Too Many "K's" ?
I had checked his oil and tyre pressure, cleaned his grubby little windscreen and polished up the worst of his rusty spots, so Trusty Rusty was ready for the road again. One final check of camping gear and we were off, heading steadily north towards Llanberis. The General Election was but a few days away so I decided to count the signs supporting the various candidates and parties which decorated the road verge. I gave up at Machynlleth, the result was beyond any doubt: Labour 3, Liberals 4. Conservatives 2, Plaid Cymru 57. It was clear that Plaid Cymru were going to achieve a mighty landslide result throughout the country, although I have to concede that maybe my sample was little biased! I arrived in Llanberis about 5pm. A grand 50 year reunion had been arrange, with 3 of the former occupants of the first flat I lived in while studying in Glasgow in 1974. My old school mate, Dai Lampard, and I had set off for Glasgow from the wilds of west Wales in September of that year. There we s