of carcinogens remaining in the soil at the Heol-y-Glyn site. The soil should have been cleaned up or tested further once contamination of this level was found. The increased contamination and safety recommendations to protect Glynneath residents that were ignored has endangered the lives of Glynneath families for at least the last 12 years. It is possible that there are deaths in the East Glynneath area that may be related to this contamination and the ignored safety recommendations...... 

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WALKING BEHIND SGWD YR EIRA, BRECON BEACONS, WALES IN FLOOD

48 hours of almost constant rain can only mean one thing, the waterfalls are in flood. A 90 minute walk from my front door takes me to what I consider to Wales' best waterfall, Sgwd yr Eira. This video shows this amazing waterfall in heavy flood including walking behind the falls. 

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I can't remember what happened to the mouse, Tom probably got bored of it and he ran away.

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WINTER SWIMMING - NEOPRENE GLOVES, SOCKS & HOOD / HAT REVIEW - 2021

Covid lockdown had got to me because I hadn't swum since I had a quick dip on Swansea beach in November and my last decent swim was in September. I'd managed a swim every month last winter and January was probably the coldest month so I knew that to get a decent swim in, to enjoy it and to be relatively warm after it I needed some additional kit. With this in mind I ordered 3 neoprene swim accessories from ebay, gloves, socks and a hood/hat. Off to the beach I went on my trusty Roberts, the rest of the story is on youtube. Please click the link.

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HOW TO IDENTIFY AN ORIGINAL EDITION

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On the 16 Dec 1905 Wales inflicted the first ever defeat of the NZ All Blacks by an international team. Wales were captained by Gwyn Nicholls and the match was played at CAP in front of a capacity crowd. Teddy Morgan scored the try that sealed a 3-0 victory for Wales over the All Blacks, the All Blacks thought they'd scored a try but it was disallowed. The match itself has been termed 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'. A match programme was sold at the ground on the day, There were unofficial programmes produced, a semi official programme and subsequent reprints, consequently the official match programme the most sought after programme for Welsh rugby programme collectors realising up to £5000 at auction. But how do we know what is an original programme. How can we identify the Holy Grail?

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In January 2001, I met with Jim Unwin at his home in Essex. At 89 years of age Jim was still as sharp as he ever was on the rugby field, he was reminiscing about his career, relating stories from the 1936 British tour of Argentina and 1938 tour of South Africa, about his fellow players Obolensky, Mayne, Cranmer & Gadney, Jim and I spent a pleasant afternoon going through his scrapbooks, reliving those great tours. I didn't get a lot of video footage at the time but Jim kept linking my name with a saying about the Welsh presumably from the 1938 tour of South Africa so I switched the camera on to capture this.

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In this video, we see how the Neath Port-Talbot Council Planning Development Manager Steve Ball has grossly misrepresented the role of Natural Resources Wales in the planning process for the Heol y Glyn development. This is evidence he is presenting as factual to the Planning Committee. We believe that the reason he does this is to cover up Planning Department malpractice which allowed the Cuddy Group to tip on the site unregulated and to provide the Planning Committee with a sense of lawfulness for the development and in particular the illegal tipping habits of the Cuddy Group. The Cuddy Group were tipping at the Heol y Glyn site from 2005 to 2016  while Natural Resources Wales was founded in 2013 and the Cuddy Group's first NRW licence dates from August 2014 by which time the majority of tipped material had been brought onto the site.

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GLYNNEATH CONTAMINATION - NEATH-PORT TALBOT COUNCIL COVER-UP  

This video shows how the Neath Port Talbot Council breached the 1990 Environmental Protection Act and placed the health and lives of the residents of the following Glynneath streets at risk from untreated contaminated land:

Waun Gron,  Brynhyfryd, Woodland Park, & Heol y Glyn and Inter Valley Road (A4109).

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We then reserve the right to reply to that representation. Happy viewing. 

This video and it's contents are the intellectual property of the East Glynneath Residents Against Contamination group.

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RICHARDS & REES DUET - SUNSHINE MOUNTAIN

Richards & Rees put their singing hats on for an impromptu rendition of "sunshine mountain" during a sunrise walk to Corn Du and Pen y Fan. - CLICK HERE FOR THE BLOG PAGE 

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In September 2019 I spent 10 days walking the Brecon Beacons and Gower Peninsula shooting video footage of sunrise which was usually followed by an open water swim in a lake, sea or river. Locations included Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr, Port Eynon and Oxwich Bay. The video you see here is the official trailer for the full length video on youtube that tells the story of those 10 days. Please click the link at the end of the video to see Dai's Sunrise and Swim Adventure 2019.

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In September 2019 I spent 10 days walking the Brecon Beacons and Gower Peninsula shooting video footage of sunrise which was usually followed by a swim. Locations included Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr, Port Eynon and Oxwich Bay. This video tells the story of those 10 days.

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The sun rising in the Brecon Beacons, an almost full moon and an impromptu Calon Lan - This was my heaven and then I starting singing.

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