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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Stormy skies beyond waves breaking on a sandy shore.

Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We didn’t exactly always make things easy for ourselves again with possession control etc in the closing stages. My blood pressure doesn’t need it to be honest. Finishing stats though… 😎

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My view earlier this week…

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sending you the warmest wishes at such a tough time. Coco sends her best too.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Good morning, all. It’s a red sky over Cardiff. For all those back in school today, hope it’s the start of a good Autumn Term.

Burning red & orange sunrise over Cardiff.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

First tub of spuds harvested today. Not a bad crop!

First crop of potatoes harvested from my garden tubs.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it). Penarth pier looking across to Flat Holm.

View South-East from Penarth Pier, South Wales, towards Flat Holm island.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Absolute privilege to be at the book launch & museum opening at @cardiffrugby.bsky.social for the 150th anniversary at CAC. Met @jpstafford.bsky.social too! Feeling nostalgic & very, very happy with the new book!

Phil Steele introduces the panel at Cardiff Athletic Club.

Gareth Edwards - rugby legend - speaks before officially opening the Cardiff Rugby museum.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Spent last night at the Emergency Vets with our little lady. Think it’s a UTI & she’s feeling a bit sorry for herself. Lots of cwtshes & plenty of drinks for her today (& her meds, obvs).

Cockapoo asleep on sofa & her carer’s legs.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My boy is on a research trip way up in the North East of Greenland. As we’re building towards more sweltering conditions, this was his walk to breakfast a day or so ago.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Interesting to compare with us in Wales - default to 20mph policy on restricted roads. Significant resistance to the policy, but early stats suggest some obvious positives - research.senedd.wales/research-art...

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Like mill-pond looking from Penarth pier.

View across a flat sea from Penarth pier

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

French beans & sweetcorn from the garden with our tea for tonight!

French beans & 2 sweetcorn cobs in a steamer pan!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

How is Chris Mason allowed to churn out this fan-boy guff? It’s embarrassing…

BBC’s Chris Mason, like some love sick puppy endlessly following its master, is saying Nigel Farage, in announcing a by-election, has, ‘…seized the agenda.’

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This one is just a little bit special. 1st year Grandad.

Greeting Card ‘Happy Fathers Day, Grandad’
with Toy Story characters Woody, Jessie & Bullseye.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It’s a batch-cook-a-bolognaise type of Friday! 😋

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This was our view when we stayed in Sainte Maxime. Have a great time.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you’re staying in Nice, may I suggest Bistrot d’Antoine, in the old town, for a fabulous lunch. We did a food tour & this was locally recommended. It was fab. Doesn’t look much from the outside, but the food was fantastic!

Outside photo of Bistrot d’Antoine, in old town, Nice, South of France.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

C’mon the Rags! 🔵🌑

Photo looking back at the clubhouse on South Terrace of Cardiff Arms Park.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Yeah, I agreed with the reasons for the decision, but to then concede possession & territory, it felt inevitable that we’d blown it. So relieved!

4 very relieved Cardiff Rugby supporters on the pitch at CAP after holding on to win against the Ospreys - 24/04/2026

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you see this post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation.

Copper ceiling in the Stone Church in Helsinki.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Had a great trip to Finland - Helsinki & then Turku to visit our son, who’s there for at least 2 years. Stuff just seems to work - transport, health, education etc. His work / life balance is 100% better, but no less productive.

Stood in front of the Sibelius memorial sculpture in Helsinki.

View across water with ice patches near park in Helsinki.

Partially frozen sea near coast in Helsinki.

Walking away across a bridge in Turku, Finland, with daffodils running the length of the bridge sides.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hope people have remembered the earlier kick off time tonight!

Cardiff Rugby v Leinster 7pm kick off tonight!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Installed nice & early on North Terrace. Hoping the rain stays away now. 🙏 #CARvLEI

View of the Cardiff Rugby clubhouse across the hallowed Arms Park turf from the North Terrace.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#HeartUnions week, 9 - 15 February 2026 is a chance to tell the story about why unions are vital for everyone at work, and encourage people who aren't yet in a union to join.

A white background covered in hearts with Dignity, Pay, Equality written on three of them & Every Worker Needs A Union at the bottom.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

You see, WRU? It’s about people. Livelihoods. Understanding the consequences & emotions involved. That’s where your focus should be.

A message of solidarity from Cardiff Rugby player, Josh McNally, to the Ospreys players over the uncertainty created by the Ospreys owners interest in taking over at Cardiff.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Cardiff looking bright, frosty & feeling cold, this early morning. Have a good Tuesday!

Dog in pink jacket snuggling in the frosty grassed park. Sunrise silhouette the trees behind.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

It’s out of the oven, looks great & tastes pretty fab, even if I do say so myself!

Christmas ham - with orange zest, orange juice, mustard, molasses sugar & honey glaze.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Stunner of a sunrise over the capital this morning! Have a good day, people!

Pink, red, purple, orange sunrise behind leafless trees over Cardiff.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Ultimately a disappointing result, but it’s still a great trip with the #CardiffRugby crew to Paris!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Croeso, Simon! We did 15km yesterday wandering around.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Oh Dave! Smug grinning as the team you’re supposedly leading is being humiliated is not a great look. You may think it proves your point about the pro clubs. It certainly proves the point that as far as your concerned it’s all about you…

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

If anyone wants to know what it looks like to have fun every day in your job, here it is…

Richard Collier-Keywood, WRU Chairman, watching Wales lose 0-54

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Fortunately, don’t need to travel nearly so much now, so London meetings are pretty rare. But when I do, often have to go during peak times to get there on time. Day returns can be astronomically expensive!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

How can Ofgem claim to be adhering to their priorities & duties? Happy to take a ‘just in case’ approach to protect energy companies & expecting consumers to help mitigate the risk of unexpected wholesale energy cost rise - which they themselves say is stabilising…? 🤷‍♂️

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Always remember. Never forget. 🙏 #Aberfan On 21 October 1966, Tip No 7, which formed part of the main complex of tips at Aberfan, slipped and descended upon part of the village including the school - killing 116 children and 29 adults.

A photo of an analogue clock stuck on 9:13am - the time when Aberfan School was swamped by a landslide from a coal tip. 144 people died including 116 schoolchildren.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Join the global Wave Of Light at 7pm on 15 October. Simply light a candle and leave it burning for at least 1 hour to join us in remembering all babies who have died too soon. #BLAW

Break the silence

Pregnancy and baby loss is often a taboo subject. You can help to break the silence around baby loss by talking to your friends, family and colleagues about Baby Loss Awareness Week and by joining the conversation on social media using the hashtag #BLAW wearing a pin badge or lighting a candle on 15th October

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

They’re staying with us for a bit of support. While mum had a shower and breakfast, I snuck a few more!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Well, this happened on Tuesday. We’re now grandparents & our beautiful daughter, and her partner, are parents. Absolutely buzzing! Croeso, Marley!

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Ignoring the commercial & supporter (linked) aspects of the pro-game in Wales is just plain dull. How can anyone take their proposed plans seriously when they fail on that basic level?

"I think the URC is an incredibly high-level competition. There's some really elite teams in it. Like other leagues it's struggling a little bit for broadcast income and that's part of the challenge for it.
"Of course, it's something that comes up in every consultation meeting, 'what about Anglo-Welsh?'
"Anglo-Welsh is not on the table. It's not that there's no demand there. We hear the public voices of course, supporters who don't travel to South Africa would rather travel to Gloucester. We hear that.
"There isn't a simple transition there. We made a commitment to the URC, are committed to the URC and we have to be faithful to that."

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This guy’s got form for awful & repulsive opinions…

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Batch cooked a three bean chilli tonight. Pretty tasty to be fair!

4 plastic containers with freshly cooked 3 bean chilli in them.

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