Cardiff is gearing up for the UEFA Champion’s League final between Real Madrid and Juventus which takes place in the Principality Stadium on Saturday night. Cardiff University has produced this...
https://telescoper.blog/2017/06/01/cose-da-sapere-su-cardiff/
Two recent news items about Cardiff caught my attention so I thought I’d do a quick post. The first piece was about the terrible state of traffic congestion in the city. This doesn’t affect m...
Well, I’ve done next to nothing today. Just yesterday’s Azed crossword in which I found All too public ‘diary’ left in the loo (4) which clues what this is. I also held my last ever proje...
https://telescoper.blog/2013/05/06/bank-holiday-in-bute-park/
I came across this old map of Cardiff the other day and thought I’d post it to make up for the fact that I’ve not posted much about the local history of this fascinating city over the years. ...
https://telescoper.blog/2013/01/08/the-canals-of-old-cardiff/
We’re approaching the end of June, and the weather is for the most part typical for a British summer. Rain. Yesterday evening, however, as I walked home through Bute Park, the weather was s...
Tomorrow, Friday 25th May 2012, the Olympic Torch Relay will arrive in Cardiff on its way across the United Kingdom to its eventual destination in London’s East End. Why this is so interesting ...
Apparently the Torch is passing through Cardiff on 25th May 2012 ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Some sort of celebration is going to happen in Bute Park that evening, and the preparations sta...
https://telescoper.blog/2012/05/18/olympic-scale-disruption/
Yesterday evening as I walked home through Bute Park I thought I’d take a few pictures with my phone to remind myself at a future date what beautiful weather we’re having and how splendid the...
This morning, flowers cracked open the earth’s brown shell. Spring leaves spilled everywhere though winter’s stern hand could come down again at any moment to break the delicate yolk of a new...
I know my posts about Bute Park tend to be very critical of its “restoration” (i.e. commercial redevelopment) by Cardiff City Council, especially the ridiculous construction project that is d...