Podcasts about Llanelli

In ep 114 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Janine Cooper-Marshall joins Sam and Mark to talk about getting commuters from A to B without confusing or annoying them, we reveal the dragon in the room, Mark just keeps tripping over a place name and how you can be too Welsh and not Welsh enough all at the same time. Plus we get excited about bubblies!Our VO question this week is all about how you get a job on the trains (as a voiceover!), and is it tough to be in a niche?Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.ukScript 1In pursuit of the perfect bubble, David Brook strives to consistently raise the bar in terms of quality and distinction. We are one of the few South African wine makers dedicated to the art of Cap Classique. Our bubblies are serious contenders in the international wine arena - unique, sophisticated and elegant. From grape to glass, the entire process relies on meticulous attention to detail, precision timing and plenty of patience.Script 2Welcome aboard this Borderline Train to Llanfairfechan.We'll be calling at Llanelli, London, and Llanfairfechan.Please keep an eye on your personal belongings at all times. If you see anything suspicious, please tell a member of the staff. See it, Say it - Sorted.We are now arriving at Llanelli. Change here for buses to a wide range of destinations. These leave from the front of the station. The next station is… London.This train finishes its journey here. All change please.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Janine Cooper-Marshall trained as an actor back in 1981. She recorded her first voice reel with Bernard Graham Shaw in 2000 and somehow managed to impress him enough to be included in his book “Voice-Overs – A Practical Guide”, which gave her the confidence to launch herself into full time voiceover work. Since then she's recorded radio & TV commercials, eLearning modules, corporates, explainers, audiobooks… well, anything that requires a voice really. She has also recorded thousands of transport announcements… Janine's Website @janinevo on Instagram Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermarkSam's demos & contact details:

As you may have seen on our socials recently, we just hosted our first live event with friends of the pod from the That's Devolved! team, and great Cardiff venue, Porters. Our guest is one of the few Members of the Senedd with high name recognition, with all the good and bad that comes with that - Lee Waters, Member for Llanelli. Widely considered one of the most intellectually curious and independently minded of the Labour group, he will be forever be linked with the events of the last year which saw him usher in one of the most contested pieces of Welsh Law in the shape of the 20mph default speed limit across the country. His public comments on the controversies surrounding Vaughan Gething's time as Labour leader also put Lee at odds with many inside the party and precipitated a government revolt forcing the then-FM to stand down. However, as you will hear in this interview chaired by our own Matthew Hexter, Lee has plenty of valuable insight to both the inner workings and outer dysfunctions of our parliament and government machines, and the surrounding political cultures. Enjoy! A video of this event is available here: https://youtu.be/VZbWZRaWIFY Our partners: That's Devolved: https://x.com/ThatsDevolved Porters Cardiff: https://x.com/Porterscardiff As always, you can find the latest from us here: twitter.com/HiraethPod We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Bill Chapman's message centred on the theme of Waiting on God and the importance of being attuned to His presence and purpose. He began by sharing a personal thought: "Too many of my people see something that I am doing as unusual and they dismiss me and miss the angels." This highlighted how easily we overlook God's work when it doesn't align with our expectations. Bill urged the congregation to be open to the adventure God wants to take us on—experiencing His glory, grace, and power. He emphasised that pressing into unfamiliar and uncomfortable places, where only angels tread, requires us to step out of our comfort zones. This could be as simple as showing compassion, such as giving someone a hug. The key question posed was: Are we really listening to the Holy Spirit? Reflecting on Isaiah 40:27-31, Bill reminded us that God never tires and provides strength to those who wait upon Him. He challenged the church to consider what it means to truly "wait on God" and how often we are willing to do so. We often follow God's preordained plans passively, but Bill called for an active response: "God, how can I serve? Use me." Through biblical stories, Bill illustrated the power of saying "yes" to God. Jacob's journey, where he encountered angels and realised God's presence, shows how obedience can lead to divine encounters. Bill invited the church to imagine what Llanelli could look like if everyone who follows Christ took an adventurous step of faith, trusting God even in the unknown. Bill referenced other biblical stories to illustrate the importance of obedience: - Gideon had to trust God's plan by reducing his army and relying on trumpets and torches. - Joshua followed God's unusual command to bring down the walls of Jericho by marching silently for six days. - Peter responded to Cornelius' vision from an angel, opening the door for the gospel to reach new places. The message ended with a call to action: We must learn to linger in God's presence, be faithful in prayer, scripture reading, and Sabbath observance, and ask God to use us in His transformative plans. Through trust and obedience, we can experience the adventure God has prepared for us.

Ar ddiwedd ffenest ryngwladol fis Medi, Ifan Gwilym sy'n crynhoi'r gemau o ran Cymru. Cyn teithio i Serbia ar gyfer Cwpan Rhanbarthau UEFA, mae Joe Hopkins (capten Llanelli) yn ymuno i drafod dechrau'r tymor a'r cyfle i gynrychioli tim rhanbarthol De Cymru ar y cyfandir. At the end of September's international window, Ifan Gwilym summarizes the Wales results. Before traveling to Serbia for the UEFA Regions Cup, Joe Hopkins (Llanelli captain) joins to discuss their start of the season and the opportunity to represent the South Wales regional team on the continent.

Magnus och Agnes har varit på äventyr i Wales och Agnes har skaffat en PT med udda metoder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a Text Message.The 1984 Wallabies: A Historic Grand SlamIn 1984, the Australian Wallabies embarked on an 18-match tour of Great Britain, a journey that would etch their names in rugby history. Under the leadership of captain Andrew Slack and coach Alan Jones, the Wallabies faced formidable opponents, losing to Cardiff, Llanelli, Ulster, and South of Scotland. However, their victories against the Home Unions were legendary, making them the first Australian team to achieve the Grand Slam.The Road to Victory: Dominating the Home UnionsThe Wallabies' triumphs were characterized by their defensive prowess, conceding only one try in the internationals. They defeated England by 16 points, Ireland by seven, and Wales by 19, showcasing their offensive strength with four tries. The final victory against Scotland was a resounding 37-12, highlighting the team's dominance.David Campese: The Rise of a Rugby LegendCentral to this narrative is David Campese, a 19-year-old winger of Italian descent. His meteoric rise began in the local Queanbeyan side, the Whites, and quickly led to his international debut. Campese's playing style, marked by the "Campese Goosestep" or "Struggletown Shuffle," set him apart. His background in Queanbeyan, a town known for its immigrant population and resilience, shaped his unique approach to the game.South African Rugby: A Parallel of TransformationMuch like Campese and the Ellas' impact on Australian rugby, South African rugby has undergone significant transformation. Players like Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, with diverse backgrounds and exceptional talent, are reshaping the sport. Feinberg-Mngomezulu's journey, influenced by his grandfather's legacy as an anti-apartheid activist, mirrors the broader changes within South African rugby.The Evolution of the SpringboksUnder coaches like Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber, the Springboks have embraced diversity and talent from all walks of life. This inclusive approach has led to remarkable successes, including back-to-back World Cup wins. The integration of players from various backgrounds and the celebration of their unique skills have strengthened the team.From Struggle to TriumphThe stories of the Wallabies and the Springboks highlight the essence of struggle and triumph in sports. These narratives remind us that behind every victory lies a journey filled with challenges, resilience, and transformation. As the world of rugby continues to evolve, it celebrates not only the athletic prowess but also the diverse and rich histories that each player brings to the field.Donate to The Luke Alfred Show on Patreon.Get my book: Vuvuzela Dawn: 25 Sporting Stories that Shaped a New Nation.Get full written episodes of the show a day early on Substack.Check out The Luke Alfred Show on YouTube and Facebook.

Jeannette is joined by the marvelous Jonathan Davies OBE, the legendary rugby player, to discuss his upbringing, career, and leadership experiences. Jonathan reflects on his humble beginnings in a small Welsh village, the challenges he faced, and the importance of mentors in his life. He shares insights on leadership, teamwork, and motivation, drawing parallels between sports and business. KEY TAKEAWAYS Building strong relationships and understanding people is crucial in both sports and business. Preparation and communication are key elements for success in leadership roles. Motivating a team in challenging situations requires instilling self-belief and maintaining a positive attitude. Teamwork and a common purpose are essential for achieving goals and success. Balancing skill and attitude when selecting team members is important, with attitude often taking precedence. BEST MOMENTS "I think it's always been kind of there in Wales. You know, having moved then up and realising it's very similar to North West and South Wales." "The bloke's attitude has got to be inclusive. He's with us or he's not. If he's not with us, that's going to be an issue for me." "In your business, I'd rather have a hole than a narsel." "I think the simpler it is, the more people understand it, then the easier the goal."   This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It's never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANT. Visit our new website https://brave-bold-brilliant.com/ - there you'll find a library of FREE resources and downloadable guides and e-books to help you along your journey. If you'd like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at info@brave-bold-brilliant.com. VALUABLE RESOURCES Brave Bold Brilliant - https://brave-bold-brilliant.com/ Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970    ABOUT THE GUEST Jonathan Davies is one of world rugby's best known personalities. For Neath, Llanelli and Wales, he was in the great tradition of Welsh outside halves, the dynamic embodiment of flair, guile and vision. As a rugby league player he scaled the heights of the game with Widnes, Warrington, Canterbury Bulldogs, North Queensland Cowboys, Wales and Great Britain. Since retiring, he has been in great demand as a broadcaster, hosting shows on BBC1 and S4C, and providing quick-witted insight as a summarizer and pundit on international match days. In 2015 he was awarded an OBE for his charitable work in support of Velindre Cancer Centre ABOUT THE HOST Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 30 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development. Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. CONTACT THE HOST Jeannette's linktree - https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@braveboldbrilliant LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jeannette.linfoot/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot/ Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jeannette.linfoot Podcast Description Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big' international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true' to yourself is the order of the day.Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

Ffion is an avid open water swimmer, swimming all year round and is a Mental Health Swims host at Northdock, Llanelli.   From dipping with the Dawn Stalkers at sunrise to swimming 5K in the Cotswold Big Swim in June just gone, Ffi showcases the most beautiful dipping spots across the UK and beyond.   In this episode we talk about what being in the water means to Ffi and how it has allowed her more freedom and body confidence. We touch on the community she has built through her swimming Instagram account and how far she has come since her first rocky sea swim. There are also some top tips for anyone thinking about taking up cold water swimming later this year. It was a delight to chat to Ffi, she is such a warm and genuine character – I hope you enjoy the episode. For updates and guest announcements follow along on Instagram: @Onlyswimz If you'd like to check out Ffi and see some of her beautiful dipping spots, visit her Instagram: @Ffiswims

Ever feel like you're having one of those days where lady luck seems to be outright ghosting you? Well don't moan until you add industrial action, gunfire and some dynamite to the mix you wingey tart.Hit play and listen to the the tale of united workforces, governmental brutality and possibly the unluckiest bugger in all the lands.We're not a union but we do have a super cool club you can join for some extra content, check it out you little darlings.

Dafydd Rhys Prif Weithredwr Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru yw gwestai Beti George. Mae'n trafod heriau ariannol y mae'r sector yn eu hwynebu a'r cyfrifoldeb sydd arno a'r anrhydedd o gael gwneud y swydd. Cafodd Dafydd ei eni yn Brynaman ac roedd ei Dad yn Weinidog a'i Fam yn ddiwylliedig ac yn gerddorol yn chwarae'r delyn a'r piano. Oherwydd swydd ei Dad roedd Dafydd a'r teulu yn symud yn aml. Mae Dafydd wedi byw ddwywaith yn ardal Llanelli yn ystod ei fywyd ac felly mae'r ardal yma yn agos iawn at ei galon. Yna fe ddaeth cyfnod y 70'au, '76 a '77 ȃ cherddoriaeth Pync. Fe newidiodd y gerddoriaeth yma fywyd Dafydd yn llwyr. "Mi ddechreuais i fand o'r enw'r‘ Llygod Ffyrnig' ac mae Beti'n chwarae sengl o'r enw NCB – National Coal Board a Dafydd oedd y prif ganwr. Dechreuodd Dafydd gwmni teledu annibynnol gyda Geraint Jarman. Cwmni Criw Byw a nhw oedd yn gyfrifol am Fideo Naw. Bu'n gweithio gyda S4C am gyfnodau ac mae'n trafod pwysigrwydd y sefydliad.

The boys are joined by local businessman and racing horse owner Salvo Gianni and discuss his parents moving to Wales from Llanelli, the effect that Maradona had at Napoli, the importance of manners and respect, dealing with family death and Salvo being crowned “Britain's Best Boss”. Salvo talks about his near death experience and spending 3 months in a coma, having a dream of owning a race horse, having a horse win the Irish Grand National, the tough life of a jockey, the change in the Cheltenham festival, meeting Sir Alex Ferguson, being involved with Swansea City and the success of Llanelli Wanderers plus much much more….@ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on Twitter

This week we are joined by Kyle Richards and Nick Gale from the Llanelli Wanderers, our first and long overdue Welsh team. Plying their trade a stones throw away from where Stradey Park once stood, we caught up with the Wanderers on their cup campaign trail when they were a win away from a Final at the Principality Stadium. Llanelli was where I fell in love with rugby and I'm really glad the guys could join me.Llanelli WanderersInstagram - @llanelliwanderersrfcFacebook - Llanelli Wanderers RFCRoots Ruck RiotInstagram - @rootsruckriotWebsite and other links - https://linktr.ee/rootsruckriotIf you would like your club featured please email us at rootsruckriotpodcast@gmail.comPlease leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts, it helps us grow the show and continues us shining a light on the game we all love.Roots Ruck Riot is a Podcast Nobody Asked For

Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This is Part 2 of this week's episode.  Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays. If you want to listen to the full podcast every TUESDAY, including 30 MINS of bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either  https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or  https://www.patreon.com/distantpod SCOTT QUINNELL  This week it's a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited Scott Quinnell to the bar. Scott played rugby union for Llanelli, Scarlets, Richmond, Wales and The British and Irish Lions as well as rugby league for Wigan and Wales. Here are some of his highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FHP1HrF0w  You can watch Scott on Stryd I'r Sgrym on S4C https://www.s4c.cymru/clic/programme/879207824  THIS WEEK'S SHOW SQ on Tourist Trap with Mike https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07s260k  Scott's Dentist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ransFQVzf6c  Derek Quinnell 1st Cap https://www.facebook.com/share/v/KExe1jR7cMBL4Ujo/?mibextid=KsPBc6 Seve https://x.com/clickongolf/status/769148087822680064?s=48&t=GSnfoHAlNsV10dvUTBUmYw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This is Part 1/ of this week's episode.  Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. If you want to listen to the full podcast every TUESDAY, including 30 MINS of bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either  https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or  https://www.patreon.com/distantpod SCOTT QUINNELL  This week it's a GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited Scott Quinnell to the bar. Scott played rugby union for Llanelli, Scarlets, Richmond, Wales and The British and Irish Lions as well as rugby league for Wigan and Wales. Here are some of his highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FHP1HrF0w  You can watch Scott on Stryd I'r Sgrym on S4C https://www.s4c.cymru/clic/programme/879207824  THIS WEEK'S SHOW SQ on Tourist Trap with Mike https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07s260k  Scott's Dentist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ransFQVzf6c  Derek Quinnell 1st Cap https://www.facebook.com/share/v/KExe1jR7cMBL4Ujo/?mibextid=KsPBc6 Seve https://x.com/clickongolf/status/769148087822680064?s=48&t=GSnfoHAlNsV10dvUTBUmYw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben James and Steffan Thomas discuss Wales' Women's defeat to Scotland, as well as the four regions' matches in the United Rugby Championship. Brought to you by WalesOnline/Reach PLC.

On this episode of URC Unloaded, Scarlets boss Dwayne Peel gives an insight to the goings on at the Llanelli club and Welsh rugby as a whole. Stevie breaks down the latest high profile boardroom departure at Ulster. Shanks calls for Summer rugby and Barclay bigs up the Bulls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weekend the Right Reverend Dorrien Davies has been enthroned as the 130th Bishop of St Davids in a cathedral which is the mother church of a large diocese covering the west Wales counties of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. It's a part of Wales that Bishop Dorrien knows well – having studied at Lampeter, served as a curate in Llanelli and subsequently as parish priest in Llanfihangel Ystrad Aeron and at St Dogmaels before being made a Residentiary Canon at St Davids Cathedral in 2010. Five years ago he was appointed to a senior role as Archdeacon of Carmarthen; he's well-known and popular in the diocese. He succeeds the Rt Revd Joanna Penberthy who retired last year following a lengthy period of sick leave. Her time in office wasn't without controversy following a tweet for which she subsequently apologised in which she said “Never, never, never trust a Tory.” Bishop Dorrien was born and brought up in Abergwili near Carmarthen which is also where Llys Esgob – the Bishop's Palace – is situated. That's where Jonathan Thomas recorded a conversation earlier this week, covering a wide-range of topics and issues including climate change, historic churches, the management of differing opinions over same-sex blessings and the role of the Church in an election year. He also recalls growing up in the shadow of the Bishop's Palace in Abergwili, and his consecration service as a bishop in Bangor Cathedral last weekend.

Pigion Dysgwyr – Gwyneth Keyworth Mi fydd yr actores o Bow Street ger Aberystwyth, Gwyneth Keyworth, yn perfformio mewn cyfres ddrama deledu newydd, Lost Boys and Fairies cyn bo hir. Dyma Gwyneth ar raglen Shelley a Rhydian yn sôn mwy am y ddrama a'i rhan hi ynddi. Cyfres SeriesYmdrin â To deal with Mabwysiadu To adoptHoyw GayTyner Gentle Pigion Dysgwyr – Ian Gwyn Hughes Gwyneth Keyworth oedd honna'n sôn am ei rhan hi yn y ddrama deledu newydd Lost Boys and Fairies . Gwestai Arbennig rhaglen Bore Sul oedd Ian Gwyn Hughes, Pennaeth Cyfathrebu Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru. Yn ystod ei sgwrs gyda Betsan Powys mi soniodd Ian am ei weledigaeth pan ddechreuodd weithio efo'r Gymdeithas Bêl-droed. Gweledigaeth VisionPennaeth Cyfathrebu Head of CommunicationCyflwyno IntroduceNaws Cymreig A Welsh ethosPlannu hadau Planting seedsGorfodi To forceDiwylliant CultureHunaniaeth IdentityCynrychioli To representBalchder PrideYmateb To respondGan amlaf More often than not Pigion Dysgwyr – Nayema Khan Williams Cofiwch y gallwch chi wrando ar sgwrs gyfan Ian Gwyn Hughes unrhyw bryd sy'n gyfleus i chi drwy fynd i wefan neu ap BBC Sounds. Nayema Khan Williams ymunodd â Beti George ar Beti a'I Phobol wythnos diwetha. Mae Nayema a'i gŵr Osian yn rhan o gyfres Gogglebocs Cymru ar S4C ar hyn o bryd. Mi gafodd hi ei magu yng Nghaernarfon, ond roedd ei rhieni – Mirwas Kahn a Zari Kahn yn dod o Bacistan yn wreiddiol. Daeth ei thad draw yn y 50 i Gaernarfon, ac ar y dechrau mi fuodd o'n gwerthu bagiau o gwmpas tafarndai. Wedyn mi fuodd yn gwerthu bagiau ym marchnad Caernarfon ac mewn marchnadoedd eraill am flynyddoedd. Dyma Nayma yn sôn am ei ffydd…… Ffydd FaithDwyn i fyny Brought upGweddïo To prayAballu And so onPigion Dysgwyr – Pilates Nayema Khan Williams o Gaernarfon yn fanna yn sôn ychydig am Islam. Drwy gydol wythnos diwetha thema Rhaglen Aled Hughes oedd “ Dydy hi byth yn rhy hwyr” sef cyfres o eitemau i annog gwrandawyr i sylweddoli nad ydy hi byth yn rhy hwyr i wynebu sialensau newydd. Mi ymwelodd Aled ag Eirian Roberts yng Nghaernarfon i gael gwers Pilates. A dyma sut aeth pethau Annog To encourage Garddwrn WristY glun The hipAnadlu To breathAsennau HipsTueddu i or-ddatblygu Tend to over developSbio Edrych Pigion Dysgwyr – Chloe Edwards Gobeithio bod Aled yn iawn ynde ar ôl yr holl ymarferion Pilates ‘na! Dydy hi byth yn rhy hwyr i ddysgu Cymraeg chwaith, ac un sydd wedi profi hynny ydy Chloe Edwards. Fore Mercher diwetha ar raglen Aled Hughes mi soniodd Chloe wrth Aled am y daith mae hi wedi gymryd i ddod yn rhugl yn yr iaith. Trwy gyfrwng Through the mediumGweithgareddau Activities Pigion Dysgwyr – Pantomeim Ac mae Chloe newydd ymuno â thîm tiwtoriaid Cymraeg i Oedolion Prifysgol Bangor. Pob lwc iddi hi ynde? . Nos Fawrth ddiwetha ar ei rhaglen mi gafodd Caryl Parry Jones sgwrs gyda Rhian Lyn Lewis. Mae Rhian ar hyn o bryd yn chwarae rhan un o'r gwragedd drwg ym Mhanto y Friendship Theatre Group yn Theatr y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. Gofynnodd Caryl iddi hi'n gynta ers pryd mae'r cwmni wedi bod yn perfformio Pantomeim Elusennau CharitiesLlwyfan StagePres ArianBant I ffwrddY brif ran The main partYmylol PeripheralTywysoges PrincessTylwyth teg Fairy

Social media has been dominated by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Some have vowed to boycott their local branches in protest, but subpostmaster and TikTok star Juliet Thomas Davies, of Anne Street branch in Llanelli, went viral after asking people to support their local post office now more than ever.We were also moved by the Twitter plea from John Woodward, who's got 6 months left to live after being diagnosed with brain cancer, asking fellow users to "be more supportive of each other instead of hurling abuse which passes as debate".Also on the show is the hilarious rant over Quality Street changing their wrappers, the drunk mum asking for a lift home from her kids, a 65-year-old dartboard and the man who foolishly thought he could beat a 400m athlete.Links to the viral content:Quality Street ranthttps://x.com/mrmatthewtodd/status/1743758342307131528?s=46 Drunk mum's TikTok for a lift from her kidshttps://www.tiktok.com/@fionadrake13/video/7311009552462384416 65-year-old dartboardhttps://twitter.com/KieranMG21/status/1742966653183258645 Man challenges 400m runnerhttps://www.tiktok.com/@lahnazak/video/7313670836416777502?lang=en Dying man's Twitter civility pleahttps://twitter.com/john_woodward1/status/1736491309127631243?s=46 Support your local Post Office https://www.tiktok.com/@annstreetpostoffice/video/7319794401889242400 Mum's delight over autistic son's school photoshttps://www.tiktok.com/@sand_mic/video/7317218276298296609?_r=1&_t=8iekuL7tpwn Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViralInstagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViralTikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert react to Ospreys victory over the Scarlets in Llanelli while Gareth Rhys Owen, James Hook and Sean Holley discuss Cardiff's nine-try haul in their win over Dragons.

No Coxy this week, so Chris and Ian are doing a double header. They look back at Exeter's victories for both the men and women and preview Plymouth Albion's upcoming top of the table clash. They also discuss squad sizes and Llanelli coming to Sandy Park.

On today's show, Stan discusses the news that he is the UKIP General Election candidate for Llanelli in South Wales. GUEST OVERVIEW: Journalist & Commentator, Voice of Wales - Anti-Globalist & Persona Non Grata in Wales, - Shining Light into the Cesspit Senedd. 

Pod 80: Rhagolwg Rhyngwladol: Armenia a Twrci Ar ôl sgwrs fer am 3edd Rownd Cwpan Cymru mae Sioned Dafydd, Ifan Gwilym a Malcolm Allen yn edrych ymlaen at ddwy gêm enfawr yn ymgyrch Cymru i gyrraedd Ewro 2024. Cyfle hefyd i sôn am dîm dan-21 Matty Jones a'u hymgyrch nhw hyd yma, cyn herio Gwlad Yr Iâ a Denmarc. After a brief look back at the Welsh Cup 3rd Round results, Sioned Dafydd, Ifan Gwilym and guest Malcolm Allen look ahead to a massive international window for Wales in their bid to reach Euro 2024. Also a quick look at Matty Jones' under-21 side who face Iceland and Denmark this week.

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On today's show, Melissa discusses the digitalisation of everything and how his is being achieved, including digital IDs, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), carbon credits and what is behind the plan for a currency reset. Later, Stan from Voice of Wales joins the show to describe local feelings following news that the Home Office has withdrawn plans to place hundreds of migrants in the Llanelli community in Wales. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Melissa Ciummei is a financial investor who has decided to speak out against globalist/corporatist policies that aim to surveil and control every aspect of our lives. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Voice of Wales is an Anti-Globalist & Persona Non-Grata in Wales - shining light into the Cesspit Senedd. 

Discover the fascinating ancient art of coppicing as we visit Priory Grove in Wales' Wye Valley, where the technique is still practised on a small scale to benefit both people and wildlife. We meet site manager Rob and contractor Joe to learn more about the coppicing carried out here, and how this interaction between people and nature has enabled the two to develop and evolve in tandem. Also in this episode, find out how an unfortunate end for ash trees resulted in a fantastic sea of wild garlic, the team's efforts to encourage dormice, bats, pine martens and other wildlife and which tree to identify by likening the trunk to elephants' feet!  Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people, for wildlife.  Adam: Well, today I am off to Priory Grove, which is next door really to the River Wye near Monmouth in Wales to meet the site manager Rob there who's gonna give me a bit of a tour. It's predominantly made up of ancient woodland and provides a wide range of habitats for wildlife. Things like roe, fallow deer, they're known to forage throughout the area, and a wide variety of bird species, including the tawny owl, sparrowhawk, and the great spotted woodpecker, which can all be seen on the wing here. All very exciting and I've just got to find it and find Rob.  Rob: Hello, I'm Rob Davies, site manager, South East Wales.  Adam: So tell me a little bit about where we are and why this is significant.  Rob: This is Priory Grove woodland. It's quite a large site on the outskirts of Monmouth, but nobody really knows what its history is. It's it's called Priory Grove, presumably because it was attached to one of the monastic estates round here. And that probably accounts for its survival as one of the one of the largest ancient woodlands next to Monmouth. And it did retain a lot of its coppice woodland, which is quite important for biodiversity.  Adam: Right. And what we're, I mean, we're standing by some felled, are these oak?  Rob: These are oak. Yes, oak, oak in length.  Adam: So why why have these been felled?  Rob: This is part of the coppice restoration programme, so coppicing on this site has been a management tool that's been used for hundreds if not thousands of years in this area and it's used to produce products like this, this oak that will go into timber framing and furniture and all those good things. And also, firewood is part of the underwood and the the the hazel and the the the understory coppice. So products for people and in the past it was used for all kinds of things before we had plastic. But it's still very useful, and so because it didn't cease until recently on this site, the animals and plants and the fauna that relies upon this method that have evolved with it essentially in the last 10,000 years or so since we've been managing woods in this way, still are present here on this site or in the local area. So if you continue the cycle you continue this interaction with the wildlife and you can help to reverse the biodiversity declines. So it's very holistic, really this management technique. But it does mean that to make space for the coppice regrowth, because trees don't grow under trees, you know it needs the light. The light needs to be there for the coppice to come up again. You have to take out some of these mature oaks that were planted 150, 200 years ago, with the intention of being used in the future. So we're planting things and we're carrying out the plans, we're bringing them to fruition, what people enacted a couple of hundred years ago.  Adam: It it's interesting, isn't it, because it it it is an ancient woodland, but that doesn't mean it's an untouched woodland, because for hundreds of years it's it's been managed. Man has had a hand in this and not only that, commerce has had a hand in that, so often I think we think of these things as a dichotomy. You have ancient woodland, nice, pristine sort of nature, and then you have sort of horrible invasive commerce. Actually, I think what's interesting about this site is that there isn't that dichotomy. They both work in tandem, is that fair?   Rob: That's right, it's a false dichotomy. So the reason these woods have survived is because they were used for people, and because of the way they're managed, coppicing and thinning is quite a sensitive technique, it allows space for nature to be present and to develop and evolve in tandem, so they're not mutually exclusive.  Adam: Yes. So tell me about coppicing is an important part of this site, tell me a little bit about what you're doing at the moment with that.  Rob: Yeah, so we've had a grant actually from the Wye Valley AONB from, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to to do some coppicing work on stands that were coppiced about 20 years ago. So we're continuing that cycle. And we've been working with a company called Wye Coppice Community Interest Company, Wye Coppice CIC, and they're quite developed in, in the Wye Valley area. And we formed a good relationship with them and through them we've been able to do half a hectare of coppicing up on the other slope higher up in the site there. If you like we can go up and meet Joe?  Adam: That would be wonderful. Yeah. You you lead on I will follow. Well, you can hear from this I'm a bit out of breath, we've claimed, OK, I'll be embarrassed to say it's a hill, a small incline, but we've come across this stand of of felled trees. So just tell me a bit about what's going on here.  Rob: Exactly. So all these stumps you can see scattered throughout the stand. This is the coppice, so it's cut down to just above base ground level there now and it will just regrow. So it's kind of a natural defence strategy that we're just exploiting. So it's it's been used to, it's, you know, since it evolved things like hazel especially, it‘s used to being browsed off by animals, the animals move on and then the tree just comes back. So it's like a phoenix strategy it comes back, back up again. We're just exploiting that. So we'll cut the tree to base and then we'll protect the regrowth from the browsing animals and then the tree will come again.  Adam: Right, and this is the work done by Joe?  Rob: Yeah, this yeah so this is the work done by Joe Weaver. Joe's just down the end there actually if you want to come and meet him.  Adam: OK, let's go have it let's go meet him. Ohh I've got stuck. OK, so Joe, this is all your handiwork.  Joe: It is, yes.  Adam: Tell me a bit about what what it is you do then.  Joe: So I run Wye Coppice CIC, we're a coppice contracting company and working with Woodland Trust, Natural Resource Wales and Wildlife Trusts throughout the Wye Valley and we're embarking on a project to restore areas of the Wye Valley to restore, do a coppice restoration project for for various organisations throughout the Wye Valley. The what you see, what you see here is about 1 1/2 acres of cut down trees with 7 or 8 standards.  Adam: What are standards?  Joe: The standards are the trees that we've left behind, so, so they're the large, they're the larger trees.  Adam: Oh, I see right. So you wouldn't be coppicing, these are very well established big trees, you don't coppice trees like that, you coppice quite small trees, don't you?  Joe: Yes, so all the small diameter understory trees we've cut down to ground level and and they will, they will resprout and grow back again. We can then come back in 10 years and recut them and have a healthy supply of continue, a continual healthy supply of pole wood.  Adam: And yeah, so what you're trying to get with coppicing is sort of quite it's quite small diameter wood, is that correct?  Joe: Yes, generally speaking, so this is a restoration project you can see this first cut is fairly large diameter. And so most of this will go to make charcoal but generally speaking after 10, maybe 15 years of growth, we'll have poles about sort of thumb size and maybe up to about 50 pence diameter.  Adam: Right. And that's ideal size, is it?  Joe: And that's a really good size for products like bean poles, hedging stakes and binders that go on the top of naturally laid hedging and then various other pole wood applications.  Adam: And and when you see a coppiced tree, evidence that it's been coppiced, there's, I'm trying to look over there, is is this where you see lots of different branches actually coming out from the stump in the ground? That's evidence that's been coppiced, cause it not just one thing grows, lots of them?  Joe: That's right. So you can, if you have one birch tree standing up, for example, you can cut that down to the ground, and when you come back in a few months' time, you'll notice about 5 or 6 shoots coming from that one stump at the bottom of the ground. So if we can protect that from deer browsing and rabbit browsing, then those stems, those five or six shoots will grow up into individual stems that we can then use use in pole wood products.  Adam: It's odd, isn't it that that happens, though, that you chop down one sort of main stem and you get four or five coming back, that's sort of an  odd natural thing to happen, isn't it?  Joe: It is. I think it's the tree's response to the stress of being cut down. So it sort of puts out a lot of it puts a lot of energy into regrowing new growth to try to survive because essentially these broadleaf species, trees, they're they're forever growing, you can cut them down they'll regrow, cut them down again, they'll regrow again. So it's a constant cycle of of regrowth.  Adam: Yeah it's it's like sort of, you know, thumbing their nose at you isn't it, going well, you cut me down well I'm gonna come back fivefold. You know, that's it's a sort of really funny response.  Joe: Indeed. But we can reap the benefits of that.  Adam: Yeah no, no, it's, I get, I get why that's good. And coppicing itself, that, and that's an ancient art, isn't it?  Joe: It has, certainly here in the Wye Valley it was practised at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to produce charcoal to power the Industrial Revolution until coal was iintroduced and so it happened for hundreds and hundreds of years here.  Adam: Right. So you think, do you think I mean there's no need for you to be an historical expert on the history of coppicing, but do you think that's the first big sign of it happening, sort of Industrial Revolution time?  Joe: Certainly around here it is yeah, and there's some of the coupes that we've cut, some of the coppice areas that we've cut here, we've found evidence of charcoal hearths. So you can see flat areas with bits of charcoal sort of sliding down the bank.  Adam: So that would be ancient sites in here, well, ancient, I mean, a few 100 years old of them actually making charcoal in this woodland?  Joe: Yes, in this woodland, throughout the Wye Valley all the way throughout the Wye Valley here, yes.  Adam: Amazing. Now so your company, it's not just a traditional sort of private business, it is a a different sort of form. Just explain how that works.  Joe: So we run a community interest company and that allows us to access grant funding if we need to. Essentially, we're run as a private business, but we are able to do community outreach work as well and that's part of what we do is to try to educate people about sustainable woodland management.  Adam: And how did you get involved in all of this then? Did you grow up as a boy going I want to chop down trees to make fences.  Joe: No, I didn't. I was walking in the Dolomites, I saw two stoats fighting and thought woodland life is for me *laughs*.  Adam: Ok, well, fantastic, never heard that, so inspired by the the battle between two stoats and the and and the Dolomites. That's fantastic, but a hard life, I would have thought to run a business to, I mean it's physical work anyway, but that's my perception from the outside, is it hard work?  Joe: It it can be very difficult, it does have its benefits. Obviously it keeps you fit and it gets you outside but yes, it is a hard life and and you know it's it's quite a technical job as well and the training is expensive so we're trying to introduce a training programme as well through through our through our business Wye Coppice to try to get young people interested in woodland management.  Adam: And do you find that people sometimes don't understand or or perhaps disagree with the fact that commerce and nature can be actually mutually beneficial? Do you find that an issue at all?  Joe: Yes I do. Yes, and we're we're we're always willing to stop and talk to dog walkers especially. Shortly after COP26, we had two dog walkers come past and shout at us for chopping the trees down, after sitting down with them and having a cup of tea, they bought a bag of charcoal off us.  Adam: Right ok very good there we are. You're bringing them round one by one, one by one, those customers are coming over. Well brilliant and we've had not a bad day. I thought I might have to put my wet weather gear on, but it's been it's been OK. Anyway well, that's brilliant thank you very much. That's been really interesting.  Joe: Thank you.  Adam: So we've got this stand of trees we're looking at Rob. A couple couple of oak. Did you say that was a lime?   Rob: That's a lime yeah.   Adam: That's the lime, that that one with lots of ridges in it is that the lime?  Rob: That's it, yeah.  Adam: That's the lime. So why have you left these trees? Is there particular reasons you didn't take these ones out?  Rob: Yeah. So these as you can see, these are all mature trees and so you don't take these decisions lightly. So when we coppice this sort of half a football field area here, there were thirteen of these big mature trees, trees you can barely get your hands around as they're so large, taken a couple of hundred years to grow, so you've got to be quite careful and quite selective, although you need the light. There's an old adage about oak trees, it goes something like this that to fell an oak tree you need three things. You need a good eye, a sharp axe and a cold heart because these trees, you know they've been grown and nurtured and developed, and they're impressive life forms. And so it's not something you do without considering it very carefully so so you can see a couple of trees in here which are a couple of oaks, good size, but they're full of ivy, very dense ivy and that's very good for wintering bats. For hibernation, or for potentially summer roosting.  Adam: So the bats would live just amongst the Ivy, they'd sleep amongst the ivy?  Rob: Yeah when it gets as dense as this, when it's really all knotted, entwined, there's lots of gaps behind it. You could stick your hand in and find little cavities and several species of bat, especially pipistrelle, they they will hibernate over winter in this kind of growth. So you really don't want to be disturbing this.  Adam:  Right. And and what what's, is there something specific about lime that wildlife like is there any particular wildlife?  Rob: Well, it's good for bees. It's good good good pollen.  Adam: You get beehives in there? Oh I see, the pollen itself is good.  Rob: They like the flowers. Yeah yeah it produces lots of the small leaved lime it produces lots of good flowers and and it will attract aphids which is actually a food source for for dormice in the summer. So they they feed on the feed on the lime sap, you know if you park your car under a lime tree, you'll get this very sticky kind of substance coming off it.  Adam: Yes, yeah, yeah. Of course it does. Yes. Yeah, yeah.  Rob: So that attracts aphids, attracts the dormice, it's good for insects who like nectar as well. So it's a it's a very valuable tree and and you know  Adam: So interesting it's it's not valuable commercially, it's valuable for nature.  Rob: Yeah, absolutely. And it's quite it's quite a special tree in the in the Wye Valley, it doesn't occur much outside this area naturally, and it's kind of an ancient woodland indicator in this part of the world, perhaps not officially, but it's a.  Adam: OK. Any other trees we've got here?  Rob: Yeah. The rest of the trees, then are beech.  Adam: Right and you've kept those why?  Rob: Yeah, because you can see if you look at this one here, it's got quite a few cavities in it at the base at the top, beech tends to do that. It tends to take, form little cavities, rot holes and ways in, and that's ways in for fungus and then they eat out and hollow the tree. So the potential for harbouring bats again is very high in these trees. Without sort of going into them, doing some invasive exploration, you can't tell, but it's it's very high potential for bats. So again, bats, all species of bats in this country are protected under law because they've had massive declines like a lot of woodland species. And so we'll do everything we can to retain that habitat.  Adam: It's it's the Field of Dreams, philosophy. You you build it and they will come.  Rob: Yeah, yeah. This as long as it stays there, it'll always be valuable as habitat and so at least then, there are future sort of veteran trees within this stand.  Adam: It is interesting you you've already, I mean, we've only done a short part of this walk so far, but you talked about whoever was managing this woodland 100 years ago knew what they were talking about. And I think that's fascinating that we don't know who that person is or who who they, who those people were. And in 100 years time, people won't know who you were p.sumably, but the the evidence of your work will be here. They'll go yeah, that was a good bloke who did all this and left us with something.  Rob: That's it, you you don't plant trees for yourself, you plant trees for the future generation so you know, I won't see the oaks I plant develop. I'll be dead long before they mature and it's the same for the person who did this. But you can see the ones we took out, the ones I took out and selected were tall and straight. And that means that the coppice is well managed, because there was enough light for the hazel in the understory to come up straight away. If you cut hazel to the ground and you protect it, in a couple of years, it'll be way above six, eight foot and it'll just continue to get higher and higher over the next few years. And what that does is it shades the stem of the oak and it prevents side branching. So you get this very tall initial first stem. And that's what you're looking for. And that's what these trees had. So this would have clearly been cared for and these trees have been selected, they were on a journey from the moment they were planted.  Adam: OK. And just on my journey of education about trees, how do, what, they're beech, I wouldn't be able to spot that myself, what tells you they're beech?  Rob: It's a smooth trunk. If you look at this one here now you can see I always think of them as sort of elephant legs. They're grey and they're tall and they're smooth and they quite often have sort of knobbly bits on the base like an elephant's foot. And if you go through a stand of pure beech, it looks like it looks like a stand of elephants' feet, really tall, grey stems and these big huge buttress roots.  Adam: Fantastic. I am never going to forget that and I will always think of elephants when I look at a beech, a brilliant brilliant clue. Thank you. Right. So where we off to now?  Rob: We'll walk around so you can see the top of the coupe and just see the extent of it and and then we'll walk back down perhaps and have a look at this oak.   Adam: Brilliant. Well we've come to the, over the brow of the hill and along this path, there's a tiny little path for me to walk, and on either side there's a carpet of green. And I think I know what this carpet of green is. Rob, what is it tell me?  Rob: This is wild garlic.   Adam: Yeah. This is the time of year, is it?  Rob: Yep, you can see the flower heads. Ramsons it's also called, it's just about coming into flower now.  Adam: Sorry they're called what?  Rob: Ramson.  Adam: Ramson. Is that the flower itself is called ramson, or is that?  Rob: Well, just the plant.  Adam: We call it wild garlic but it's it's real name is ramson?  Rob: Well some people call it ramson too.  Adam: Right OK. And I never, I mean I have never picked and eaten anything from a forest because I am sure I will kill myself, but all of this, I mean, I've seen loads of people do that, pick wild garlic and it's, I mean there's there's acres of the stuff here.  Rob: It can it can yeah any kind of wild plant comes with the caveats that you need to know what you're doing.  Adam: Yes, which which I don't.  Rob: Yeah, absolutely. It's funny yeah, this site is quite well known for its ramsons, for its wild garlic carpets. This this is in response to something here, quite a sad thing actually. We're right next, you can probably hear the road noise there, we're right next to the main road from Monmouth into the Forest of Dean, Staunton Road there, and unfortunately, a lot of the trees along the road edge were big, big, mature ash trees. And they all had dieback and they were all dropping limbs and about to crush a car. And so, you know, we take that very seriously in terms of health and safety so the trees just along the road edge, we left the ones in the wood, just the road edge trees we had to do something about them, so they've either been reduced or felled and what that's done in this woodland where in the last 60 years, you have had very little management, like most woods, post war, very little has happened. So it becomes very high, very closed canopy, very dense. And what's happened, because of the ash felling is, you've got this pocket of light here and the ramsons have immediately responded to that. So this wasn't here last year. This carpet like this.  Adam: What so this is this is brand new?  Rob: This is brand new. It was the odd plant coming up every year, patches of it.  Adam: I'm shocked because this looks like something from the Wizard, if this was yellow, this would be we'd be in the middle of the Wizard of Oz set here, the yellow brick road. It just I mean it it's just a beautiful, winding, lush, dense path of wild garlic. It looks like it's been here forever.  Rob: And in a sense it it was. It was just waiting for the opportunity, waiting for that temporary disturbance caused by the ash felling. And so like with the coppicing, that's what we're trying to recreate essentially, is these temporary pockets of disturbance where you you break up the canopy, you get this flush of greenery and then until the trees recover it and regrow again. So you don't want this homogeneous block of woodland really. You want, you want variation, because that's the key to success for, for wildlife and biodiversity, different niches, different ages. If you look closely, you can see it's not just the garlic either. You can see wood anemone, you can see greater wood vetch, you can see little violets. So, you know, quite quite a lot of species are now taking advantage of this temporary light that the ash felling's produced.  Adam: It is a nice positive message, isn't it? Because ash dieback has been a real tragedy. But even in the midst of problems there are opportunities which nature comes back with, it's an optimistic sign.  Rob: There is and so this as I say, you know these these trees would have coppiced without us because you know when animals browse them, they they they they come back after that so all we're doing is sort of recreating these natural processes through the management of the woodland. A once in a lifetime storm might have knocked these ash out or a hurricane, something like that, could have felled the whole area and then temporary open space, the plants capitalise and then the wood comes back again, so we're just just mimicking what nature does anyway.  Adam: I'm going to take a photo of this, put it on my Twitter feed. It's fantastic. So we've just taken a little stop on this path of wild garlic. So over to the right is well, I thought it was a bird box, it's a large bird box. You tell me it's actually something very specific.   Rob: Yeah, this is a pine marten nest box cause there was there has been a big release of pine marten. Pine martens are native to this country. It's kind of like a large weasel that lives in the trees. That's a really bad way of describing it, but it's a it's a mustelid. It's a large, impressive, intelligent animal and they were sort of pressed to persecute, to extinction, with persecution in the past. But they're very important in these woods for regulating, you know, the biodiversity, they, they prey on the grey squirrel especially, and they'll regulate bird numbers like any predator does. So it's it's great to see them coming back and it's a success story actually, because a couple of years ago now there was a release programme where captive animals were put into the Forest of Dean which is just over that direction. And so we put up some boxes and monitored them and pine martens are moving back into this area now. Whether they're using the boxes or not, we're not entirely sure, but they are moving in, so it's a, it's a really good story. So we'll do whatever we can to sort of encourage them because we've we've lost a lot of this old growth woodland that we're trying to protect and so they haven't got the nest cavities, so temporarily we'll provide this habitat.  Adam: And over the other side of the little dip, there's another pathway and it looks like the bank has been cut away and it's very black so that it doesn't look quite natural. What's going on there?  Rob: Well the the track that's been put in there is exposed, an earlier industry, so that's that's a charcoal platform. See what is it about five, five metres in diameter. Sort of sort of circular and very, very thick layer of charcoal. A huge fire has been there, but that's that's lots and lots of fires, one on top of the other.  Adam: So this is this is not current, this is probably a couple of hundred years old?  Rob: I think the last burn in this woodland would have been before the Second World War.  Adam: Oh right, so not that old.  Rob: Well, I mean, if they were still burning, they would have had the odd one, but this probably dates to sort of the the height of the the periods of the the late 19th century. So this here, it's been buried and forgotten about. But it shows you as Joe was saying earlier, at one point this was a managed wood and quite a few woods in Wales if you look on the maps you'll see things like coed poeth, which probably roughly translates as sort of hot wood or or burning woods, very roughly, probably, which gives you, may may give you an indication that these woods were worked and if you came here, you would have probably seen people living in the woods with the charcoal, tinner and charcoal workers, especially in the the 19th century, would have moved in in the summer to do the charcoal production with their families.  Adam: Just living in a tent or something?  Rob: Living in on site yeah, because then you know you don't want to move products, move things twice. You know, it's it's an economic, so you bring your family in, you produce your product, and then you come out with it at the end of the season so it's very peaceful here today. You can hear the birds. It's great for wildlife, but it would have been a managed landscape and we're trying to introduce a little bit of that. Obviously not people living in the woodlands anymore, but there's space for both here within this woodland, a bit a bit of coppicing a bit of management and reserve areas.  Adam: And I mean, I I hadn't quite noticed it while we were walking, but now we're we're standing here on this green carpet, there is an overpowering smell of garlic, it's quite extraordinary. It's very fresh, you know, sometimes when you're in the kitchen and the garlic it's it's, it's not fresh, it's pungent, but this is, you know, it's mixed with the sort of cool air, it's a really lovely smell.  Rob: It's making me hungry, actually.  Adam: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. Well I was thinking whether I should pick some for dinner.  Rob: Chop some up. Pasta sauce. It's lovely with that.  Adam: Yeah, yeah, yeah, lovely. And and there's another one amongst this wild garlic, it's clock, what was it?  Rob: Yeah, this one here, it's the town hall clock or moschatel as it's known.  Adam: Town hall clock that's it. So just, what's the what's its proper name?  Rob: Moschatel. Well, that, that's it's another acronym, ah pseudonym really it's moschatel.  Adam: Moschatel.  Rob: Or town hall clock. I forget the Latin actually, to my shame.  Adam: Is moschatel the Welsh word for it, or it's not  Rob: No, it's not. It's a general general word, just a colloquial local term.  Adam: And why is it called the town hall clock?  Rob: Look you can see these four, the flowers have four sides to them, like an old town hall clock would.  Adam: Right, lovely. It's really quite, quite a rich path we're wandering down.  Rob: You see the the bluebells are out look just now, if you look up into the wood there you can see them. In Welsh they're called clychau'r gog, which is the cuckoo bell.  Adam: Wow. Cuckoo bell.  Rob: Because it comes out when the cuckoo comes. Apparently, the grant paid for like a fence, contractors to fence off that, this boundary here, stop the deer coming in from the Dean. To stop the wild pigs actually, pigs are a  Adam: You get wild pigs here?  Rob: They're a nuisance round here, yeah.  Adam: Wild pigs?  Rob: They call them, they're not really boar, because a boar will produce like, I don't know, maybe a litter of six, and these pigs will do 22.   Adam: Right. Blimey. And how big are they?  Rob: They look like boar.  Adam: So and boar can be quite violent, can't they, quite aggressive.  Rob: Yeah, they're sort of half breed, half pig, half boar. They're big animals, got a cute little stripey piglets, just like a boar does. But they, you know, they're exponential in their reproduction, so they're  Adam: And and they're around this wood?  Rob: They're here.  Adam: So do they cause a problem with eating or do they nibble on the new trees and stuff?  Rob: Yeah, yeah, well, they sort of rootle, I mean you want boar, because they were here originally. You want boar, like the deer, you want them in sustainable numbers, they're all sleeping now.  Adam: Do they come out at night?  Rob: They only come out at night yeah.  Adam: I'll have to return.  Rob: Yeah. I mean you'd see them if you went up to the top path up there.  Adam: We haven't done a night podcast. I think we should do some bats and.  Rob: You can do bats, if you wait, while you're waiting for the badgers to come out, you can do the bats. There's a few sites around here where you can watch them.  Adam: OK, well maybe  Rob: I'm sure there's other Trust sites where people know.  Adam: Maybe I'll come back.  Rob: One summer when I was doing my bachelor's degree, I was working in Llanelli in like a, just a café just to get some money. I was working with the local girls there, I'd been out surfing in Llangennith on the Gower the day before and I was like just telling her how the seals came in because they chased the mackerel in just beyond the surf line and I was sitting there and the water just boiled with the stench of of fish and mackerel and I looked around and two seals popped up and they were driving the mackerel into the back of the waves to hunt them. I was telling her this and she was like, what, you're telling me there's seals in the water here, in Llanelli, where? I said just in the Gower. Seals? Like seals seals, like live in water? I said there's seals there, yeah, they've always been there, we just don't value what's around us.  Adam: We don't notice it.  Rob: We don't notice because you can't see it, you don't see it, yeah.  Adam: It's interesting, isn't it, Attenborough has done a series recently on the UK and you go, you don't have to go to Africa or Latin America to see these things.  Rob: There you go. I was in West Wales last week in Aberaeron, and you can see bottlenose dolphins. Increasingly under threat there's that number of point but yeah, but they're there. You can see the seals, you can see them all around us, yeah. This is doing well.  Adam: Well, I'm going to have to leave our little trip down the Wye Valley with some rather unexpected chat about seals and bottlenose dolphins and a promise to return one dark night to meet some bats. Until next time, happy wandering.  Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw. Join us next month, when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. Don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you're listening to us and do give us a review and a rating. And why not send us a recording of your favourite woodland walk to be included in a future podcast? Keep it to a maximum of five minutes and please tell us what makes your woodland walk special or send us an e-mail with details of your favourite walk and what makes it special to you. Send any audio files to podcast@woodlandtrust.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Dave Hodges was generally considered the most indomitable rugby player in the USA, perhaps the world, when he played. Coming late to international rugby he worked hard, hit harder, and prepared harder than anyone. All-Time American: Dave Hodges RuggaMatrix America is brought to you by Irish Rugby Tours, the US Rugby Foundation, and Next Phase Rugby. You can also support what we do by becoming at Patron here at https://www.goffrugbyreport.com/support-grr/ Photo: Alex Goff Music by Bensounds.   

Former MEP Rupert Lowe kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's headlines as the Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister's pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Former NHS Trust Chair Matin Gower joins shortly after to discuss why on earth more than one million patients a month are having to wait four weeks to see their GP, with rural areas the worst affected. Leader of The Reform Party Richard Tice returns to The Independent Republic to discuss his recent visit to Wales as protesters are claiming victory after a siege ended at a top hotel due to take in more than 200 asylum seekers. The four-star Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, South Wales, which allegedly sacked its staff after gaining the Home Office contract, has been surrounded by demonstrators who blocked off the two main entrances, trapping six security workers inside. Author of ‘Free Your Mind' Laura Dodsworth returns for her weekly takedown of the worst headlines from clown world and Baroness Karren Brady CBE closes the show to discuss how we can save the high street. All that and so much more, so tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer and Commentator Candice Holdsworth kicks off this morning's show to delve into the mornings top headlines as Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images His wife Vicky Flind issued a statement on his behalf, saying he was "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care. PR and Media Guru Mark Borkwoski joins shortly after to provide his thoughts on the latest scandal from the beeb. TalkTV International Editor Isabel Oakeshott returns to The Independent Republic to discuss the latest international news in addition to NHS chiefs giving ministers two months to end doctors' strikes, with the service's top doctor saying “we cannot go on like this”. Journalist from Voice Of Wales Stan Robinson joins Mike shortly after to discuss their victory after a siege ended at a top hotel due to take in more than 200 asylum seekers. The four-star Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, South Wales, which allegedly sacked its staff after gaining the Home Office contract, has been surrounded by demonstrators who blocked off the two main entrances, trapping six security workers inside. All that and so much more, so tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political news, discussions and analysis, plus a round up of the Sunday papers with our guest reviewers.

A trio of "real life" ghost stories including a young lover who pays a heavy price for sneaking out late at night, an extremely deadly death omen, and a series of haunted mansions in a Welsh town. Three eerie tales from Carmarthenshire that featute a "most haunted" fence (!), a rare spectral premonition that was thought to lead to multiple deaths, and a series of haunted mansions in Llanelli. Explore the lore with Mark Rees (Ghosts of Wales) on the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast... if you dare!   BUY MARK REES A COFFEE: If you'd like to support the GHOSTS AND FOLKLORE OF WALES podcast you can treat Mark to a coffee here: Mark Rees on Ko-Fi - thank you/ diolch!  https://ko-fi.com/markrees    What is the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales with Mark Rees podcast? The "Ghosts and Folklore of Wales" podcast explores Welsh ghosts and ghost stories, lore, myths and legends. Launched by author and journalist Mark Rees in early 2020, this weird and wonderful podcast takes a fascinating look at the country's countless curious subjects by combining decades of research from many books and articles with long-lost tales from dusty old tomes. Ranging from "real life" encounters with the uncanny to fantastical adventures from the Mabinogion, new episodes are uploaded every other (Folklore) Thursday and feature everything from pesky poltergeists to fire-breathing dragons and the odd wicked, and not-so-wicked, witch. Along with the regular stories you can also expect the odd special guest, an occasional "live" ghost hunt, and all sorts of crazy ideas. Seasonal specials include the dark folklore and Gothic Halloween (Nos Calan Gaeaf) traditions of old, to everyone's favourite skulled-skulled Christmas visitor, the Mari Lwyd herself. Dare you explore haunted Wales? From the sublime mountains and cascading waterfalls to the bustling cities and a remote farm, think of it as opening the Welsh The X-Files... and some tenuous Ghostbusters links! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a spooky episode, and for more details and to get in touch with Mark Rees, please visit: Mark Rees homepage Mark Rees on social media Books by Mark Rees Ghosts of Wales podcast It's spooky time!

Dr Brian Briggs is a man of two halves; by day he is the Nature Reserve Manager at the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust's Llanelli reserve, but by night he is the lead singer and songwriter for the Glastonbury-playing, Later-with-Jools-Holland-appearing, Silver-record-selling, “Rural existentialist orni-folk-band”, Stornoway. Reforming after a 10 year hiatus for a new tour and a new album, on a walk around the Llanelli reserve, Brian details how being immersed in nature during the pandemic is what has brought the band (like the Lapwing) back from the brink.In this interview of two halves, Brian discusses the dynamism of Wetlands; the return of Grebes, Lapwings and Water Voles; the battles of invasive Mink vs. Kingfisher, and of industrious winter-causeway-crossing hungry Hedgehog vs. beautiful rare lapwing egg. But also, Brian opens up about an awakening, through birdsong, to an appreciation of our Sonic world; about a creative excitement of using Nature both as metaphor and instrument; and, why Stornoway's music ultimately works best outdoors. He also explains, that somehow, despite being a writer of a song about Ash dieback, he isn't even the biggest geek in the band…! Why not become a "Subscription Squirrel" on our Patreon, and help support the production of this podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Scrum V team hit the road to Llanelli to see how the Scarlets are preparing for their European Challenge Cup semi-final against Glasgow on Saturday. Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and former Wales fly half Nicky Robinson speak to Jonathan Davies, head coach Dwayne Peel and the retiring Aaron Shingler as the region targets its first European trophy. They also look back at Wales' defeat to France in the penultimate round of the Women's Six Nations and discuss the controversy surrounding Dai Young and Cardiff.

La victoire de Lens face à Strasbourg (2-1) en ouverture de la 30e journée de Ligue 1, le succès des Bleues contre la Colombie (5-2), Monaco battu par le Partizan Belgrade (88-84) lors de la 33e journée d'Euroligue et la défaite de Clermont à Llanelli (32-30) en quarts de finale de Challenge. Retrouvez toute l'actualité sportive dans votre Flash l'Équipe.

When we started this pod back in 2020, the main aim was to chat nonsense about our favourite Rugby Club. As the years have gone on, we have managed to speak to Gloucester and England legends about their playing days; fans about their memories and plenty of frivolous and unimportant aspects of the game we all love. This special pod is different. Ed speaks to former Wales, Newport, Leeds, Llanelli and Brive player, Alix Popham who in late 2020 announced he was suffering from early onset dementia. A disease caused by the game he played professionally for 14 years. As more and more players have discovered they are in the same boat including several World Cup winners and former superstars, Ed and Alix are joined by Tom Morris, a core member of Progressive Rugby who are a non-profit lobby group aiming to secure a safer future for rugby players and ensure a healthier and sustainable game in general. A massive thanks to both Alix and Tom for their time. Please visit https://www.progressiverugby.com/ and https://headforchange.org.uk/ to learn more and support Alix, in raising money to support this hugely worthwhile cause. Ed Price Alix Popham Tom Morris

Join the lads for one of the best nights of their live theatre tour, earlier this year; Cardiff with Scott Quinnell. The boys are aware they're on Scott's home turf, with the crowd on his side, so fireworks between Hask and SQ are inevitable. Rugby league, Wigan, the Lions, Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards and the dynasty of legendary rugby players that makes up Scott's family are all for discussion. Hask also relives how he almost donned a Wales shirt, Tinds remembers how he once ran out for Llanelli and they both recall the glory days (and embarrassing days) at a hostile Principality Stadium.

From joining the Conservative Party in Wales in the 1980s, winning his first local government election in Llanelli in 1993 to holding some of the highest offices of state in the UK Government in the cabinets of PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, Sir Robert Buckland's political career has spanned some extraordinary political times and subverts a number of stereotypes about Welsh politicians. Sir Robert joins us to discuss this journey, his time as Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Wales and the extraordinarily turbulent times in government post-EU Referendum, during the Covid pandemic, and the extraordinary circumstances of 2022 at the top of government in Westminster. You can follow Robert on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/RobertBuckland And find all the latest from Hiraeth here: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod If you're enjoying the Hiraeth pod, please leave us a rating or review in your podcast app of choice and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting the podcast from just £3/month: www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

For some time there have been discussions about what would happen in the event of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II with regards the role of the Prince of Wales. Would it automatically pass to Prince William? Would he, like Charles before him, participate in an extravagant & controversial Investiture ceremony? How would the modern cultural landscape and civic institutions across the country respond to his appointment? Within a few short weeks, we have seen answers to these questions. We have a new Prince, as confirmed within 24 hours of the accession of King Charles III. The pomp and ceremony have been discarded, the relationship is businesslike and there will be no grand investiture. The new Prince comes into the role a grown man and has his own interests, especially sporting ones that have ruffled more than just the three feathers, as he publicly backed England for the FIFA World Cup 2022 apparently over Wales. So, what future for the role? To discuss we are joined by political commentator Theo Davies-Lewis, who has recently delivered a lecture in Llanelli called 'William, the last Prince of Wales' and Welsh historian Dr Marion Loeffler from Cardiff University. You can find our guests on Twitter here (for now!): Theo: https://twitter.com/TDaviesLewis Marion: https://twitter.com/LoefflerMarion If you're enjoying the Hiraeth pod please consider leaving us a rating and review in your podcast app and, if you are able to, support us from just £3/month on Patreon

Beti George yn sgwrsio gyda Rheolwr Gyfarwyddwr Banc J.P. Morgan ym Mhrydain, John Derrick. Cawn glywed am ei fagwraeth yn Llanelli cyn mynd ati i weithio yn y byd arian yn y ddinas, heb sôn am 3 mlynedd yn gwerthu gwin o gwmpas y byd.

Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales shares his memories on the historic day when Llanelli beat the All Blacks 50 years ago.

On today's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you highlights from David Nucifora's State of the Union address. The IRFU's Performance Director offers insights on the women's contracts situation, the appointment of John McKee, and what next for young players in this country. There's Leinster team news ahead of their trip to Llanelli tomorrow night. Scotland have revealed their hand for their opening autumn test against the Wallabies. There's a possible path to redemption for Worcester. And could Dan Biggar be off to France sooner than expected?

In October 1972, Llanelli rugby club, a semi-professional side made up steel workers, teachers and dockworkers in south Wales, took on the most decorated international side in rugby history – the All Blacks, and won. Former Wales head coach and Llanelli local Gareth Jenkins was just 21 when he played against New Zealand's iconic rugby team. He tells Isaac Sneade how the match unfolded. This is a One Tribe TV production for the BBC World Service. (Photo: Llanelli playing the All Blacks in October 1972. Credit: Andrew Richards)

Wales Women beat Scotland in a nail biting opener. Cardiff edge out the Scarlets in Llanelli but Ospreys and Dragons don't have much to cheer away from home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drummer Speaks On The Rule Of Three#ruleofthree #drummer #progrock #newmusic #iandanter #kissIan Danter, Drummer For World's Longest Running KISS Tribute Band Dressed To Kill, To Release 3rd Solo Album “Rule Of Three” June 3, 2022Acclaimed hard rock songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and UK broadcaster Ian Danter is finally set to bring out his follow up album to 2015's “Second Time Around” with a brand new collection of original rock songs entitled “Rule Of Three”.Recording initially began in July 2019 at the famed Monnow Valley studios in Monmouth, South Wales, with Ian once again playing almost all of the instruments and singing lead vocals as with his first 2 albums.The 2020 pandemic suspended operations for a time but by mid 2021, all recording was finally completed at studios in Blackpool & Llanelli “Rule Of Three” contains several co-writes with Ian's long time friend and former Shotgun Wedding bandmate Gray Ettrick and a number of special guests play guitar solos throughout the album.They include Wayward Sons' Sam Wood and Chris Buck from Buck & Evans/Cardinal Black, as well as Ettrick himself and Ian's guitar cohorts from his theatre rock project “Leather and Lace” in Jon Sudbury and Glenn Quinn. Quinn also contributes a co-write to the album (along with Ian) with the epic “Generation Z”.Ian's long time best friend Keith Laurent also supplies a fun tune in “I've Got A Problem” that dates back to the band he and Ian formed as teenagers back in Birmingham during the mid 1980's.Songs like “One Over The Eight” and “Route Of All Evil” combine Ettrick's punchy riffs with Ian's inventive melodies and lyrics, whilst Ian himself wrote other standout tracks such as “Pick A Side” and the swirling, exquisite ballad “Landscapes”.Website: http://www.iandanter.co.uk/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ian.danterTwitter: https://twitter.com/talkdantsThanks for tuning in, please be sure to click that subscribe button and give this a thumbs up!!Email: thevibesbroadcast@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/listen_to_the_vibes_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevibesbroadcastnetworkLinktree: https://linktr.ee/the_vibes_broadcastTikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeuTVRv2/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheVibesBrdcstTruth: https://truthsocial.com/@KoyoteAnd Now!!! The Bandmates' club, Supporters of the channel: Matthew Arrowood Host of The ONLY Brocast podcast:https://youtube.com/channel/UCsfv1wWu3oUg42I2nOtnMTADon Hahn of In the Margins: https://www.youtube.com/c/InTheMarginsBukas Siguro: https://www.youtube.com/c/BukasS%C4%ABgur%C3%B8Will Scoville of Ranch Rehab DIY: https://www.youtube.com/c/RanchRehabDrew Lee Nicholas of DN-TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8TVqL9mn6NzPkXOLOZSX-A

La casi totalidad de los coches actuales, con excepción quizás de los TT, no llevan rueda de repuesto… ¡y la echamos de menos! Lo creas o no, hay mucho que contar sobre la rueda de repuesto, desde su invención hasta su desaparición… La culpa es de John Boyd Dunlop. ¡Toda la culpa es de Dunlop! Ahora si dices Dunlop todo el mundo piensa en una marca de #neumáticos, pero Dunlop era un señor al que, perdonarme la franqueza, le dolía el culo de ir con su bici por las bacheadas carreteras de Belfast. Y en 1887 inventó las ruedas con cámara de aire. El mundo fue mejor y la vida de los automovilistas, motoristas y sobre todo el trasero de los ciclistas agradecieron y seguimos agradeciendo al señor Dunlop su invento. Pero la perfección no es de este mundo y el invento tenía una pega: ¡Los pinchazos! ¿Las herraduras dan suerte? Sí, eso se dice, que las herraduras traen suerte. Pero desde luego eso no es lo que opinaban los automovilistas de finales de Siglo XIX y primeros del XX, donde compartían los caminos con los caballos y carretas tiradas por caballos. Y toda esa cantidad de caballos, llevaban herraduras, que se sujetan al casco con clavos… Tras Dunlop, Michelin. Pasa lo mismo que con Dunlop, si te hablo de Michelin piensas en la marca de neumáticos, pero era dos hermanos, André y Édouard que heredaron un taller de bicicletas en la localidad francesa de Clermont-Ferrand. Viendo el “curro” que tenía cambiar una cámara de bici pincha inventaron una rueda que, según sus propias palabras “pudiese cambiar cualquiera con facilidad” e inventaron los neumáticos con cámara tal y como los conocemos. Y el éxito fue total. Todo es mejorable: “Stepney". Pero con neumáticos desmontables o sin ello, el proceso siempre consumía mucho tiempo. Así que para simplificar en 1904 a Walter y Tom Davies de Llanelli se les ocurrió una idea sencilla, pero tremendamente eficaz: Llevar una o más ruedas de repuesto. Siempre sería más fácil cambiar quitar unos tornillos y cambiar la rueda completa que tener que repararla. Con su sistema cambiabas una rueda por otra y luego la pinchada la llevabas al taller, donde gente experta y con maquinaria adecuada la reparaba sin dificultad. Su empresa, Stepney IronMongers tuvo tal éxito que hoy día, más de 100 años después, en muchos países angloparlantes a la rueda de repuesta se la sigue llamando, "stepney". Y durante más de un siglo los coches llevaban rueda de repuesto y herramienta, básicamente un gato y un par de llaves, para cambiarla rápidamente y sobre la marcha. Primero iba fuera, pero con la llegada de las carrocerías autoportantes y la preocupación por la aerodinámica, pasaron a estar dentro… y este fue el principio del fin. Porque las ruedas de los coches cada vez eran más grandes, sobre todo de anchura, e incluso en ciertos coches no eran iguales delante que detrás. ¡Dame una galleta! Al principio las ruedas de repuesto eran como las otras cuatro, pero con la popularización de las llantas de aleación pasaron a ser del igual tamaño, pero llanta de chapa. Pero los coches tenían cada vez ruedas más y más grandes y encontrarlas alojamiento en el interior era cada vez más difícil. Y a alguna mente privilegiada se le ocurrió hacer unas ruedas de repuesto que llamaron de emergencia, pero que todo el mundo conoce como ruedas de galleta. Las ruedas tipo galleta se extendieron rápidamente, porque tenían la ventaja de ser baratas y ocupar poco espacio y total, para salir del lío te valían. Y llegan los kit y los “Runflat”. Y a otra mente privilegiada se le ocurrió que hay una forma de ocupar aún menos espacio que una rueda de galleta: ¡No llevar rueda de repuesto! A cambio te dan un kit reparador de pinchazos. Al llegar a este punto la respuesta está clara, ¿has intentado arreglar una rueda pinchada con estos kits? Yo sí, varias veces y la verdad es que si el pinchazo es pequeño, no resulta difícil y sales del apuro, pero si es un corte… pues no tiene arreglo. Y luego están las ruedas Runflat, que en contra de lo que se dice por ahí no son ruedas que no pinchan, sino que permiten circular con ellas pinchadas. Su funcionamiento es muy sencillo, llevan una estructura interna en la que se apoya la banda de rodadura cuando el neumático no tiene aire. A mí no me convencen, porque el comportamiento del coche no es bueno, las ruedas pesan un montón y son muy caras. Aunque, justo es reconocer, que se está mejorando en este sentido. Pero, sinceramente, yo echo de menos la tranquilidad que me daba la rueda de repuesto. Coche del día. Hablando de ruedas de repuesto he elegido el Land Rover Santana que llevé en la mili allá por finales de los ‘70 y primeros ‘80. ¿Por qué? Porque hice mucho el cabra con él, pero ver la rueda de repuesto sobre el capó me daba confianza y estéticamente, me encantaba. A veces llevaban otra más en el portón trasero.

MARK ELLIS chats to Paul Burke about the latest Frank Merlin mystery DEAD IN THE WATER, wartime London, the American army in the UK, what makes good historical writing and the richest man in the world at the time Calouste Gulbenkian.DEAD IN THE WATER: Summer, 1942. The Second World War rages on but Britain now faces the Nazi threat with America at its side.In a bombed-out London swarming with gangsters and spies, DCI Frank Merlin continues his battle against rampant wartime crime. A mangled body is found in the Thames just as some items of priceless art go mysteriously missing. What sinister connection links the two?Merlin and his team follow a twisting trail of secrets and lies as they investigate a baffling and deadly puzzle .MARK ELLIS is a thriller writer from Swansea and a former barrister and entrepreneur. Mark grew up under the shadow of his parents' experience of the Second World War. His father served in the wartime navy and died a young man. His mother told him stories of watching the heavy bombardment of Swansea from the safe vantage point of a hill in Llanelli, and of attending tea dances in wartime London under the bombs and doodlebugs.In consequence, Mark has always been fascinated by World War II and, in particular, the Home Front and the fact that while the nation was engaged in a heroic endeavour, crime flourished. Murder, robbery, theft and rape were rife. Mark is author of the DCI Frank Merlin series, Mark is also a member of the Crime Writer's Association and Crime Cymru.Recommendations:Nigh and the City - Gerald Kersh. Film by Jules DassinA Place of Greater Safety - Hilary MantelThe Accursed Kings - Maurice DruonMy Friend Maigret - Georges Simenon(mentioned Citizens - Simon SchamaHereward the Wake - Charles Kingsley)Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .

Chris Jones is joined by Gareth Rhys Owen and special guests to pay tribute to Wales and Lions legend Phil Bennett. Jonathan Davies reveals how Bennett got his career off the ground and why he was such an inspiration to so many Welsh youngsters. Scarlets hooker Ken Owens also pays tribute, and you'll hear an archive interview with Bennett on why a game with Llanelli was the pick of his illustrious career. And former BBC commentator and Scotland fly-half Ian Robertson shares his memories of facing Bennett on the rugby pitch.

WRP 109 - Seconds out..........round 3. On this week's episode World Cup winner Rachael Burford & Johnnie Hammond are joined by Red Roses star Poppy Cleall & the Welsh match winner, Ffion Lewis. Last year's player of the tournament, talks about some of the areas that England were pleased with against Italy in Parma but also those items that were on the whiteboard on Monday morning to work on. The Saracen chats about the special group of players that The Red Roses possess at the moment & how they continue to raise the bar to stay as the number 1 side in the world. As well as discussing the threats Wales will bring to the match on Saturday and how keen the squad are to be back playing at home. The conversation also drifts away to dogs & jumpers, more specifically dogs on jumpers!!!!Ffion Lewis came off the Welsh bench last weekend against Scotland & scored a 75th minute try to win the game & take Wales two from two. The Llanelli girl speaks of the incredible start her side has made to the 6 Nations & what she puts it down to; she re-lives that try & the performance of Wales. The scrum half looks forward to the England game in round 3 at Kingsholm; where exactly Wales need to be on point & are there are weaknesses in the Red Roses side. But most importantly Ffion speaks with great affection about the farm animals being named after her!!!! Burf & Johnnie speak in length about the other results from round 2, with France victorious again. They also throw it forward to the fixtures this week giving their thoughts & analysis, plus their predictions as well as bringing you all the latest news from around the world.#WRP @podwomensrugby Coming soon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beti George yn sgwrsio gyda Theo Davies-Lewis y sylwebydd gwleidyddol am ei fagwraeth yn Llanelli, ei gyfnod yn Coleg Llanymddyfri, a Phrifysgol Rhydychen. Yn 24 mlwydd oed mae'n ysgrifennu colofnau i'r cylchgrawn The Spectator ac yn cyfrannu i'r Times ac fe yw prif sylwebydd gwleidyddol y National Wales. Mae'n rhannu profiadau ac yn dewis darnau o gerddoriaeth sydd yn agos at ei galon.

August 18th, 2019 - Retired bin loader Clive Collins (78, Llanelli) tells the story of his time as one of Wales' most popular entertainers, and the newspaper that changed his life. Title introduction by Cliff Cumber. Music written and performed by John Tucker.