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Photo Article: Storm Darragh claims a victim at the Welsh Hovel but every cloud has a silver lining

I had thought that we had escaped unscathed but daybreak revealed otherwise. The old and very large pear tree at the centre of my vegetable garden had toppled.

Sunday 8 December 2024
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Photo Article: Storm Darragh claims a victim at the Welsh Hovel but every cloud has a silver lining

I had thought that we had escaped unscathed but daybreak revealed otherwise. The old and very large pear tree at the centre of my vegetable garden had toppled.

Sunday 8 December 2024

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: Gloriously happy fat cats

The wood burning stove is eating through my log pile at a fair old rate. But, as you will see shortly, God has come to the rescue and I can now survive even the longest of winters. Such matters do not worry fat cat Quincey and his smaller sister Sian, asleep on my Christmas jumper. When these two were rescued from the cat rescue in Birkenhead they did not know how lucky they were.

Sunday 8 December 2024

Amid storm Darragh, amazing levels of organisation for Christmas

Storm Darragh has been thundering through North Wales for almost 24 hours. The winds howl down the lane to the Welsh Hovel, the trees bend and indeed one is already down. You can hear the wind screaming at you and the rain is non stop. The river is now covering my orchard and over in England the fields are flooded.

Saturday 7 December 2024

The Daily Mail laps up Ukrainian lies yet again: the North Korean girl fighters


The paper that told us about the Ghost of Kyiv, the defenders of Snake island, the Auschwitz style gold teeth and the Russian soldiers given Viagra tablets for industrial rape has fallen for yet another Ukrainian hoax. It brings you pictures of North Korean soldiers sent to die for Russia and they are birds!. Except…

Thursday 5 December 2024

Excruciating embarrassment at the Service station, but I will continue to stand up for Israel

On a day when Jaya joins me on the school run, after picking Joshua up from Kings we stop off at a BP/Asda service station. I get a black coffee and the kids share a sandwich and chocolate bar in a £3.75 meal deal. It is now a ritual. Today as I waited for my coffee to pour another Kings boy came up to Joshua and started talking.

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Photo article from the Welsh hovel: cat at work

This is Quincey and a photo for cat lovers everywhere.

Sunday 1 December 2024

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