Tuesday, March 01, 2005

St David's Day

Thought I'd say a rudimentary happy St David's Day given how pretty meaningless it is. Since they stopped giving us half-day off its lost relevance for most people as anything more than a day to wheel out the old red dragons and stoke up the patriotic engine with fuel made-up of warn out clichés and tired nationalistic symbols.

Its not like we have a big piss-up like the Irish do for their patron saint's day - and you have to admire the irony that the whole of Wales gets excited about a sixth century monk who was both a prude, a tee-totaller and a vegetarian. Although we don't really celebrate the day with a piss-up, its only because we are normally still hung-over from another Six-Nations weekend.

Looking forward to the future, I'm dreading the day Elis turns up with the letter from his no doubt unimaginative school asking to dress him in their male version (suspiciously like a miner) of a female only national costume and smother him in leeks, daffodils and coal dust. Utterly pointless for your average person living in modern Wales, but somehow the view of us held by many non-Welsh Welsh living abroad and full of hiraeth?

Had an interesting morning taking photographs during a live Radio Wales broadcast which was nerve racking to say the least - trying not to trip and make any noise when on air. Got some nice 'in action' shots for a future work site, but will need to rearrange to do some more formal shots.

On a work related theme - I took these snaps yesterday with a mind to maybe using them as homepage shots, but to be honest the quality wasn't there by a long shot - I ended up going with some unimaginative daffodils, saved by the hackneyed once more.

Welsh flags flying for St David's Day above The Hayes, Cardiff

Welsh flags flapping for St David's Day above The Hayes, Cardiff

Oh, and thanks George Bush for your congratulations, all the more remarkable given your previous comments on Wales. Them advisers don't half come in handy don't they? What you need is the all new Eggsy's Guide to Wales.

Posted by Dio Bach at 23:13

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