WALES AWAY TRAVEL BLOG: Kazakhstan Day Five (28/08/25)
We go up a mountain to see what we can see. Just like the bear did. We are only halfway through our stay in Almaty […]
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WALES AWAY TRAVEL BLOG: Kazakhstan Day Four (27/08/25)
Celebrating Becks’ seventieth birthday by not seeing him at all. Here’s some travel info you won’t find in any other guide book. The days in […]
WALES AWAY TRAVEL BLOG: Kazakhstan Day Three, Almaty Walking Tour (26/08/25)
Walking tour of Almaty to try to get our bearings. *Quite a long read. Get yourself a coffee. Having had an early-ish night, we were […]
WALES AWAY TRAVEL BLOG: Kazakhstan Part Two – First Day in Almaty (25/08/25)
Waking up and getting bearings in new city. Or maybe not. I’m not sure what time I woke up. My phone is on flight mode […]
WALES AWAY TRAVEL BLOG: Kazakhstan Day One
First day of our trip to Kazakhstan – travelling Aren’t you worried about being kidnapped by the Taliban? Elderly Relative It’s an amusing question. She’s obviously […]
BLOG: G8 Summit- Gleneagles 2005 – Twenty Years On
A reflection on the G8 protests in Scotland, July 2005. *Based on a true story, although some names have been changed to protect the guilty […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: The Menin Gate, Ypres (10/06/25)
A poignant stop off on the way home from Brussels. The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. I don’t always bother with a blog about the journey […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: Belgium v Wales – Match Day (09/96/25)
Tales of spaceships, the Red Wall and an action-packed football match. Sometimes you wake up and have to judge which you need most: more sleep […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: Belgium (again) Part One (08/06/25)
Brussels by bus – day one. The beauty of Wales Away is travelling to interesting new places. But this is the third time in ten […]
BLOG: Spirit of 58 | Alternative Wales Party : London (01/06/25)
Celebrating fifteen years of Spirit of 58 in London – with a little bit of help from Alternative Wales. As the needle clicked into the […]
BLOG: Operation Solstice | Battle of the Beanfield 40 Years on
This weekend marks forty years since the Battle of the Beanfield. On 1st June 1985 the police used ‘all mean necessary’ to prevent the traditional […]
FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Three (30/03/25)
A day of pairing drinks with music. We started the day by nipping over the road from the hotel for a Greggs, the breakfast of […]
FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Two (29/03/25)
First full day. Comedy, grammar lessons and walking through walls. And booze. Lots of booze. The day started with a healthy(ish) nosh up in the […]
FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day One (28/03/25)
A weekend in Laugharne. In March. It must be The Laugharne Weekend. Our feet hadn’t really touched the ground. Less than twelve hours after getting […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: Macedonia Away – Day Four and The Sound of Naked Mountains (26/03/25)
Final day of trip, meeting local musicians and some reflections on Macedonia. Today we finally get to do what we had hoped to do on […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part Three : Match Day (25/03/25)
Burning the candle at both ends: a jam-packed day including lakes, picnics and football. And beers It’s a funny old game. If your team scores […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Away Part Two (24/03/25)
An emotional day in Skopje, for several very different reasons I wake up to cancel the 9:30 walking tour. Partly because of the rain, partly […]
WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part One (23/03/25)
First Wales Away trip of a new campaign, the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The first away trip of a campaign should be a […]
BOOK REVIEW: Wales: 100 Records (Y Llofa 2024)
A reflection on 100 records, providing a taste of some of the eclectic sounds that have come out of Wales. Think Wales is about male […]
ZINE REVIEW: Alternative Wales Issue Sixteen (December 2024)
Latest issue (#16) of Alternative Wales, a zine dedicated to all things Welsh football. Alternative Wales is a professional-looking A5 zine that covers all aspects […]
Newport’s Le Pub Secures Long Term Future (10/01/24)
Le Pub, in Newport, has been confirmed as the fifth UK venue to become a ‘Community Owned Venue’, with a little bit of help from […]
NEWS: In Aid Of The Moon: Rainyday Rainbow Release Lysergically Loony Live Concert Film
Rainyday Rainbow are doing their bit to help the staff of the ill-fated Moon Club in Cardiff by releasing a video recorded live in the […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Turkey Away Part Four – Hot Air Balloons and stuff (17/11/24)
An action-packed day featuring hot air balloons, ancient cities beneath the ground and magic carpets. It’s a baron land that has changed hands for centuries […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Turkey v Wales Part Three: Match Day (16/11/24)
Today is the big day. Game Day. Turkey v Wales Day. We have only been here two nights but it feels like a week. I […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Turkey v Wales Part Two – pubs tickets and pubs (15/11/24)
A day doing bugger all in a city with bugger all to do. We are up at the crack of noon and ready to rock. […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Turkey v Wales Part One (14/11/24)
An unusually short trip for us, we are heading out to Turkey embeded with Wonky Sheep, the official FAW travel partner. We normally prefer to […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Dubrovnik Part Seven (City Wall 23/10/24)
We’re in Dubrovnik. Best we do some Dubrovnik stuff. We have learnt that if you do everything you want to do on ‘holiday’, you will […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Dubrovnik Part Six (The Islands 22/10/26)
Today we went on another trip. Apparently in Dubrovnik, but it certainly didn’t feel like it. The Elaphite islands A slightly more civilised start time […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Dubrovnik Part Five (Bosnia 21/10/24)
Today we are up early, with passports in hand: we are going on a trip into Bosnia and Herzegovina The lyric, ‘Cheap Holiday in Someone […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Dubrovnik Part Four (Recharging Batteries 20/10/24)
We had big plans for today. They were all put on hold when we couldn’t be arsed to get out of bed. We wandered down […]