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Lots of stuff including Art

Lots of stuff including Art
Newport lad from Crindau, and Ceredigion resident for 27 years: former firefighter Roger Bennett

2 February 2012

It's cold folks

As the weather bites; the sleepy hollow of Aberystwyth makes SKY News. You see folks the hills are all white and the temperature has plunged. It is -2 degrees today, but SKY has reported a forecast of -8 degrees for Aberystwyth this weekend. Now I know that this is no great shakes for my African friends in Canada. I mean for them, a daily temperature of -8 degrees would be positively warm. But here in Wales where the sheep’s coats are thin, this my friends is worrying news indeed.

I am well prepared with the heaters on in many of the rooms, including turning on the grand heater in the hallway. Now that doesn’t happen often because as a ‘pensioner’ money is tight and I’m not due a pay-rise for another three years. I have even ventured from the village and got in some much needed provisions. I now have in my cupboard; Perylene Maroon, Ultramarine Violet, and good old Winsor Blue (Red Shade). The hatches are battened down, and this old chap is going to plough on with the water colouring. There’s no getting away from it; painting and drawing helps mental health, so thank you ‘the cold wind from the East’. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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