In The Words Of
by Carl Marsh
where I have always wanted to go, yet never had the chance. It’s a gorgeous place called Portmeirion, which is next to Harlech. My sister has friends who have a place in Harlech, so I went there with her, her kids and my Dad. Unfortunately, my Dad is now very ill with Cancer, so this could have been the last holiday he will be able to take. I will write about it on the next page. INTERVIEWS
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let’s start by saying it will be better than last year [could it get any worse?]. I can only hope that your Christmas was brilliant [I am writing this on the 20th of December], but with the threat of more restrictions by the drip in charge of Wales, well… I hope that you had a blast, and seeing as nightclubs are shut from the 27th of December, Cardiff Bay must have been busy for New Year’s Eve with all those revellers with nowhere else to go! I could rant for an eternity about Mr D and his fanatics in the Welsh Government, so I will leave that to all my readers to ponder over. My Christmas present to myself this year was a new Volvo XC40. I went to pick it up from the Cardiff showroom, was given the keys to the shiny new motor outside and moved all my stuff into the car for me to be told that they had ordered the wrong car! My order was for an AWD [four-wheel drive] as I live very rural. The car standing there was front-wheel-drive only. The rest of the spec was correct. Now I have to wait until March for a new one to be built. The garage has been so apologetic, yet I still don’t know why the error had occurred. I will keep you all posted. NEW YEAR SUGGESTION In the summer, I went to a place in Wales 14 CARDIFF TIMES
Just the one this month as I wanted to devote a page to Portmeirion and my Dad. Nina Conti is playing at St David’s Hall on Sunday the 16th of January at 19:30 hours (or 7:30 pm if you’re not ex-Military, like me). The show is called The Dating Game, and if anyone knows what Nina is like, you’ll know she is a ventriloquist and an excellent one at that. This new show will have her do a derailed version of Blind Date [if you’re too young to know this show, just DuckDuckGo it (search engine)]. Nina will be aided by her face masks and devices, and no doubt ‘Monkey’ will make an appearance. Voice throwing at its most excellent, I know it’ll be hilarious, and with lots of audience participation, you just know each night of this tour will produce a uniqueness to each performance. I have watched her on TV and YouTube many times and have never failed to laugh so much. I hope you can all stay sane throughout this year, so do take care, and remember: “Never take anyone, or anything, for granted and live each day as if it’s your last!” Carl Marsh Twitter - @InTheWordsOf_CM Facebook - @InTheWordsOf YouTube – InTheWordsOf
