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Bron-26
Continued from Chapter 25: Bron-25 | ABCtales It was thirty-five years ago, maybe to the very day. They’d all been at Menai Bridge Fair, him, Gwynfor...
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Bron-25
Continued from Chapter 24: Bron-24 | ABCtales Chapter 25 Bron chained her bike to a lamppost outside the Seven Stars. She put the second lock too;...
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Bron-24
Continued from Chapter 23: Bron-23 | ABCtales The lights of Dawlish twinkled. No one stirred in the small resort as 47840 powered through. Rain – or...
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Bron-23
Continued from Chapter 22: Bron-22 | ABCtales The dome light pooled over the desk in the cab of No. 47840; otherwise everything was in darkness apart...
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Bron-22
Continued from Chapter 21: Bron-21 | ABCtales Chris returned with more glasses on a tray. “You know when I ditched the plane in the Pacific – that...
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That image is fine - couldn't
Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2025
That image is fine - couldn't have done better myself. Glad to see you got one of the North Anglesey Coast on a relatively calm day - we don't want to be accused of exaggerating, do we?
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Biblical
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2025
"...Priyatelkata and I went there to fetch water in earthenware pots that we carried on our heads, hoping to meet Bob Geldof along the way. Goats grazing at the roadside ran away from us because of the terrible smell..."
It sounds biblical...
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Autumn - my favourite season?
Posted on Thu, 06 Nov 2025
'And soon to go' - You capture the transitoriness of the seasons and life in general so well.
Read full commentPosted in Farewell Glows
Glad to see someone else names their cars
Posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Glad to see someone else names their cars - Fionnuala the Fiat, meet Gertie the VW and Hilda the BMW.
I spent a night and a day in Strabane, just over the border in the late 1980s. It was...interesting.
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Running amok
Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2025
I too have been accused of Wonton behaviour in the food aisle...
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In the best traditions of Victorian hymnists
Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
Written in the best traditions of Victorian hymnists (if that's the right word). Perhaps the style is due for a revival...
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Never trust a man in a padded gilet
Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2025
Never trust a man who wears a padded gilet.
I too love fish - provided it doesn't taste of fish...
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Happy ending
Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2025
All's well that ends well, indeed. Maybe I should make my next story have a happy ending.
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A relationship formed in
Posted on Sun, 14 Sep 2025
A relationship formed in adversity. I'm told that Sam got a transfer to the Met so she could be with Chris and they got married two years later, had two kids and are living in happy retirement in Worthing. Their grand-daughter joined the Met too...
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