What’s your current favourite ear-worm?/what can’t you stop humming?
I watched Heno last night and the presenter said that we would all be humming a song that was on the show. I am, but I have no idea what it was called or what the words are
Tell us one unexpected/unusual thing about yourself?
When younger I played rugby internationally for Australia
When were you most famous?
When my second son went to school in England at seven and he told the class about my rugby career
You’ve got the capital and support to start a new business, what do you do?
I don’t really need the money so I would set up something that would encourage people who can speak Welsh to use it more
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
Nothing really. I am cooking tuna steaks and pasta (Joe Wicks) tomorrow and a vegetarian cottage pie on Sunday - edible but nothing special.
What was the last thing you watched on stage or screen?
Mama Mia on stage
Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it
Q. I’ve looked up your name on Google and can’t see anything about your rugby career.
A. That’s because I never played for Australia or lived there. My son made it up when the teacher asked the children in his class what their parents did. I got some strange looks when I went in to collect him that day though the legacy probably still lives on!
When my brother and I got lost in Llangadog during one of our childhood summer holidays, the whole village turned out to search for us. I think they were about to drag the rivers Tywi, Sawdde, and Bran. When we were found and driven back to Mamgu’s shop, I can still feel the excruciating embarassment crouched down, trying to be invisible in the car as it drove along the streets lined with worried villagers.
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
Huw Jones’s special cawl for Dydd Gwyl Dewi. I’m starting today which is already a bit late.
I’d tell you my recipe, but then I’d have to kill everybody but I will disclose that the meats I’m using are shoulder of hogget (sheep in its 2nd year) and bacon. I also use pearl barley - inspired by Scotch Broth - fusion cuisine??
What’s your current favourite ear-worm?/what can’t you stop humming?
Fel hyn da ni fod gan Bwncath
Tell us one unexpected/unusual thing about yourself?
I am related to (my brother) the man who animated the flying car in the film of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Chocolate Sucking machine in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
When were you most famous?
I was interviewed on Radio Cymru.
You’ve got the capital and support to start a new business, what do you do?
A gym for children with disabilities.
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
There’s a new breakfast place open near us, so some form of sausage and egg.
What was the last thing you watched on stage or screen?
Les Miserables in the Millennium Centre - incredible!
Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…
What are your favourite annual awards?
The Darwin Awards are by far the greatest read.
What’s your current favourite ear-worm?/what can’t you stop humming?
Coffi Du - Level 2 challenges for you!
When were you most famous?
I wrote an article for a motorcycle magazine that got published telling everyone all about my motorbike and how it was sadly written off somewhere around Newport on the M4.
You’ve got the capital and support to start a new business, what do you do?
Not really sure. I’m more an employee than employer.
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
St David’s Lunch with my Oxford Welsh group on Sunday.
What was the last thing you watched on stage or screen?
Possibly Phantom of the Opera on stage in London with @heather-9 . Big screen… no idea, can’t remember when I last went! Little screen (or very little screen as it was iPlayer on my phone) Rownd a Rownd.
I’m not sure, but most likely some disabled-friendly business where subventions one company gets from the state wouldn’t be just grabbing the money but would money really be spent for the equipement and working surrounding they need and deserve.
If well prepared, everything edible can be delicious but nothing special for us this weekend, just something very domastic (Slovenian).
The last Star Wars movie.
Q: What would you do if not vision impared?
A: I’d surely drive a car as it’d save me huge amount of time.
I was puzzled there for a full five minutes. Apart from the obvious logistical issues of playing for Australia from Cardiff, I knew you wouldn’t have kept quiet about that - you have absolutely no modesty!
Actually, this is just one of the colourful facts of my life that my son got the wrong way round. In my modesty I forgot to mention walking onto the field at Ninian Park (a very true story that I need to write in a list of things to mention in future posts or elsewhere) and how well I did in an egg and spoon race when I was 8 before being sent home for using offensive language about a teacher (I told a ‘friend’ that I thought Mr Evans was a ‘nut’ and he grassed on me).
Dammit Tatjana. I was just beginning to be able to fall asleep without “Paid a phoeni …” buzzing in my ear.
It still remains my favourite earworm, though.
What’s your current favourite ear-worm?/what can’t you stop humming? I Don’t Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar. I don’t know why it’s in my head. It’s been over 27 years, so if I don’t know how to love him by now, we’ve got a problem.
Tell us one unexpected/unusual thing about yourself?
My grandfather had 45 children. (Ok, that’s not really about me, but I’ve got some of his genes, so you could argue it kind of partially is.)
When were you most famous?
Probably when I presented the breakfast show on a local community radio station that used to get a temporary licence for a couple of weeks a year, for training students (I happened to work in the same building). I must have had an audience of at least five - all of whom were probably inside the building.
You’ve got the capital and support to start a new business, what do you do?
Give it to Peter, Anthony or Tatjana - they have good ideas and I don’t want to run a business.
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
Quiche. Mmmm, quiche… And oat biscuits. Mmmm, oat biscuits… And wine. Mmmm, wine…
What was the last thing you watched on stage or screen?
Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker. I don’t get out much.
Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…
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Q: Why did I never pursue a career in radio?
A: Did you ever listen to that breakfast show?
If he had 45 children and they had an average of four each then he is likely to have had 180 grandchildren. If you assume that half were girls then that means there could be 89 other Isata’s in this world!! And that is just one of her grandfathers
Don’t Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar. I don’t know why it’s in my head. It’s been over 27 years, so if I don’t know how to love him by now, we’ve got a problem.
I’ve always thought that A L Webber pinched the melody directly from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. At the risk of giving you a new earworm, check out the 2nd movement (Andante) if you don’t believe me. Mendelssohn’s tune is in compound (6/8) time whereas Webber’s is simple (4/4 time) but apart from that, it’s a straight lift. I’ve never heard ALW acknowledge this.
What’s your current favourite ear-worm?/what can’t you stop humming? Perffaith - Gwenno Fôn … Lovely song, lovely voice. https://youtu.be/3vvcQVO_l2s
Tell us one unexpected/unusual thing about yourself?
I only have one liver, spleen and pancreas. I was born this way and it hasn’t been an issue thus far.
When were you most famous?
My band and I played in a packed out hall in an after show party at an AC/DC convention. I know, right? I tried to get to the bar after for a drink but never made it for people wanting to hug me and have pictures taken, etc. For that hour or so I felt like an actual rock star. It didn’t last.
You’ve got the capital and support to start a new business, what do you do?
I wouldn’t make money but my lottery dream would be to buy houses in Welsh speaking areas and rent them out cheaply to local Welsh speakers.
What’s the most delicious thing on your menu this weekend?
A massive take away last night from “Maahis on the by-pass”. You can’t just call it Maahis by the way, if you do the person you’re speaking to will always ask “Is that the one on the by-pass?”
What was the last thing you watched on stage or screen?
I watched Cân i Gymru last night. Very entertaining in the way that can only be entertaining here yng Nghymru.
Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…
Q: At the age of 49 do you believe that mid-life crisis is an actual thing?
A: Absolutely not.
On an entirely unrelated note, on Wednesday I’m taking delivery of a mahoosive motorbike! After more than 21 years I’m slightly cachu fy hun! And also wondering how the heck I’m going to get this beard under a helmet!
Maybe it’s no different from a rapper sampling a section of a killer tune and building something new around it… If only Mendelssohn had thought to add a few afros and flares and a heart-rending lyric, he might have been half as popular.
I’m sure all will be revealed in my sister’s forthcoming book .
In the words of River Song: “Hush, now - spoilers!”
This is so exciting! And don’t worry, it’ll all come back - it’ll be like riding a bike [*groan…]
but I will disclose that the meats I’m using are shoulder of hogget (sheep in its 2nd year) and bacon. I also use pearl barley - inspired by Scotch Broth - fusion cuisine??
howwhatwhowhenwhyhow…wow!
And also wondering how the heck I’m going to get this beard under a helmet! 
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