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COURTESY OF FELLOW WELSH PERSON..RHYS MEEFY

LOVE LETTER TO WALES ....... THE BLIMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPx8k2vndNY


THE BLIMS....on the train after Wales win the Grand Slam 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qREZzGWNlQ4

WELSH RUGBY AT IT'S BEST .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgNBBxPBFKM

Top 5 Welsh rugby backs 1980's - Present

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGPkLPd8Qjs

edited... I've just watched this and it has a bit of bad language in the background music of one of the tracks.

WELSH CAKES

There are variations to a Welsh Cake recipe, but here is a nice one.

Ingredients:
1lb Self-Raising Flour 8oz Margarine 6oz Sugar 3oz Currants or Sultanas 2 Eggs A Little Milk Pinch of Salt

Method:
Sieve FLOUR and SALT into a mixing bowl.
Cut up MARGARINE and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add SUGAR and FRUIT and stir in BEATEN EGGS.
Mix to a stiff dough. Add a Drop of MILK if necessary.
Place on a floured surface, knead lightly and roll out to ¼ inch thickness. Cut with a fluted 2 inch pastry cutter.
Cook on a pre-heated, lightly greased planc (griddle) over a slow heat until golden brown on both sides. Cool on a wire rack. Serve Fresh.

HERE IS AN AUSTRALIAN FAVOURITE RECIPE

LAMINGTONS

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 3/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup milk
2 cups desiccated coconut

Icing
3 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/2 cup boiling water

Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 3cm-deep, 20cm x 30cm (base) lamington pan. Line with baking paper, leaving a 2cm overhang on all sides. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture may curdle).

Step 2
Sift half the flour over butter mixture. Stir to combine. Add half the milk. Stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk. Spoon into prepared pan. Smooth top. Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack. Cover with a clean tea towel. Set aside overnight.

Step 3
Make icing: Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl. Add butter and boiling water. Stir until smooth.

Step 4
Cut cake into 15 pieces. Place coconut in a dish. Using a fork, dip 1 piece of cake in icing. Shake off excess. Toss in coconut. Place on a wire rack over a baking tray. Repeat with remaining cake, icing and coconut.

Stand for 2 hours or until set. Serve.

This is an Australian traditional song that I used to sing when I was a Girl Guide

KOOKABURRA SITS IN THE OLD GUM TREE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lbnmcfQ368

1 HOUR TO GO! :-) :-) :-) <3

Is there anybody here? :-S :-S :-S

I'D FORGOTTEN HOW GOOD THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS!!!

MEN OF HARLECH ...... CHARLOTTE CHURCH and the LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz9_ELpil9w&list=PLB33C3267D5BA16CC

THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME ..... TOM JONES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjxY7xmhJ6o

CALLING RADIO JEM :-D :-D

ARE YOU READ TO RUMBLE :-D :-D

shaun

THIS IS AN AMAZING ONE...

If any of you saw and loved ONLY BOYS ALOUD on Britain's Got Talent, you will LOVE this!

ONLY BOYS ALOUD (All of them); ONLY KIDS ALOUD; ONLY MEN ALOUD
Singing...

CALON LAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XNXHKODrL0


CALON LAN<3 <3

Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus,
Aur y byd na'i berlau mân:
Gofyn wyf am galon hapus,
Calon onest, calon lân.
Calon lân yn llawn daioni,
Tecach yw na'r lili dlos:
Dim ond calon lân all ganu
Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos.

ENGLISH
I don't ask for a luxurious life,
the world's gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.
A pure heart full of goodness
Is fairer than the pretty lily,
None but a pure heart can sing,
Sing in the day and sing in the night


AND NOW I'M SOBBING!

:-D :-D :-D

30 MINUTES TO GO! :-) :-)

coooooeeeeee Shaun :-D :-D :-D :-D

I'M READY TO RUMBLE!

COME ON WALES <3 <3 <3

NOW A FUNNY ONE!

HYMNS AND ARIAS...... MAX BOYCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBY4PMk39QM

CALLING RADIO JEM:-D
Are you ready to RUMMBLE:-D
I wonder will **Ann** pop in:-D

Welsh Rugby GREATS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu2at_cqJQM

Max Boyce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKsrjOqW6o

70,000 Welsh Fans Sing In Harmony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8G9G4U1L8


26 lovely Welsh Choir Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xd5FII5jpQ&list=PL9FAD3B8463C50FD0&index=1



Traditional Welsh recipe for Bara Brith
Bara Brith translates to ‘speckled bread’ and is a rich fruit loaf made with tea. Produced all over Wales the spiced fruit loaf is delicious when spread with salted Welsh butter.

Bara Brith ingredients

• 450G/1lb self raising flour
• 1tsp mixed spice
• 175g/6oz Muscavado sugar
• 1 medium size free-range egg
• 1tbsp orange zest
• 2tbsp orange juice
• 1tbsp honey
• 300ml/½pt cold tea
• 450g/1lb mixed, dried fruit
• Extra honey for glazing

How to make bara brith.

Put the mixed dried fruit into a mixing bowl, pour over the tea, cover and leave to soak overnight. The next day mix together the sugar, egg, orange juice, zest and honey, add to the fruit. Sift in the flour and spice, and mix well. Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf tin, 1.2L/2pt. Bake in a preheated oven at gas3/160c/325f for about 1¾ hours. The loaf should be golden in colour and firm to the touch in the middle. Baste with honey whilst still warm. Allow to cool thoroughly before storing in a cake tin.

The recipe for Bara Brith can be altered slightly by adding a few flavours. When soaking the fruit, substitute ¼ of the fluid with a whisky liqueur. Replace the honey and fruit juice with 2 tablespoons of marmalade. Alternatively, replace two tablespoons of fruit with chopped stem ginger, and replace the juice and honey with lemon marmalade, and the orange zest with lemon.

COME ON WALES, Will try and pop back later:-D

:-D

Shaun

Thank you Shaun

Much appreciated! :-) :-)

Less than 10 minutes to go!!!

I'm sitting here in my usual Rugby gear!

Red Rugby Shirt, Red sparkly earrings, daffodil! :-D :-D :-D

AND THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY OUT!

Here again is the team:

WALES TEAM <3 TO PLAY AUSTRALIA:

BACKS:
15/ LEIGH HALFPENNY (Toulon)

14/ ALEX CUTHBERT (Cardiff Blues)

13/ GEORGE NORTH (Northampton Saints)

12/ JAMIE ROBERTS (Racing Metro)

11/ LIAM WILLIAMS (Scarlets)

10/ DAN BIGGER (Ospreys)

9/ RHYS WEBB (Ospreys)

FORWARDS:
1/ PAUL JAMES (Bath)

2/ RICHARD HIBBARD (Gloucester)

3/ SAMSON LEE (Scarlets)

4/ JAKE BALL (Scarlets)

5/ ALUN-WYN JONES (Ospreys)

6/ DAN LYDIATE (Unattached)

7/ SAM WARBURTON (Capt)

8/ TAULUPE (formerley known as Toby) FALATAU (Newport Gwent Dragons)

Replacements:
16/ Scott Baldwin (Ospreys)
17/ Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
18/ Jones (Scarlets)
19/ Bradley Davies (London Wasps)
20/ Justin Tipuric (Ospreys)
21/ Mike Phillips (Racing Metro)
22/ Rhys Priestland (Scarlets)
23/ Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues).

and here again is the Australian Wallabies Team

BACKS:
15/ Israel Folau
14/ Adam Ashley-Cooper
13/ Tevita Kuridrani
12/ Christian Leali'ifano
11/ Joe Tomane
10/ Bernard Foley
.9/ Nick Phipps;

FORWARDS:
1/ James Slipper
2/ Saia Fainga'a
3/ Sekope Kepu
4/ Sam Carter
5/ Rob Simmons
6/ Sean McMahon
7/ Michael Hooper (capt)
8/ Ben McCalman.

Replacements:
16/ James Hanson
17/ Tetera Faulkner
18/ Ben Alexander
19/ James Horwill
20/ Will Skelton
21/ Matt Hodgson
22/ Will Genia
23/ Quade Cooper
24/ Rob Horne (NB. Australia will omit one of their named replacements in the lead-up to the match)

PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE ARE HERE <3