🍁 Welcome to October 2024 with thirty-one days of blogging to come more
🐦⬛ Garden nature diary: October 2024 more
🦆 Cotwall End Valley nature diary: October 2024 more
🕰️ Time waits for no man and that’s still as true today as it was 629 years ago more
🎸 After fourteen years, The Angling Widow puts in another appearance more
🎣 A very wet start to October but the angling continues more
🎥 Charade, a thriller from 1963, starring Hollywood legends, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn more
💰A very good month as far as the premium bonds draw is concerned more
⚽️ Travelling to Italy with the champions of Wales more
⚽️ UEFA Conference League MD-1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi, the home of Fiorentina more
🇮🇹 Night and day tourist time in Florence more
⚽️ Matchday in Florence for Fiorentina v The New Saints, including fan engagement and behind-the-scenes more
⚽️ Meeting David de Gea and football memorabilia items from the Fiorentina trip more
🎣 Yesterday morning I was in Italy, tonight I will be in Wales, and sandwiched in between, I went fishing in England more
🏴 Back on the road with The New Saints and it’s an overnight stay in a Cardiff hotel more
⚽️ Fifteen minutes in at Briton Ferry Llansawel, rain stops play and an interesting signed team sheet more
✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: When there is no way, God makes a way more
🎣 The Monday morning angling show, starring an all-perch cast and Bayside Radio more
🎣 You get out the violin, I’ll get out the fishing rod, a lesson in perseverance and a nice local woodland walk more
🎣 Perch fishing, a great life lesson and a walk around our local area more
⚽️ Behind-the-scenes as The New Saints lose 2-1 to Caernarfon Town more
🎣 Fishing in 5,000 mph winds more
🍄 Fungi hunting on Penn Common in Staffordshire and, in particular, fly agaric more
🎣 Scrape ice, go fishing, catch fish more
✍️ 1,110 weeks and still going strong more
🎣 What a difference a day makes, as this time round I’m fishing in heavy rain more
⚽️ Nice to get back on track with The New Saints, following a 3-0 victory against Cardiff Met FC more
🎣 A morning session pursuing perch and at least I wasn’t a blanker more
✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: It’s important to persevere and not give up more
🎣 A very slow angling session to start the working week, followed by Bayside Radio more
🎥 Northern Lights Of Christmas (2018) more
🎣 Second angling session of the day more
🎣 Back on track with the prawn after perch fishing more
🎣 Canal lure fishing on the way to work more
⚽️ Behind-the-media-scenes as The New Saints beat Flint Town United 5-0 more
🪱 A mild and wet evening, let’s snatch some worms for fishing more
🎣 Hitting both the bird and fish jackpots within minutes of each other more
🌲 Nature walk in Cotwall End Valley and memories of Aberfan more
🎥 Christmas Crush (2020) more
🎥 Christmas Parade (2014) more
🎣 Another fishing for perch with prawn angling session more
⚽️ Behind-the-football-media-scenes as The New Saints beat Llangollen Town 16-0 in the Welsh Cup more
🎣 A lure angling session, a dusk walk in the valley and 1,111 consecutive weeks more
✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Life lessons from a Christmas movie and the world of football more
🎣 Very wet and very windy but the fishing continues more
🍄 My eldest daughter and grandson encounter their first fly agaric more
🎣 No wind, no rain, nor winter’s cold, can stop me, because, if you put your mind to it, there ain’t no mountain high enough and Bayside Radio more
🎥 Homemade Christmas (2020) more
🎣 This morning’s session and I don’t go fishing just to avoid a blank more
🎥 Christmas In The Pines (2021) more
🎥 Christmas At The Holly Hotel (2022) more
⚽️ Training at Shrewsbury Town’s Croud Meadow with The New Saints more
⚽️ At the age of 62 years, 6 months and 2 days, I played football more
🎣 The positive effect of playing football and going fishing with a couple of decent perch in the process more
⚽️ What a performance, what a result, what a night, as The New Saints beat Astana in the UEFA Conference League more
🎣 Late to bed, early to rise and a decent perch on the bank more
🎣 A lure angling session to start the day and 1,112 or should that be 1,113 more
✝️ The Church at Hiraeth: Understanding life’s highs and lows more
⚽️ Behind-the-scenes at Aberystwyth, as The New Saints win 4-2 at Park Avenue more
💦 I don’t normally get excited about appliances more
🎣 No boot? No problem. Go lure fishing! more
🎥 Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) more
🎣 This morning‘s angling session and tips on lure fishing more
⚽️ I got there in the end and so did The New Saints against Connah’s Quay Nomads more
🎣 No Halloween fishing nightmare: Catching perch on the drop on the last day of October more
🐾 Dilwyn’s diary for October 2024: Dilwyn gets excited when he meets a zombie more