Talbennyhall’s Weblog

Broadly speaking I’ve joined the band! Get it? We’re now on broadband. Is that how you say it?  Whatever, it isn’t easy getting banded, unless you have young kids, or a nerd for a friend! Luckily I fall into the latter category. What if you have neither, and no interpreters to explain the language: modems, ethernet port, USB and ADSL cables, uninstall! what’s that all about? But, when it’s all done and you are banded, you sit in front of the computer and, it doesn’t work! Enter the nerd!  ‘Yes well we’ll have to tweek the urforator so that the wadge-wobbler recognises the frinch scringer and it will be OK as long as you off-loaded your magno browser and paid the bill’  Sorted, so now which bit of me needs to be enormous, and since when did I know all these ladies from eastern Europe and how come it’s that easy to get rich, when everyone else is suffering from the credit crunch?  Tell me what’s going to happen when money is obsolete and all my transactions are carried out by my computer? I’ll be destitute, miserable and starve to death slowly, unless of course I’m still friends with my nerd!

Saturday 3rd May - pouring with rain, hold on it’s stopped! what’s that? can’t be , it’s the sun. Hey that party on the beach this afternoon may be on!  Best play safe and take extra jumpers, waterproofs etc you never know.  Kids in the sea, everyone down to tee-shirts, too many sherbets, stagger off the beach at sunset ( 8 o’clockish) call in at the Swan for a celebratory, one for the road, never to be repeated drink. My girls were in the World Gig racing championships at the Scillies and came 9th out of 100 boats after all!  And then it was Sunday, and the sun is still shining, it must be Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

25th April 1983. No, that’s obviously not today’s date, but for me it was a very important day. It’s the day that I married Daphne! What a very special, enlightening, illuminating, and definitive day it was too……for Daphne!! For me it meant that I was no longer in charge of my own washing, cooking, drinking, holidays and bank account. With what result? Cleaner and better pressed clothes, wonderful meals, wine on the table, whisky in the glass, overseas holidays, and for the first time in my life, a well managed bank account. Oh yes and a beautiful wife to love and cherish. So believe me when I say ‘every cloud has a silver lining’
A very happy Silver Wedding Anniversary Daf, and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!1

This has got to be the coldest April since the last Ice Age! What could be better than a nice cup of instant coffee to warm you up? Anything else at all! Instant coffee in this country has no more resemblance to coffee than a cup of Bovril. In Spain, Portugal, Greece, and elsewhere in Europe, order a cup of Nescafe and you get a cup of coffee! (and a glass of water) So why not here, are our taste buds so unsophisticated that we don’t know the difference? Give us a break give us a KitKat.

Mind you you will get a good cup of coffee in the cafe in Little Haven, but it won’t be instant!!!!!!

I love Pembrokeshire, especially Talbenny/Little Haven, and even more especially out of season.  Well we have just returned from totally out of season Lesbos! This is Greece personified; no tourists (except us) wonderful people (including us) everybody so relaxed (including us) fabulous food (just for us?) Trust me it was the best holiday Daphne and I have ever had and with the best family anybody could wish for.

If you can’t make Lesbos, come and see us in or out of season; not too busy, lovely people, very relaxing, and good food available in the village.

Six Nations tournament is over, it’s cold again, got a bad back, a lingering cold (or is it man flu?) OK the cottages are busy (it’s Easter!) but what about us, what will cheer us up?  Well the Torch theatre in Milford last night was a good start; ‘The Hired Man’  Excellent production. We have some of the cast staying in the cottages don’t you know!  Next, well, out for a meal tonight, tomorrow, out for lunch in the Swan with friends.  Monday, family arrive to look after Talbenny cottages and the ‘All.  Why?  Cos we’re off to Lesbos to celebrate our Silver Wedding with our girls and their partners.  Boring old life isn’t it?

It’s still only the day after and it’s nearly midnight, and the sun is still shining here in Talbenny and all over Wales, and it’s all something to do with rugby, and I think I’ll go to bed now!!

Wales 29 Froggies not enough, but good effort.

Oh yes I think this is the day after - Sunday 16th March. Shall I have another little drinkypoo to celebrate? Yes why not it doesn’t happen every year, or does it?

Ireland 12 WALES 16

I know what to do now!

How to spend these last minutes before the game? glass of beer, some extra strong mints, read the paper, clean the car(s), get the coal and logs in, kick the cat (we haven’t got one!) write a blog!! Yes.

Best get our brollies out, watch out for above, the Canada geese have arrived!  It’s a bit cold but dafs are definitely out?

That’s taken 10 minutes, next blog; the score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!