clwydianrange

I was born in the west riding so watched Feath, Wakey, Cas on a regular basis as a young lad. When I started work as a civil engineer it meant working away from home all the time and met the wife and when working near Wrexham. Celtic Crusaders came to the Racecourse and I watched a few games but for some reason couldn’t connect with them. After their demise North Wales Crusaders formed and I was watching a bunch of lads who were playing the game for the pleasure of it, I was immediately hooked. Since then Andy Moulsdale and the rest of the team have worked miracles to keep us going and no matter what the result this weekend I’ll have a season ticket for next season.

Great effort from both teams, shame there had to be a loser.

Doncaster and Crusaders

Workington 10, Crusaders 26. A great result and only the second time this year we’ve had a full squad to pick from.

Crusaders finally back at Colwyn Bay after months of playing anywhere we could. A routine win over Skolars who, I think, are better than their results have shown this year. With a couple of big lads in the pack they’ll be a different team.

Cornwall Dewsbury Crusaders Oldham Hunslet

We’ll be back at Eirias Park next season. Due to all the grief we’ve had this season our landlords have offered us a real cheap deal for next year. Hope you can join us for a few games mate. The railway station is within spitting g distance of the ground and you’ll be made very welcome.

Donny Hunslet Oldham

A massive turn round for Cru after last weeks game with Cornwall. 100% commitment and effort against a big Donny pack, there’ll be some sore bodies tomorrow. All in all a close game and I was glad for the final whistle.

First half Cornwall were very very good, well organised and scoring at will. Crusaders were very very bad with some atrocious defending. Second half Cru were transformed an unbelievable difference. We should have won with the last play of the game but the ball was knocked on with the line at our mercy, gutted. Well done Cornwall.

Dewsbury to win but Hunslet will push them close. Crusaders to win but it will be interesting to see how the choughs play with their growing confidence Midlands have a good chance after last weeks result, no more than three points in it. A hard choice but Dons to get home by less than ten.

All close matches, anyone got a coin to toss?. I’ll go all home wins

Care to expand on the comment stuffing all their income into players pockets - here today and gone tomorrow. Please tell us which players this has happened to at the Crusaders and what these mercenaries were paid.

Well said mate, I’ll be there myself but cheering on the mighty Crusaders. Give us a shout nearer the time and I’ll come and say hello.

My son introduced me to cold brew coffee a few weeks back. Very coarsely ground then left in water in the fridge for two days to brew. Absolutely amazing and full of flavour. The capsule machine is now redundant.

Bloody hell Phil I don’t know what to say to help. You’ve got plenty of mates on here to back you up and help in whatever way they can

I've just been to our local doctors near Wrexham. To get in for an appointment it's same day for urgent/emergencies and 2-3 weeks for routine cases. I was there well early so sat for over half an hour waiting for my turn. In this period on two occasions medical staff were wondering about calling the names of people who apparently hadn't turned up. I then spotted a notice informing folks that there were 61 missed appointments last week with no cancellation made. That's 12 a day which probably works out at half a doctor. Apparently this is a regular occurrence. What a waste of time and resources.

I wish it was mate I really do

North Yorkshire county show. A good day

Anybody watching The Repair Shop on BBC 2? No mention of how much it costs to fix or how much money it is now worth as per American restoration. This purely concentrates on how the repairs are undertaken by skilled craftsmen. As an amateur woodturner/woodworker I find it enthralling.

It was a bit overcast in north wales this morning. This is a shot of LLyn Celyn. It's the reservoir that was created in the sixties to help with the water supply to Liverpool. Unfortunately the people of the village Capel Celyn were thrown out of their homes to allow its construction.

I've always had it fried for breakfast but a bloke I worked with years back used to boil it. He was from near Bury and claimed that boiled was the traditional way of eating it.

Nowt wrong with a bit of black pudding especially the one with the lathe globules of fat. It makes a breakfast and a slice or two of savoury duck doesn't go amiss either.

The river Dee at Llangollen this morning

Hope I've done this right. Autumn at Brodie Castle