On Wednesday January 28th 2026 ITV News ran a feature on Good God Corner, which is the corner at the bottom of our drive with the view that we have at Murmur-y-Don, the finest view in Wales. Sadly they called it by an Americanism, OMG Corner, which is unheard of in this locality. Featuring in […]
When Storm Darragh hit Harlech on December 7th we were away, so I asked our trusty housekeeper Sarah to look round the house and report back on any damage. It was a big relief when she told me that all seemed OK. One or two slates had blown off the roof and embedded themselves in […]
Our hopeless government is trying to contain the rampant betting industry which is clearly out of control. The measures they have announced are about what you’d expect from a bunch of time servers with pockets lavishly lined by lobbyists from the business they are supposed to be regulating. It’s not just the Conservatives. It was […]
On April 30th 1923 my Hen Nain (great-grandmother) Jane Williams completed the purchase of Murmur-y-Don, Harlech, Merionethshire, Wales for One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty Three Pounds, Eleven Shillings and Sixpence. We’ve still got the receipt — and the house. She was living at Llanfrothen Rectory, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire at the time, where my Taid (grandfather), […]
After UK2.net trashed this website without any warning, I am starting to rebuild it. I posted a blog a few minutes ago to vent my rage at this company’s high-handedness. It has already attracted three comments – one from a Russian site warning me that an asteroid is heading towards earth, one from a Russian […]
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