Planet Mut http://planetmut.com A Welsh bloke living the American dream, i.e. overweight and in debt Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Random pic of the week http://planetmut.com/2013/04/17/random-pic-of-the-week-42/ http://planetmut.com/2013/04/17/random-pic-of-the-week-42/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:47 +0000 Mut http://planetmut.com/?p=13205 ]]> http://planetmut.com/2013/04/17/random-pic-of-the-week-42/feed/ 0 Butterfly http://planetmut.com/2013/04/08/butterfly/ http://planetmut.com/2013/04/08/butterfly/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:01:52 +0000 Mut http://planetmut.com/?p=13192 I WAS out the back having a cig when I spotted this battle-scarred butterfly flitting around the garden. I usually have the camera with me in case there’s something interesting to photograph, but of course this time it was inside. So I leg it to my office, grab the T1i, stick the 250mm lens on it and go back outside. To my amazement the butterfly had settled on a flower instead of buggering off, so I took [...] ]]> http://planetmut.com/2013/04/08/butterfly/feed/ 0 Random pic of the week http://planetmut.com/2013/04/05/random-pic-of-the-week-41/ http://planetmut.com/2013/04/05/random-pic-of-the-week-41/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:58:43 +0000 Mut http://planetmut.com/?p=13186 ]]> http://planetmut.com/2013/04/05/random-pic-of-the-week-41/feed/ 0 The Walking Dead shambles off again http://planetmut.com/2013/04/02/the-walking-dead-shambles-off-again/ http://planetmut.com/2013/04/02/the-walking-dead-shambles-off-again/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:22:21 +0000 Mut http://planetmut.com/?p=13152

AND so Series 3 of The Walking Dead has shuffled to an end, and what a change from the awful second season. Although there’s been plenty of yapping this time around at least it didn’t get in the way of some bloody excellent action sequences and even (gasp!) some character development. (Especially in the case of Merle, who developed from a human being to a zombie before being face-stabbed to death by his own brother, and unlike T-Dog who was killed off after barely saying a word for about 15 episodes). The only problem is, this didn’t feel like a finale. [...]

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THERE’S nothing quite like waking up at 6.30am to see this out of your bedroom window. Snow’s been falling all morning and it’s only just stopped, although it’s melting fast so I can at least go out this afternoon on my last day in Britain. I arrived in snow, I’ll be leaving in snow. Maybe next time I fly in we could have a shower of blood or a [...]

]]> http://planetmut.com/2013/03/23/snow-again/feed/ 0 Camp 198, Bridgend http://planetmut.com/2013/03/22/camp-198-bridgend/ http://planetmut.com/2013/03/22/camp-198-bridgend/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:12:20 +0000 Mut http://planetmut.com/?p=13074

I VAGUELY remember designing a feature about this Second World War POW camp for the Glamorgan Gazette back in the late 90s. After our rain-drenched visit to Cwm Coke Works last week, me and Blunty decided to head Bridgend way to take a look.

Camp 198 is famous for the escape in 1945. About 70 Germans tunnelled under the perimeter fence from Hut 9, the only one left, to freedom before all were caught and returned. Some of the prisoners held there were high-ranking Nazis such as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who commanded the 1940 invasion of France; Colonel-General Gotthard Heinrici, who was [...]

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Sian with her favourite sweets in her favourite sweetshop, Tudor Sweets [...]

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