The Rhondda Express

It about high time someone said this.

Ripper Lisl. The bluebells will be bubbling up soon.

Yes. Great growing up memories of Van the Man. I would have been heading to the rugby or cricket club, or the swimming pool with mum or dad. Puckrup Hall look nice 👍

Ghosteen is fabulous. And Veedon Fleece reminds me of leaving NY. Driving through an empty Central Park early in the morning with VM playing on the radio. Heading to JFK.

Yep. The question I have is what soundtrack will it be accompanied by?

My favourite so far 😊

Pete Hegseth just accidentally texted me the colonel's secret recipe with eleven herbs and spices.

Also, my grandma was from Graige which shares a border with Killballyboy. If you haven’t already, you must visit Jeremiah Ryan’s Farmhouse Bar there. A great place when music’s playing

Well done Thom 👍

De rien et bonnes vacances 🐸

If you're lucky. One Sunday a month. You can join a game of beach rugby with Laurent Pardo, Serge Blanco at Plage d’Hendaye. Or you could just watch and join them at his restaurant afterwards.

And get the ferry to Santander or Bilboa. You’ll need a car in those parts.

Stay in St Jean De Luz or Hendaye. Not Biarritz.

I saw it at the station—five men reading through Smith’s window. Like a Saturday afternoon in 1980s Burton on Trent, when I was a boy. People going about their business, men watching football outside Rumbelows or Radio Rentals, but without the rain. Chapeau @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

Lee Van Cleef

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Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.

An old friend of mine made ‘Made of Stone’ - we loved The Stone Roses, but all that glitters, isn’t gold. Great music though. Great memories.

Amen to this @dereklwalker.bsky.social 👇

Amen to this Derek👆

The situation is, what we call on this side of the pond - totally fucked.

You will be an aching version of yourself tomorrow. I know. Soz.

'New Year’s Eve' by Joseph Gyurcsak
Oil on canvas

Dad go me a Vikings hat when I was 9 after a trip.

It was in a hire car. Which my dad said was the next best thing to a 4x4 😉

Yes it’s achingly beautiful. I learned to drive on the forestry tacks and through the fords of Kilballyboy.

Ballinhalla for me.

We will be visiting Street at some point. Not sure when but I’ll let you know. Yeah. Would be fabulous.

Or dog walk up Croydon Hill?

If you’re around. Wanna pint sometime Champ? RO @ Lux or Lutt @ Dun? Good vibrations to you all.

There’s no better lamb. Fact.