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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Porthmadog, et comment le rêve d'un propriétaire terrien de créer une nouvelle route entre Londres et Dublin a mené à la création d'un nouveau port et d'une nouvelle ville. Ma dernière vidéo prise par drone. Il y a des versions en gallois et en français. youtu.be/lAoayO2ftZQ?...

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Porthmadog - en français

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Porthmadog, a sut y gwnaeth breuddwyd un tirfeddiannwr i greu llwybr newydd rhwng Llundain a Dulyn arwain at greu porthladd a thref newydd. Dyma’r fideo diweddaraf nes i efo’r drone. Os oes gennych ddiddordeb, mae fersiynau yn Saesneg a Ffrangeg hefyd. youtu.be/WTJOP_Zbga4?...

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Porthmadog - yn Gymraeg

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Porthmadog, and how one landowner’s dream of creating a new route between London and Dublin led to the creation of a new port and a new town. My latest drone video. If you’re interested, there are versions in Welsh and French. youtu.be/QZ1cBlVSmKA?...

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Porthmadog - in English

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

What happened to George Borrow, the author of Wild Wales, when he called in to the Grapes in Maentwrog? Have a look at my latest drone video to find out! The are also Welsh and Breton languages versions in my feed. youtu.be/bwSQ3G85n68?... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maentwrog

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Maentwrog | One of the most picturesque villages in Meirionydd

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Beth ddigwyddodd i’r awdur Fictorianaidd George Borrow pan alwodd yntau yn y Grapes ym Maenrwrog? Gwyliwch y fideo drone diweddaraf a wnes i, a newch chi ddarganfod! Mae’na fersiynnau gwahanol ar y ffordd yn Saesneg ac yn Llydaweg! youtu.be/rcS9o5VXvQk?...

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Maentwrog | Un o bentrefi mwaf prydferth hen Sir Feirionydd

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Keriadenn gaer Maentwrog e kontelezh Gwynedd a zo bet krouet gant ur Breizhad? Sellit ouzh ma video drone diwezhañ evit gouzout hiroc'h! Stummoù all zo e kembraeg hag e saozneg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maentwrog youtu.be/aXi17-6cWAc?...

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Maentwrog | Unan deus kêriadennoù kaeran kontelezh Gwynedd

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In January the National Park Authority was going to decide on a planning application that would have damaged one of Eryri’s most iconic waterfalls. If they had discussed the application, I would have had a chance to say a few words. This is what I would have said. youtu.be/G57d8MvBqLs?...

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Cwm Cynfal | What I would have said at the planning committee if I had got the chance

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ym mis Ionawr roedd Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri’n mynd i benderfynu cais cynllynio fyddai wedi niweidio un o raeadrau mwyaf eiconig Eryri. Petasen nhw wedi trafod y cais, fyddwn i wedi cael cyfle i ddweud gair. Dyma’r hyn y byddwn i wedi ddweud. youtu.be/QaC5-4o1YI0?...

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Cwm Cynfal | Yr hyn y byddwn i fod wedi ddweud wrth y Pwyllgor Cynllunio

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Porth Dinllaen | An sráidbhaile sa Bhreatain Bheag a chaill amach do Holyhead. An físeán is déanaí a rinne mé leis an drón. youtu.be/mlrwTIg6Re8?...

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Porth Dinllaen | An sráidbhaile a chaill an rás go Holyhead

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Porth Dinllaen | Y pentref bach a gollodd allan i Gaergybi. Y fideo diweddaraf nes i efo’r drone. youtu.be/ZsfaknLBwpE?...

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Porth Dinllaen | Y pentref a gollodd allan i Gaergybi

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Porth Dinllaen | The beautiful Welsh seaside hamlet that lost out to Holyhead. My latest Youtube drone video. youtu.be/CzkDcOxYgDc?...

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Porth Dinllaen | The village that lost out to Holyhead

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Next year I intend to walk the Snowdonia Slate Trail, in stages. I intend to use the bus and my bike. Today, Kathy and I started. We drove to Bethesda, caught the bus to Bangor and then walked back. It’s a great trail and I’m really looking forward to the rest of it. snowdoniaslatetrail.org

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Y flwyddyn nesaf dwi’n bwriadu cerdded Llwybr Llechi Eryri ddim mewn un tro ond mewn camau. Rwy'n bwriadu defnyddio'r bws a’r beic i wneud hyn. Heddiw, naeth Kathy a fi ddechrau. Fe wnaethon ni yrru i Fethesda, dal y bws i Fangor ac yna cerdded yn ôl. Dwi’n edrych ymlaen yn fawr at weddill y llwybr.

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Dún iontach Pen y Gaer ón iarannaois i dTuaisceart na Breataine Bige. An físeán is déanaí ar dheineas leis an drón. Tá leaganacha eile ar fáil i mBéarla agus i mBreatnais. youtu.be/7wj24UCS63k?...

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Dún iontach Pen y Gaer ón iarannaois i dTuaisceart na Breataine Bige

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Bryngaer Pen y Gaer, o oes ur haearn, uwchben Dyffryn Conwy. Y fideo diweddaraf dwi wedi wneud efo’r drone. Mae yna fersiynnau eraill yn Saesneg a Gwyddeleg hefyd. youtu.be/-Z-cF29MXAg?...

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Bryngaer Pen y Gaer uwchben Dyffryn Conwy

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The wonderful Iron Age hillfort of Pen y Gaer above the Conwy Valley. There are other versions available in Welsh and Irish. youtu.be/dal6-q8p97Q?...

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Pen y Gaer hillfort above the Conwy Valley

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

A wonderful walk around the Meayll Peninsula on the Isle of Man, starting with a train ride from Port St Mary to Port Erin. youtu.be/b0AkyoXoPbw?...

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A wonderful walk around the Meayll Peninsula on the Isle of Man

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Pentref hyfryd Cregneash yn Ynys Manaw, un o’r pentrefi olaf a gadwodd ffordd o fyw crofftio traddodiadol ynghyd â chymuned fach o siaradwyr y Manaweg. Mae yna fersiynnau eraill yn Saesneg a Gaeleg yr Alban, ond yn anffodus, nid yn y Fanaweg! youtu.be/doA7BsJ6Bq4?...

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Cregneash, cartref siaradwyr traddodiadol olaf y Fanaweg

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Baile beag Creneash ann an Eilean Mhanainn, fear dha na bailtean beaga mu dheireadh a chum suas doigh beatha croitearachd a bharrachd air coimhearsnachd de luchd bruidhinn tradiseanta Gàidhlig Mhanainn. Tha dreachan ann am Beurla agus Cuimris cuideachd. youtu.be/Q8oH6mlZyKQ?...

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Creneash, dachaigh luchd bruidhinn tradiseanta mu dheireadh Gàidhlig Mhanainn

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The attractive village of Craigneash, one of the last in the Isle of Man to maintain a traditional crofting way of life and a small community of traditional native speakers of the the Manx language. There are also versions of this in Scots Gaelic and Welsh. youtu.be/mQMXpWEDU_U?...

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Cregneash - home of the last traditional native speakers of the Manx language

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Dyma fideo nes i o’r niwed a wnaed gan y tân gwyllt yn y Garnedd ger Maentwrog wythnos a hanner yn ôl. Rhaid fod llawer o anifeiliaid ac adar wedi cael eu llosgi’n fyw. Diolch i’r Frigâd Dân a ddaeth â’r tân o dan reolaeth.

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Here’s a video I made of the damage caused by the wildfire at Y Garnedd near Llyn Mair on 10 April. Many animals and birds must have been literally burnt alive. Many thanks to the Fire and Rescue Service for bringing it under control.

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners: - the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court - the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/04/2025

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Trump says the US needs Greenland to defend against Russia. It's a lie. Putin is actually supporting the US takeover of Greenland. Trump has made a deal with Putin. "You illegally take Ukraine, and we'll illegally take Greenland." Join the dots. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order

As US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the west, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global norms

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

By coincidence I happen to be just round the corner... really disappointed that I missed this

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan. No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Mae Parciau Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan fygythiad, ond mae yna ddatrysiad posibl. Edrychwch ar y fideo yma. Mae yna fwy o wybodaeth am y cynlluniau posib i godi peilonau trwy’r Parciau ar wefan NESO yma: www.neso.energy/publications... youtu.be/yfzROPeIxAA?...

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Peilonau newydd trwy Barciau Cenedlaethol Cymru?

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Wales’ National Parks are under threat, but there is a possible solution. Have a look at this video. There’s more about these plans to possibly put up new pylons through Wales’s National Parks on the NESO website here: www.neso.energy/publications... youtu.be/JwWVwHOgous?...

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New Pylons through Wales’s National Parks?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/02/2025

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ireland's rising windpower saved it £1.2billion in reduced gas imports last year. Greener, cheaper & greater energy security. Renewables bring us win wins & wean us off US/Russian/Saudi oiligarchy addiction.💚🌳🌄

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Richard Tice finally comes out as a member of the Flat Earth Party!

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

US Trump oiligarchy seeks to destroy climate & human civilisation...

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Мое последнее видео с дрона, мельницы Ynysypandy в Cwm Ystradllyn’e, части объекта Всемирного наследия Slate Landscapes of North West Wales. Есть и другие версии на английском и валлийском и языках. This is the Russian language version of my video about Ynysypandy Mill. youtu.be/dNl5m96e8Kg?...

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Мельница Анисвпанди

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Y fideo diweddaraf efo’r drone, o Felin Ynysypandy yng Nghwm Ystradllyn, sy’n rhan o Safle Treftadaeth y Byd Tirweddau Llechi Gogledd Orllewin Cymru. Mae yna fersiynnau gwahanol yn Saesneg ac yn Rwsieg. youtu.be/ldCbnHH0qok?...

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Melin Ynysypandy o’r awyr

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My latest drone video, of the amazing Ynysypandy Mill in Cwm Ystradllyn, part of the Slate Landscapes of North West Wales World Heritage Site. There are other versions coming up in Welsh and Russian. youtu.be/Uwdy_oGl-Qo?...

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Ynysypandy Mill from the air

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If you are still opposed to the 20mph limits, would you be happy for around 100 people every year to be killed or seriously injured, just so you can drive faster through residential and town centre areas?

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Dolgellau, y dref llawn cymeriad gyda’u tai wedi eu hadeiladu o gerrig garw enfawr, oedd testun fideo drone ddoe. Ganwyd fy hen nain, Jane Roberts, yma yn 1839. There’s also an English language version of this video. youtu.be/wE7Nun9mxrM?...

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Dolgellau, hen dref sirol Meirionnydd

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Rory Francis @roryfranciscymru.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Dolgellau, that wonderfully characterful town with its houses built of huge rough grey stones, was my subject for a drone video yesterday. My great grandmother, Jane Roberts, was born there in 1839. There’s another version in Welsh coming up. youtu.be/7vNwYDGTfN0?...

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Dolgellau, former county town of Meirionnydd

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Interesting. Read to the end.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I wonder if the Douglas Carswell who supports "remigration" is related to "Douglas Carswell" who is an immigrant "by choice" and who lives in Jackson, Mississipi.

Carswell offering support for AFD remigration policy

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Record wind-power in UK🌳 Record low fossil-fuelled electricity in UK 🌳 Wind+solar + hydro= 35%🌳 Fossil fuels (gas+coal) = only 27%. Wind overtakes fossil fuel electricity for 1st time! 🌳 Last coal plant now closed. #YesWeAre www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Record year for wind power in Great Britain in 2024

Wind provided more electricity than ever last year across England, Wales and Scotland.

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Shayoni Lynn @shayonislynn.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

@writesbright.bsky.social called it in November. "Musk may soon realise that Farage (for all his intensely awful views) does not share his particular brand of deranged demagoguery, and could try to promote Robinson as a potential alternative."

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Why Nigel Farage should be scared of Elon Musk

The X owner’s obsession with British politics could soon turn out to be a mixed blessing for the Reform leader.

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