Bay is delighted to team up with TP Tourism to bring you membership to an exclusive travel club solely for Bay readers. We will in coming months offer day trips, weekend and mid-week breaks. To start us off Tina Price
Read MoreArticles from issue : May 2018
Skoda Karoq
I became a huge fan of the Skoda Yeti soon after first driving one close to its launch in 2009. I drove various versions thereafter, all of which impressed. Finally I put my money where my mouth is and bought
Read MoreSnippets – May
BILL BAILEY LARKS IN TRANSIT Join odd-ball comedian Bill Bailey as he performs his latest show, Larks In Transit at Swansea Grand Theatre between Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 May 2018 at 20.00. Larks in Transit is a compendium of
Read MoreHelping you Make Tax Digital
VAT – Change is coming The aim of HMRC, is for it to have one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world, which will in turn improve the efficiency, effectiveness and ease of compliance. For those of
Read MoreForget Me Not
Forget Me Not Dementia Day Clubs is a charity that was established in March 2011. However, due to the number of legal formalities that had to be negotiated, the first club actually opened in Siloam Church Hall in March 2012.
Read MorePostcards from Down Under Part II – The Noosa festival of surfing
We continue with Guts’ trip to Australia visiting his son Connor, where both spent the second half of their holiday break entering The Noosa festival of surfing, the biggest longboard contest anywhere in the world. Here’s how they got on…
Read MoreCore facts about exercise and parkinson’s (and a free gift)
Molly is a physiotherapist with special interest in neurology, helping people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Here she tells us about the PD WARRIOR exercise programme After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, you might think that doing any form of exercise is
Read MoreOsteoporosis and the spine
Have you ever played the game Jenga? It involves a tower of wooden bricks and each player takes it in turn to remove a brick without the tower falling down. The game ends when the tower falls, as one too
Read MoreBay Mac’s Help Desk
Q: Which app would you recommend to annotate or highlight parts of photos I take with my iPhone? A: If your iPhone is running iOS 11 and above, that ability is built right into your phone, in the Photos app,
Read MoreAbergavenny Food Festival
TINA PRICE has been busy organising upcoming events for the Bay Travel Club and will be back next month with her column offering useful advice for travellers. BAY TRAVEL CLUB HAS THE PERFECT DAY OUT FOR ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES GOOD
Read MoreBooker International 2018 Longlist
The longlist and the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize 2018 have been announced. Here we take a look at some of the first of the 13 longlisted titles received in contention for the prize, which celebrates the finest
Read MoreAlhambra
A couple of years ago I travelled to Granada, in Andalusia, Spain with my sister with the specific aim of visiting the Alhambra. We were there in March when there was snow on the ground and the gardens were bare,
Read MoreFamily History
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT… TATTOOS This month Charles departs from his usual family history and looks at the origins of body art in the form of tattoos. From my research, the history of inking your body makes for
Read MoreDusseldorf, Germany
OF KARNEVAL AND KRAFTWERK Simon Fry checks out Dusseldorf’s hustle and bustle in Karneval week In the streets outside Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof (its main train station,) a team of American footballers knock about amiably and teens in knee-highs huddle together against
Read MoreNew for Old
I’m sure there are many readers, who like me have accumulated jewellery over the years. Some of it has simply gone out of fashion and some has been inherited – but ultimately it is just sitting around in a drawer
Read MoreCulinary Causerie
HaPPI-ness Sarla Langdon called…..‘Darling I’ve had a windfall – we must go out and celebrate by eating lobster’. How many times have you had a telephone call asking you to give your banking history to a PPI claim company, and
Read MoreHay fever
Dr Lamah El-Sharkawi is a GP in Uplands and Mumbles Surgery and her sister Reem El-Sharkawi is a GP Pharmacist, both are part of the Bay Cluster Network. This month they look at hay fever. Hay fever season is looming
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