I'm not sure if you ever watch this series linked below... I went to the old church in Builth. You can see the place and a nice Arts & Crafts bench that was there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S-tfKW6zT4

Yes... Welsh is promoted a lot and is spoken by many.

Bi-lingual welcome sign!

Thanks - the colour wasn't quite right in the low light and it seemed easier to just flick them to monochrome.

Nice use of black and white for portraits!

If you can believe it I misspelled it when I entered the Welsh word. So now I know how to say and spell cuckoo. Once I got straightened out I’ve been saying cwrw all day.

The second pint was for you!

Hi,
I don’t care how you say it, I just want one! Really, though, your tour reminds me of the good things Britain has to offer. The sad part is, even if I had access, I still couldn’t drink that lovely cwrw. My current meds make my stomach a bit too sensitive, damn it. Old age is not for the faint of heart.
Cheers,
Keith

See if you can manage it there's an audio option below the Welsh word....

https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+to+english&source=hp&ei=EGTrYtidGuvs2roP8MWuaA&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAYutyIE1SbEri7x79dLJy3KyWI_O9aTq-&ved=0ahUKEwjY5e68xKz5AhVrtlYBHfCiCw0Q4dUDCAg&uact=5&oq=welsh+to+english&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOgUILhCABDoLCC4QgAQQxwEQ0QM6CAguEIAEENQCOggIABCABBDJA1AAWJcfYP5KaABwAHgAgAFHiAH9BZIB

I see how you spell, but how do you say it? 🤨

Mae croeso mawr i chi!

Diolch yn fawr iawn!

Hi Graham
I'm enjoying reading your journal from the other side of the world. When you left your hotel in Llanelli and stumbled upon a bunch of runners in the park behind, it must have been 9am on a Saturday...because that's when parkrun takes place in the UK. Your description of the runners, some unsure (first timers), some slow (walkers or joggers), was spot on. Parkrun is a worldwide phenomenon that started in the UK. It's not a race but a community of runners, walkers and joggers who do a timed 5km at their own pace each week. Mad keen parkrunners like me also like to combine cycle touring and parkrun touristing around the world. It's a great combo and makes trip planning easy - we just need to get to a parkrun event location by 9am (or 8am in NZ) each Saturday. I haven't yet got to Sandy Water, Llanelli, but I'd like to!

parkrun.org.uk

The DSLR I bought tended to have too much green in the images and I've been reducing the satuartion of it in Photoshop. It's very obvious when there's grass etc.

Having said that, the grass now looks quite a natural tone in this photo, so maybe the bricks do have a tinge of green.

There must be a story behind that text.