St.David’s Day - a national day of celebration within Wales - is just around the corner (March 1st), so thought it was a good time to change the desktop wallpaper on my laptop to something Welsh and seasonal. Enter a great macro photograph of wild daffodil sprouts (Narcissus Pseudonarcissus) covered in Northern Norway snow, […]
Warren Gatland’s revolution continued as Wales demolished Italy in Cardiff to set up a potential Triple Crown decider in Ireland in two weeks time.
New coach Gatland inspired Wales to their third successive triumph as his men followed up victories against England and Scotland in impressive style.
Lee Byrne and Shane Williams both scored twice while Tom […]
Wales insist they won’t lose focus and will not repeat their mistakes of the past against Italy, as they pursue the 2008 RBS Six Nations Grand Slam.
Wales have already defeated England and Scotland, but have not beaten Italy since the 2005 Grand Slam campaign. Wales are keen to get revenge for last season’s defeat in […]
One of Wales’ most popular tourist souvenirs is the love spoon. Totally unique to Wales, the tradition of giving a love spoon as a romantic gesture dates back many centuries, although the romantic aspects of the love spoon have been somewhat diluted in recent years. They’re now bought as gifts for all sorts of occasions […]
Wales maintained their 100% start to the Six Nations with an emphatic win over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Shane Williams scored a couple of spectacular tries to help see off the visitors.
“The home side dominated possession and territory and their flair saw first half tries for Williams and James Hook.
But dogged Scotland held […]
You may remember last year that Cardiff, the capital of Wales, was chosen as one of the cities for the Monopoly Here And Now UK Edition. This year, Monopoly has gone global and is launching a worldwide vote to find the 22 greatest cities in the world to be included on the new MONOPOLY Here […]
Following on from the success of the Welsh Rugby team last Saturday, a young Wales team swept aside a lackluster Norwegian eleven and scored their first victory over Norway in nine meetings and 26 years.
The Wales goals came from discarded Crystal Palace midfielder Carl Fletcher (his first international goal ) after 15 minutes and […]
Wales dramatically overcame a 10-point deficit to beat England 26-19 in their Six Nations opener as they won at Twickenham for the first time in 20 years.
With an hour of the game played, Wales trailed by 19 points to 9, but several uncharacteristic mistakes by England coupled with bold, aggressive rugby by Wales soon turned […]
After weeks of speculation, undisputed super-middle weight champion Joe Calzaghe of Wales will fight American Bernard Hopkins in a light-heavyweight bout at the Thomas Mack Center in Las Vegas on April 19.
A win would propel the WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight title holder into a possible career finale against Roy Jones Jnr or Jermain Taylor, […]
It’s been a while seen I changed the grille badge on my MINI Cooper S, so I decided to splash out and buy a couple of new ones to add to my collection.
MotoringBadges.com now have 11 pages of badges to choose from, all priced at $7.50 for a magnetic roundel and $4.50 for a […]
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