Trivia point: the T3 doesn’t follow the expected route between Corwen and Bala, i.e., the A5 and the A494, but goes along the B4402 through Cynwyd, Llandrillo and Llandderfel before joining the B4391 at Cae Crydd. The reason for that is that the bus route replaced the railway service between Ruabon Junction and Barmouth Junction – now called Morfa Mawddach – which closed at the end of 1964, and the replacement bus service ( q.v.) was required to serve the same villages as the railway had). Big Man Up Front”. The football song, and a title which brought to mind too many big strikers to mention (in my case Jimmy Quinn was the first one). The first of theirs not on (now dormant) Probe Plus, so support the new label R M Qualtrough. And if you don’t know who/what R M Qualtrough is/was…“ Apologies therefore to anyone on Fri/Sat to whom I said I thought, pending research, that it had been a TV theme. Apologies too that I even sang the tune to Transit Full of Keith as we tried to fix his bike chain between pubs on Saturday.

I always thought that John Peel lived in Stowmarket. In fact, it was a couple of miles away in a place called Great Finborough. A blue plaque on The Pettiward Hall marks this fact. “John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (1939 to 2004). Pioneering and influential BBC broadcaster who helped the careers of many artists. Lived in this village from 1971 to 2004.” Karen, Phill, Andrew and I had a walk round the graveyard at the nearby St Andrew’s Church, where Peely is buried. It was moving to see him there. A great man. Even now, the majority of my music collection is from folk that I first heard on his show. The gravestone has become a little worn over the years. It certainly isn’t a “celebrity grave”. He wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Slipping The Escort – something away fans did in the 1980s. Stoke City. 1985. A fair walk to the train station too.But here’s one from our set anyway. I’ll be posting more as time allows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j_04lE2QzI Millard Rausch – there were two songs (When I Look at My Baby and I’m Getting Buried in the Morning) featured in session on Andy Kershaw’s podcast last summer – https://andykershaw.co.uk/podcast-5-3rd-august-2021/ Mr B also told a tale of his veteran cycling partner leading him up the Bwlch yr Oernant once, but turning right after the Britannia Inn to do the Old Horseshoe [average 13.8% for a fairly straight mile, as opposed to the average 5.5% of the modern route] They were deservedly applauded by all the bikers outside the Ponderosa cafe at the top. Someone was in from Chirk, or kept mentioning Chirk, which led NB to deny that he’d ever been to Chirk Airfield car boot sale but instead recommend Abergele – a recommendation which unfortunately he said rather than sang. He later rather controversially slagged off Chirk castle as a bit of a con – just a house on a hill, not really a castle. Again he could have sung this, I suppose:

Nobody’s yet made that suggestion, @Paul F, though I should have done, as we’re only 8 miles from Scunny). Well, that was excellent. They played so many songs I thought there wasn’t going to be an encore, then they did one. Great stuff! Andy went on his way to the Railway, and we went on our way to the Llangollen Oggie Shop. Lamb and mint for us. Later on Postman Tony saw me as I walked past The Bull where he was taking ale. He dashed out and we had the usual chat about this, that and the other. Like Andy, he was spending a couple of days in town. We also said Hello to Peter who was stopping in the same digs as us, being The Hand Hotel. Should probably not respond but not letting the accusation go. Who’d have guessed the homophobic card would get played? Not sure what my ‘phobia’ is supposed to be. I dooon’t believe it! The very first entry in placename bingo and CtSO has taken the one I thought of, what are the odds on that?I wouldn’t say Margi’s French accent is “patchy”, it’s just that she’s doing made-up French of the same caliber as “fetchez la vache”. Here’s what I think she’s singing: I wasn’t planning to suggest this for a while yet, but the opportunity has presented itself. There are five versions of Take The Skinheads Bowling – each from a single unique angle.