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Impressions of Wales
Impressions of Wales | Martin Knowlden
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Impressions of Wales | Martin Knowlden
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The month of March is Dewithon, a readathon where we‘re all invited to read Welsh literature.

#dewithon22
#dewithon

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Andrew65
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Peterstone Wentlooge, Lighthouse Park and Goldcliff. #VirtualTour

How was Wednesday?

#DailyCheckIn

CocoReads Last day off but I‘m only working tomorrow and Friday before having the weekend off. Yay for PTO! Today I didn‘t leave the house. Did some reading, did some (very little) cleaning and organizing but had a very relaxed day. 4y
Birdsong28 It has been a really good day as I found out that everyone will be getting a bonus in next month's pay to say thank you for all our hard work over the last few months and it is a good bonus as well. So I won't get till September but it will be something to look forward to. 😊📚📖 4y
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Andrew65 @CocoReads Relaxed days are always good, good luck for the next couple of days. 4y
Andrew65 @Birdsong28 That‘s great to hear. 😊 4y
TrishB I didn‘t have any online meetings today 😁😁 for the first time I think since March 17! I did spend most of the day arguing via email with a philosophy academic and their interpretation of the assessment regs. 4y
TrishB @Birdsong28 that‘s good news 👍🏻 we all got two extra days leave as a thank you! 4y
Andrew65 @TrishB Emails take up so much during the day. Good news about leave. 4y
Birdsong28 @TrishB Thanks. Yours is still good. 😁 📚 📖 4y
Lynnsoprano Busy! Recording a song takes so much more time than singing it live! 4y
Andrew65 @Lynnsoprano Sounds interesting. 4y
TheBookHippie Such lovely pictures. My migraines have returned ... from stress 🤣 I love when you get asked if you‘re under any stress ...isn‘t everyone right now ? I love the try to avoid it so as not to trigger them 🤣🤣🤣. Some sleep at good meds I‘ll be back at it. 4y
gradcat @Lynnsoprano Just what Are you up to? I didn‘t know that you‘re a singer...anywhere that I could go to have a listen? 🎤 ♥️ 4y
gradcat @TheBookHippie So sorry that your migraines have made a comeback, though I‘m not too surprised—crazy world + crazy weather—I hope you aren‘t in too much pain, my buddy...♥️ 4y
gradcat @CocoReads & @Birdsong28 Good, good, good for both of you!! A weekend off is pure luxury for you, Colleen, and extra money is fabulous, Victoria! Well done, you two!! 😂🤣♥️ 4y
gradcat @TrishB Have I never warned you about arguing with philosophers? You simply can never win...but if by some chance you do, you really must tell me your secret...😂🤣😂🤣♥️ 4y
gradcat @Andrew65 Are some of these photos ones that you have taken? You are on still on your trip, right? Everything going well? Miss you guys, #NordicNoir ♥️♥️♥️ 4y
TrishB @gradcat we had actually agreed by the 3rd email, but he wanted to debate why the wording was ambiguous and could be misinterpreted. After about 15 emails I just stopped replying, realising he was enjoying the debate and I was just getting angry and frustrated!! (edited) 4y
TheBookHippie @gradcat Exacly -the weather, stress, not sleeping well. It‘s a bit better today hoping it is manageable today. 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Problem with stress is it is a sneaky little B! Sometimes it is evident you are under stress, other times it sneaks up on you and you‘ve got all the symptoms and not even realised you‘ve been stressed. My IBS is giving me great problems at the moment. Almost impossible to conquer stress, tried for years. Every Summer when school finished after about 4-5 days the symptoms kick in! It knows when you relax (edited) 4y
Andrew65 @gradcat Today‘s are all internet ones. We are still trying to relax in Scotland. Although Motorhome we rest it more like a holiday home, will spend all the holiday at the one place exactly like a holiday home. Hope you are feeling better. 🥰 (edited) 4y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 I definitely crashed 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ I like definite solutions 🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬 there isn‘t going to be one and all the infighting over COVID caught up to me wiped me out a bit. My daughters IBS currently bad as well it was fine until last week. Sneaky little thing stress. I need to do better . Don‘t we all 🤷🏽‍♀️ 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Me too, but hard to do better with stress as symptoms cause stress of their own. Like a vicious circle! 4y
Lynnsoprano @gradcat I don‘t sing much anymore, except when I‘m teaching or at church. Since our services are on zoom now, I have to record whatever I‘m doing. Usually I just email the recordings, but this week‘s file was too big. So it‘s on YouTube. If you search The Prayer - Lynn Pernezny you should find it, if you‘re a glutton for punishment. I‘m not happy with it, but hubby said it was fine and he was tired of holding the phone 😂 4y
gradcat @TrishB Why do I have absolutely no trouble believing that he would enjoy the argument? 🤔😂 4y
gradcat @Lynnsoprano Awww! I thought it was beautiful, and such a lovely song, too. Bravo! But, it appears you have an injured finger? I hope it‘s not too bad! ♥️♥️♥️ 4y
Lynnsoprano @gradcat You are so sweet 😘😘I had a kitchen accident and cut part of my nail off, and it wouldn‘t stop bleeding. Hence, the huge dressing. I have now graduated to a bandaid. 4y
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Rhode and Porthkerry today. #VirtualTour

How has Friday been?

#DailyCheckIn

BookwormM Well after the excitement of yesterday today has been a bummer the viewer withdrew their offer apparently the garden shrank overnight as today it‘s too small 🤣🤣 and my terminally ill aunt has been given 2 weeks to live 😭😭I can‘t visit as I am shielding from Covid until 1st August when miraculously it will be safe for me to go out immune suppressors or not . Crazy world, crazy times. 4y
Andrew65 @BookwormM Oh no, what a day. Sending a virtual hug and all my love and best wishes. 🥰 4y
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TheBookHippie School has made decisions. You can decide to send your child with mask or keep kids home for virtual learning. That‘s the short story. (edited) 4y
vlwelser Where do you get all these pictures? 4y
BookwormM Thanks Andrew I am philosophical about it all no point getting stressed about the house and my aunt has been in so much pain it sounds horrible to say it but at least she will soon be pain free. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Today's stop looks to have some places to explore. Today was a little less hot thanks to some rain so the pup and I took a nearly 90 minute walk exploring the extended neighborhood. Work is mostly paperwork so, quiet but manageable. Baseball is BACK! I never have the TV on midday but for Mets opening day I've made an exception. @BookwormM I am so sorry about your aunt. I hope you get a chance to visit. The shrinking garden made me laugh! 😆 4y
Tove_Reads Volunteered at a beer festival and then I drank free beers the whole night. Now I‘m at home with a hyper dog who thinks I need to play with him. I only want to read, but I guess that‘ll have to wait for tomorrow... 4y
CocoReads Less hot and humid here and I was off work so it‘s been pretty relaxing. I‘m having trouble with my right eye again but a warm compress has helped a lot but I‘m going to see if I can get in to the eye dr next week when I‘m off just to make sure there‘s nothing seriously wrong with it. I work this weekend and then 3 glorious days off! 4y
BookwormM @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick we didn‘t even have rain last night 🤣🤣thank you for your kind words and enjoy your baseball 4y
TheSpineView Not much going here today. It was cloudy most of the day and about 2:30pm it decided to start raining and still is an hour later. A nice change for the heat and humidity. Though the humid is still around. 4y
CocoReads @BookwormM I‘m so sorry about your aunt. Hugs for you. I‘m giggling sbit about your shrinking garden though. @TheBookHippie our district has decided to start with elearning and then go from there. 4y
BookwormM @CocoReads thanks. Yes I can see the funny side of the garden 🤣🤣 4y
TheBookHippie @CocoReads I will be shocked if they actually wear masks. Even though the governor mandated it. 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie That was the England position during June or July (but without masks) but from 1st September attendance compulsory and all children attending all the time. 4y
Andrew65 @vlwelser Most of them from internet searches of the places. 4y
CocoReads @TheBookHippie yes, Indiana‘s mask mandate goes into effect on Monday but if the people weren‘t masking before, they still aren‘t going to. I‘m a firm mask-er but because there‘s a whole lotta stupid out there, I don‘t see this ever going away. 😬😬 4y
Andrew65 @BookwormM That‘s the way to look at things. In my thoughts and prayers. 4y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 this is for September - January 4y
Andrew65 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It was a good day once the cricket started fir me even without the atmosphere provided by a crowd. That sounds a good long walk. 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Surprising they are not wanting all children back before then. (edited) 4y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That sounds interesting and productive. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Andrew, they just presented "your 2020 New York Mets" to silence. Couldn't they pump in some music or crowd noises?! ??? 4y
Andrew65 @CocoReads Sending positive thoughts for your eye. 🤞 But best to get it checked out. 4y
Andrew65 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Yes I think they need to do a better job in providing the atmosphere, would be easy to do. 4y
Andrew65 @TheSpineView We‘d had a nice sunny day today and was gorgeous views of the sea and islands in the sun. Unfortunately clouded over now. 4y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 Too many ppl pulled their kids so this way they can count the students as students since money to schools goes by student count 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Be interesting to see how many of ours return. Government say will be fining for non attendance. 4y
IamIamIam @BookwormM Hugs to you and your family!! It's such a rough time to have ill relatives, for both them and you. 4y
IamIamIam @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Let's go Mets!!! Did you see that rainout in Washington last night?! Lol, it hit Long Island about 3am last night! 4y
IamIamIam @Tove_Reads That sounds like the most noble volunteer work I've ever heard! 😂🍻 4y
IamIamIam @CocoReads Oh no!!! Hope you feel better and it passes quickly! 4y
IamIamIam Thanks again for the wonderful photos, @andrew65! Traveling without moving is just what we need now! My son and I have gotten lost in Animal Crossing, which isn't awful... lol, we're at drum lessons now, trying to resume a bit of normalcy while reading the decidedly abnormal 4y
TheBookHippie Forgot to say stunning pictures. 4y
Andrew65 @IamIamIam Yes tough reading material that book. We all need some form of normalcy at this time. 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Thanks 🥰 4y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 I do look forward to them everyday and then say nothing 🤣🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😬 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie I‘m just glad people enjoy them. 4y
Velvetfur These pics are fantastic today Andrew, lots of history there! Thank you 🙂 I had a nice long walk today to go and post some stuff, it was lovely weather....to begin with...! 4y
Velvetfur @BookwormM sorry to hear about your aunt, lots of love and hugs to you xxx 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @IamIamIam I didn't see the footage but heard they had to call the game. I'm not surprised since it was putting a couple times over here with more this morning. Another Mets opening day win! 4y
tracey38 Been a rough week and I'm exhausted so haven't been online much. TGIF though. @BookwormM I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. ❤❤❤ My aunt was given 1 to 3 months and that was right about 3 months ago. We know when she passes she will be out of bbn pain, but it's hard on the rest of us. Thinking about you! 4y
Andrew65 @Velvetfur Yes and greyer today. 4y
Andrew65 @tracey38 Such tough times for you at the moment, hang in there 🥰 4y
BookwormM @IamIamIam thank you 4y
BookwormM @Velvetfur thank you 4y
BookwormM @tracey38 my thoughts are with you how next week is easier on you 4y
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A bit late tonight as we tried to take in shopping in the Motorhome, cleaning up afterwards and cleaning the shopping. Not easy!

The #VirtualTour takes in Southerndown and Monknash.

How has Tuesday treated you?

#DailyCheckIn

kezzlou85 Finished schooling which I'm quite glad about. Found out my eldest got lots of mentions in her school newsletter for her work. So been a good one. 4y
CocoReads Not bad. Busy-ish day at work and I have just under 2 hours to go. It‘s a quick turnaround night for me though so I‘ll be back in less than 12. Local school district has changed plans to start the school year with elearning, which I think is the right choice but they‘re planning on slowly transitioning kids back into the buildings after about 3 weeks. That‘s not long enough but my kids are grown so I don‘t really have a say. 4y
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Birdsong28 Love the photos. Hope you having a good time in your motor home 📚📖 4y
TheSpineView Good day at the office. Busier today. Got in a little exercise before I start dinner. Then will start a new book tonight. 4y
Andrew65 @kezzlou85 That‘s great 👏👏👏 4y
Andrew65 @CocoReads We have all children back full time from 2nd September in England. 4y
Andrew65 @Birdsong28 Yes, nice to have no decisions to make more crucial than what I want to have for tea or what book to read! 4y
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Sounds great! 4y
Itchyfeetreader Oh enjoy your trip you deserve it! 4y
TheBookHippie Enjoy your rest!!!! I am catching up on reading and letters and dishes 🤣✌🏻 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Today was pretty much like yesterday - work, laundry, shot walks due to the heat - so I can't complain. I hope your trip was relaxing. 4y
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Today we continued on our journey through Wales getting closer to Swansea, visiting Llanmadoc and Llangennith. #VirtualTour

How has the beginning of the week been for you?

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Birdsong28 Lovely pictures just makes me want to go. 📚📖 4y
Andrew65 @Birdsong28 Most definitely! And we can actually go into Wales from today I believe. 4y
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TheBookHippie Ack I need to travel.... 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Hoping in a couple of weeks I might get a chance and will be much needed. 4y
TrishB Bogged down in work stuff. Worked all day yesterday and 7-7 today. Tired and not yet done. Exam Board week. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick More of beautiful Wales 😍❤ Fairly quiet work day with just some routine calls and paperwork. About another hour or so of work before I can call it quits for the day. Going to meet up with my mom & uncle at his house for a while just to visit. Neither are chatty on the phone so seeing them in person will be good. Dad might be around if he's not working at my brother's house. @Andrew65 How is the arm feeling today? Better I hope. 4y
CocoReads Relatively quiet today at work which was nice but it also went by pretty fast. Getting ready to leave now and hit the store on my way home. This is my week of alternating early and late shifts so I don‘t have to be back until later tomorrow. 4y
TheBookHippie Also no teachers have been asked or informed yet about the school year 😳😳😳 4y
BookwormM Busy have my part timer back Monday and Tuesday which took some pressure off today but still hectic 4y
Andrew65 @TrishB Lockdown certainly hasn‘t made our jobs any easier! Do try to make sure you get some rest. 😊 I putting far more hours in than ever with no breaks for over 4 months. (edited) 4y
Andrew65 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Enjoy your visits, arm is better but still giving me niggly pain. One more day of antibiotics left so fingers crossed. Thanks for asking. 🥰 4y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie When does your school year start. We need to make some decisions tomorrow about the new school year in September. Guidance worse than useless only says they want all children back in September. LA meeting today and I seemed to be far more cautious than others. (edited) 4y
Andrew65 @BookwormM That sounds like positive progress, hopefully things will start to improve. 4y
Andrew65 @CocoReads Must be hard alternating start times. 4y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 September first !! 4y
TrishB Feeling very overwhelmed at the moment! Have final exam boards this week, results out next week, progression boards next week, results the week after. Have to advise on new regs, write resit guidance and draft something to respond to office for students expectations for communicating changes to students coming next year. It‘s my appraisal next wk, ironic that I haven‘t had time to fill in the paperwork. 4y
GHABI4ROSES @TrishB I totally relate to that Irony❣️ 4y
Andrew65 @TrishB That‘s a crazy time to have your appraisal, can that not be changed? Every week so intense at the moment with unrealistic timelines. You have my full sympathy. Take care of yourself. 💖 (edited) 4y
TrishB @GHABI4ROSES exactly ♥️ 4y
TrishB @Andrew65 if I change mine I then have to change my whole dept., as everyone‘s are done hierarchically. There is no good time ☹️ you know what it‘s like, sometimes it feels like there is no end in sight. 4y
Andrew65 @TrishB Can totally sympathise. 🥰 (edited) 4y
TheSpineView Normal Monday. Busy, so the day has gone fast. Grateful that family is all well and we are managing despite all the bad in the world. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve been busy with #LitsyLove and watching the news to find out Kanye West is running for President... I‘m definitely having a nightmare! Someone wake me up!! Seriously this year is one for the record books!! 😱 4y
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Last time Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, this time Donald Trump and Kanye West 😳 4y
tracey38 I am sending out lots of hugs and love to everyone because we have all been going, and still are going, through very difficult times 4y
tracey38 Oops, hit send too quickly! I am still sending up prayers that things will start calming down soon. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I saw that today, too, about Kanye, but then I also saw that he hasn't even filed paperwork so fingers crossed that this is some gimmick. I just don't know what the world is coming to. 4y
tracey38 I had an ok day. Work went fairly well. Mondays are our slow days and they just get busier as the week goes on. But I got to leave early. I had a telephone appointment this afternoon with my PCP, but left an hour earlier, which was scheduled time off, because I just needed the break. ❤ to all! 4y
IamIamIam Love these gorgeous coastlines!!! I feel like I'm just repeating myself but they're so beautiful! Had to take my son for new sneakers today because the old ones are a size & a half too small!! 😬 We waited an hour to get in the store, only to find out that the shoes were different sizes once I got home. 🤦‍♀️ Back in the car for another trip... stick a fork in me!!! 🤣 Love to everyone today!!! 4y
kezzlou85 Typical Monday nobody wants to do schooling but we got there in the end. Music lessons always help. Otherwise an okay day. 4y
CocoReads @TheBookHippie the school year here in the Bend starts Aug 11 (or thereabouts-we always start way earlier than MI) 4y
CocoReads @Andrew65 I‘ve never had to alternate for a full week before so we‘ll see how it goes. I almost always do a close and then open once a week so I imagine it‘ll be fine but slightly more exhausting. 4y
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Today we‘ve moved from Cardigan to the Abbey at Saint Dogmaels and then on to Poppit.

How was the end of the weekend for you? We relaxed this morning with some reading, them a late afternoon drive to the coast (after the crowds) and now sat looking out to sea from the car.

#DailyCheckIn

BookwormM Another day in the garden reading we have been lucky with the weather but I would like some overnight rain to give everything a watering 5y
TrishB Sounds like a relaxing day 😁 5y
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kezzlou85 Glad you were able to relax today. Been a chilled out day bar the pounding headache that hit earlier. 5y
TheBookHippie Busy ...towns around us set on fire not by our protesters- who were peaceful and back home before out of state people came and looted and burned ... my town is threatened tonight. Word just went out to please stay home and shelter in place. So yah ...otherwise I just keep painting things. And keeping track of all loved ones and the kids I mentor. 5y
CocoReads Relaxing pictures. I spent most of last night up with a migraine so I haven‘t done much of anything today. Some light reading, a bit of tidying, a nap. 🤞 I get through the upcoming week with a minimum of headaches. 5y
tracey38 Another relaxing day. Other than doing laundry, got a good amount of the way into a new book I started yesterday, a few more Litsy cards written. Trying not to think of the work week ahead. 5y
Geenee Nice 💛 5y
Velvetfur Oohh sounds you had a lovely day Andrew! I'm happy for you 😊 I had a productive day - going through ring binders full of old documents, sorting through each one, shredding loads, putting others in recycling along with the shredding... Achievement day! The heat got to my chest a little bit again but I went out in the yard for some air and was fine 🙂 5y
eanderson Lovely castle ruins pictures! I love it! 5y
Andrew65 @BookwormM Yea I think the plants need a good drink! An amazing period of sunny weather! 5y
Andrew65 @TrishB Thought I best do that before I take on what is going to be a very busy week. 5y
Andrew65 @kezzlou85 Sorry to hear about the headache, hopefully it settled down quickly. 5y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie That all sounds terrible, stay safe. 🥰 5y
Andrew65 @CocoReads hopefully tonight is better for you. 🤞 that you get no more migraines. 5y
Andrew65 @tracey38 I can relate to that too. Pleased you had a relaxing day. Sending positive thoughts about next week. 5y
Andrew65 @Velvetfur Well done a great achievement, but sounds a stressful day to me, hate that sort of paperwork! Glad to hear you prevented more serious problems. 5y
Andrew65 @eanderson They do look good ruins. 5y
CocoReads Thank you @Andrew65 since my nap and excellent dinner cooked by not me, I‘m feeling pretty good. I have 5 chapters left in my current read so I‘m going to finish it, take a soothing bath, and head to bed since I‘m working early tomorrow and then have book group in the evening. 5y
CocoReads @TheBookHippie I‘ll keep you and your town in my thoughts. Our protest last. Igor was very peaceful, according to my friend that watched the live feed. But I have a friend in Vegas who lives right where their protests are and her pictures are very unsettling. 5y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick So happy you got some more relaxation today and a trip to the sea! This weekend was relaxing but heavy on the TV watching. My guy was feeling a little off, so we stayed in & mostly had couch time, with a little cleaning done here & there and some walks with the dog. @TheBookHippie I hope you & your life ones can remain safe. I'm glad a protest in nearby Newark was rather peaceful & hoping the one in town Friday is, too. 5y
gradcat @Andrew65 More relaxing hours for you? That must be some kind of record! 😂 But in all seriousness, I‘m so glad you‘re getting a bit of a respite. ♥️ 5y
kezzlou85 @Andrew65 thanks, it didnt last too long. 5y
Velvetfur @Andrew65 Thank you 🙂 5y
Andrew65 @gradcat Now nose to the grindstone again! 5y
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rachaich
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Wow! Loved this massive and amusing depiction of books in a shopping centre in Cardiff. I think you could listen to some of them through earphones but wasn't open to check.

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