Thursday 5 June 2014

Postcard from Wales



Dear Readers

The Duke of Lancaster is aground in North Wales somewhere between the Point of Ayr and Flint. Between a rock and a hard place. It is protected by razor wire, locked gates and the tide. It is a prominent landmark and a wall for graffiti artists. I like it, this incredible rusting hulk, this colourful piece of the unfathomable hiraeth puzzle. It stands like a monument to splendid isolation somewhere between the steel industry and the holiday caravans. It serves a purpose. 

There are several Duke of Lancaster videos on Vimeo and YouTube. By the time you receive this postcard I will be back at my desk or as they say in landlocked Austria the arbeitstisch,

Iechyd Da! 
Gwil W


9 comments:

  1. I've fished many times by that rusting hulk.

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  2. Thanks John, and readers not aware of the tale can catch a tune or two at " dudug duke of lancaster " on youtube.

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  3. I have never heard of this. My son and his wife visit Wales a lot but they have never spoken of it Gwil.
    Hope you enjoyed you time over here.

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  4. It's one of our little secrets. Did you know the reigning monarch is the Duke of Lancaster? Yes Pat, it's really true, the queen is a duke. There are really two dukes, Edinburgh and Lancaster, in Buck House!

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  5. I could do with a few days in Wales myself. I think I've seen that ship on the telly - someone said they'd got married in it years ago?

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  6. Typical of the postcard to arrive after you get back.

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  7. sackerson, I wouldn't be surprised, somebody told me they went shopping in it one time.

    Rachel, I can't believe the price of postcard stamps in GB, it was 97p to send one here but going the other way it would be 70 cents, i.e. about 60p.

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  8. think I remember seeing this years ago - near Mostyn I think - didn't get up close though.

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  9. I saw it years ago and couldn't figure out how get to it - these days it's alongside the coastal path diversion.

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