The View from the Dyke

Blimey, I've only been gone two and a half weeks and in that time, the UK has left Europe and the Prime-Minister has resigned. The Labour snideys are trying to oust Corbyn and Wales are through to the Quarter Finals of the European Championships. I'll have to go away more often. I enjoyed the freedom of the countryside and Offa's Dyke with a new vista and view offering itself up to me every day. My feet are still numb but my Mind is renewed. If however I don't decide on another challenge with another deadline soon, I will lapse into my default setting of lazy fatboy, trundling around Cardiff and Aberystwyth without a purpose. My neighbour said "Try and get a job doing something useful" but he refused to be more specific than that which got me to thinking, apart from those working for the NHS and the Fire Service, how many can actually say that they do something useful as their everyday work. Can you? If you do I would be interested to hear what you do in the comments section of this post. Don't be shy! You are invited to decide whether what you do is useful and has a use. I bring some homespun philosophy back with me from Offa's Dyke. 

Here are my bullet point views from Offa's Dyke.

• People are kind and friendly
• You won't meet kind people unless you go out there. 
• Nationality has nothing to do with generosity and kindness
• Not knowing where England and Wales started and finished was confusing and comforting at the same time.
• Does a country need well defined borders? If so, what for?
• There are very few Welsh Speakers living on the Border. 
• Hay on Wye is not so poncy and pretentious as I first thought.
• Hereford is a nice town.
• Talgarth has always had a high percentage of the population living with Mental Health problems.
• To get to Abergavenny from Talgarth you have to get a bus to Brecon First.
• Never moan about the frequency of City Buses having been out in the Country.
• North Wales is not well served by Cardiff as the Capital City of Wales.
• Once you share your own 'Mental Health' History, others tend to follow suit.
• You must be brave and open up first.
• Suicide is a huge problem in rural Powys.
• Mental Health Provision in Wales is Universally poor.