STREET ART – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

A very large facility box in the corner of Sophia Gardens has previously been ‘decorated’ many times including this by Duel and others – but walking past and glancing into the area – something caught my attention. A quick detour into Sophia Gardens (well the path that run alongside what is now a glorified carpark) […]

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BGT- Egg throwing on the final of Britains Got Talent

It’s Saturday night and the biggest talent show of the year on British TV. Cue the music, cue the acts, cue the eggs! Whilst North Wales opera act ‘Richard and Adam‘ sang on stage and headed towards the final verse of their performance, the doors behind them opened and a choir joined in the singing. […]

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STREET ART – See No Evil in Bristol

As a rather large City in close proximity to Cardiff I have visited the City of Bristol on many occasions but have never discovered the true delights of the street art on display…until now! Having previously visited the amazing work in Stokes Croft and over in Bedminster with the Upfest – I was surprised to […]

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PHOTOS – Workmen dangle from Millennium Stadium

Don’t be alarmed if you spot some men mooching about on top of the Millennium Stadium – they are currently carrying out some routine maintenance on the huge structure. Two workmen have been climbing up the 90 metre masts (nearly 300ft!) for a few weeks now clearing off areas of rust and erosion and generally […]

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STREET ART – Birdseed in Manchester

A rapid walk through Manchester and an attempt to get quickly from Media City UK to Piccadilly resulted in getting four different trams, getting the last train back to Cardiff and getting home at 2am. (boy did I sleep that night!) Having not visited Manchester in recent years it was amazing to see how much […]

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PICTURE ROUND – Conway quiz week 20

Each week at The Conway public house (its not a gastro pub) the Sunday night quiz takes place complete with a picture round. Here are the faces from the picture round for 12th may, 2013. Click on the image to open up in Flickr and view full size. Mark Lester Donna Air Bradley Wiggins Franes […]

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CARDIFF CITY – Promotion Parade Video

After winning promotion to the Premier League as champions of the Npower Championship, Cardiff City in conjunction with Cardiff Council held a day of events across the City to celebrate their promotion. Here’s a few snippets all glued together from what was an amazing day with an electric atmosphere throughout. Watch it full screen and […]

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CARDIFF CITY – Promotion Parade

After winning promotion to the Premier League as champions of the Npower Championship, Cardiff City in conjunction with Cardiff Council held a day of events across the City to celebrate their promotion. Here’s a few snippets all glued together from what was an amazing day with an electric atmosphere throughout. Watch it full screen and […]

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CCFC – Cardiff City songs

Now that Cardiff City FC have finally made it back to the top flight of British football and their first visit to the ‘Premier League’ it was surely time to release a record celebrating this amazing triumph! In conjunction with Giovanni’s restaurant and a host of well known people and Cardiff City supporters they have […]

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STREET ART – Lembo hits Riverside

After many of Lembo’s colourful pussy cats popped up around Roath, Cathays and even one near Radyr – they have now taken a well deserved trip to the western side of Cardiff and brightened up the Riverside area of the city. A boring green facility box located next to the old Wells public house has […]

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HUMOUR – Holly Willoughby says a rude word on This Morning!

Daytime tv show This Morning always begins with a run down of what is on offer during the two and half hour show. Presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield ran through today’s offering but for some reason Holly had a bit of trouble with a certain word… click play to find out what Holly said! […]

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CARDIFF CITY – That promotion speech

Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan gave a speech after Cardiff City were presented with the Championship trophy at their home game against Bolton on Saturday. The speech talked about symbols, Bluebirds, Dragons and the rebrand but one of the most funniest things was mis-hearing one of his lines! Have a listen to the clip below […]

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PICTURE ROUND – Conway quiz week 18

Each week at The Conway public house (its not a gastro pub) the Sunday night quiz takes place complete with a picture round. Here are the faces from the picture round for 28th April, 2013. Click on the image to open up in Flickr and view full size. Stevie Wonder Sarah Harding Christian Bale Suranne […]

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BIKE RIDE – For Robbie Powell

On a sunny Saturday 20th April 2013 – there was a ‘Ride Out’ in memory of Robbie Powell who died on the 17th April 1990, aged 10, of gross medical negligence. The ride out started from The Big Bike Shop in Aberaman and headed to the National Assembly for Wales where it was hoped to […]

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BOATRACE – Cardiff v Swansea

The eighth Welsh Varsity Boat Race, between Swansea University and Cardiff University Rowing Clubs, took place on the River Taff in Cardiff over the weekend.

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