Voters have chosen the word “goblin mode” as the word of 2022. Thousands managed to drag themselves out of goblin mode to vote, as the phrase won by a landslide with 318,956 votes, making up 93% of the total. So, what does goblin mode mean exactly? According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the OxfordContinue reading “The In-Word 2022”
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Après Ski
On 5th December 1963, Eddie the Eagle (Michael David Edwards) was born. In 1988, he became the first ski-jumper since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic Ski Jumping. He finished last but he persevered against all the odds and didn’t give in.
Free Rangers
The ultimate in Free Range Chickens hanging out on a hillside in Snowdonia with some of their ewe friends. They’re a bit tired after dismantling their own hen house having decided that they needed to re-build with wide bi-fold doors to take better advantage of the view.
Ynys Enlli
If you wander down to the very tip of the Llŷn Peninsula, you will discover Bardsey Island just 2-miles off the coast. There are 12-properties on the island and nine of them are holiday cottages. There is no electricity. The island is owned by the Bardsey Island Trust and is a National Nature Reserve, aContinue reading “Ynys Enlli”
Coasting Along
Here’s a photo taken from an aeroplane on Wednesday this week as it flew along the North Wales Coast. From Colwyn Bay to the Llandudno isthmus sticking well out into the sea, the Conwy Estuary and cloud topped Snowdonia, the Menai Strait and Anglesey.
It’s a Grey Area
The Club’s AGM was held last Friday. Good to see the officials in synchronised clothing to also match the decor of the hall. Now that is truly advanced planning. Click Here to see a few more photos. Click Here for Newsletter 49 with the latest news from AGM and after.
AGM Today
Click Here for venue and time of today’s Vardre Deganwy Bowling Club Annual General Meeting.
More Power to Your Elbow!
Qatar 2022 will be the first time that female referees will officiate men’s World Cup matches. Of 36 Referees, three are female, plus there are also three females amongst the 69 Assistant Referees.
Making a Break for It?
Is that Poirot escaping from the Hotel on Burgh Island? If so, is it likely that he is playing out his final “reveal” scene with the other passengers on board?
Give a Flying F***
Woohoo, it’s a Flying Fish! Not a real one, obviously, but if you did encounter one in the Atlantic, Pacific or Indian Ocean, it could propel itself out of the water and glide for almost 4-times longer than the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
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