It’s December the 4th and Christmas really is all around. There was a lovely news item yesterday about a letter to Father Christmas, written back in the late 1930s being discovered up a chimney in a big house being renovated in Powys.

The National Library of Wales was in the news this week for making an image of a map available to the public online.

I seem to start a high proportion of my blogs with a statement about how lucky I am and this one is not an exception.

Have you voted yet today? Are you set in support for one political party or do all the parties and their policies seem to merge into one for you?

Back in August I wrote about my top five (ish) castles and high up on my list were Dolforwyn and Montgomery Castles.

Today is Pi day.

Unfurl your dragon, display your daffodils and pinon a leek with pride as today is St David’s Day!

When I was on holiday last week I must admit that I didn’t spend much time keeping up with the news, but when I came back to the reality of everyday life I thought I had better take a look at what had been going on in the world.

Those of you of a romantic ilk may already be making preparations for St Valentine’s Day. But did you know that Wales has its own patron saint of couples and her day is celebrated tomorrow, 25 January.

It was on the Isle of Sodor that two small engines couldn’t wait to tell their friends of their secret makeover… no wait… it was at the Talyllyn Railway in the Snowdonia National Park and No.1 Talyllyn and No.2 Dolgoch engines (both nearly 150 yea