Thoughts on the Baroness

As I sit watching the BBC coverage of the funeral of Baroness Thatcher, my mind is whirling with many differing memories. I started teaching in the South Wales mining valleys in the early 80’s and experienced the horrors of the miner’s strikes at first...

A bumper harvest

The weekend is well and truly over and I’m still reeling over the enormity of the tasks that the company undertook last week. For the 4th year running we held our Easter dance faktry festival here in our home base Abertillery in South Wales.  The week leading up...

My Life Ambition

Rehearsals are starting to get busy as the days get nearer for the Easter Dance Faktry Festival. I am attending four dance classes a week with the dance faktry which add up to 5 hours a week! But in the end it all pays off when you have nice clean piece.  One piece in...