Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Dawn of War

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So I finally got back from deepest darkest Wales and I think this is the first time in almost a week that I’ve had a decent internet connection. I mean, come on Wales – sort your internet out!

We set off last weekend, via Hay-on-Wye (a booklovers delight) then down to the golden sandy beaches of Tenby, then taking the west coast up via Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, New Quay, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Dollgellau, Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Abersoch – up to Rhosneigr in Anglesey, then along to Llandudno and the almost obligatory night at the Magic Bar before heading back home via our old stomping grounds of Corwen, Llangollen, Wrexham then leaving Wales behind, headed to Stoke-on-Trent to buy pottery clay and glazes!

It’s been a really nice week out in the campervan but it really does feel like Wales is missing a trick.
I get that they campaign regularly against pylons and not spoiling the countryside. But communities of ex-hippies running crystal healing retreats would still get far more customers if they’d stop believing that 5G somehow causes nanobots to control your choice of web browser or something and put up a few more phone masts.

I left Wales about 15 years ago and sometimes wondered what it’d be like to go back (to live). Machynlleth looks like a great place with loads going on. In fact, the whole of Wales could be a digital nomads paradise – if only they could actually get some work done from there! I left both missing it dearly, and baffled at the lack of infrastructure and progress there – especially post-Event.

In fact, my wife and I have been doing a lot of reminiscing as we covered old ground (she was a regular visitor to Abersoch when her kids were little, many years ago) and I can’t decide if it’s been nice or not! Much has changed; much has frustratingly failed to move with the times. Has anyone else ever gone back to somewhere meaningful and been left confused about how it makes them feel?

In other news, I’m back a few days earlier than expected.
So I might yet get this month’s painting compo entry finished in time after all!