Yesterday, I had a short day in work, as I was taking my mum to the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea, a lovely little pub and restaurant with a bloody hard quiz on a Tuesday night. See, I can be a caring soul. Plus there’s nothing greater than drinking when most people who haven’t booked time off and got a stupid amount of Holiday Pay due are in work. Bonus points that I was getting paid for it.
Anyway, I walked into the pub, and immediately, one sign hit me, more than any other.
Yes, we’ve gone the way of Ireland and Scotland, and you cannot smoke in pubs and clubs in Wales.
As a non smoker, I love it! The pub last night wasn’t busy, so I managed to wear the same t-shirt two days running, and it didn’t smell of smoke. The same happened today – the pub were completely devoid of smoke (and the Fynach is averagely smoky). It was absolute bliss!
Of course, the real test will be this weekend. I’m going to watch Colwyn Bay play Cammel Laird (the social club at times can feel like it’s being fumagated), but then I’m planning on hitting the town, and going to Broadway. I always come back from Broadway reeking of fags, so it will be interesting to be in a nightclub where I don’t smell like a human ashtray the next day. What do you think?
Apart from that, I enjoyed my half-day off work. I ate ice-cream, drank a little beer, and browsed Rhos on Sea. It’s full of little touristy shops – one of which sell stickers with names on them. Lo and behold, they had Rhys, but not Richard! I felt so proud, until I saw the other names. Brittany, Shaznay, Wayne, Chardonnay and Rebbecca spelt with a “K”, and 4 “B”‘s.
Once I got home, and answered a cold call (long story short – I was offered “Personal Injury Insurance” for the sole reason that I could injure myself severely playing on my Wii), and sat down in front of the TV to watch the Cricket. By god it wasn’t productive, but I was on holiday, I didn’t care!
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Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
I say bring on the ban! Not long now.
I have never never found anything with my name on it. Except for Babar. That has to be the greatest TV show in the world. And it’s pronounced Bab Are not baa baa which many British people tend to say. Annoys me greatly.
i just deleted my blog… what a moron.
my blog is back… pheeewwwww.
I can’t believe all of my posts were still there when i uploaded it again… but I’m glad they were as I had not done a backup… ever.
Anyway. I think the smoking ban is a good thing.
Did you hear Terry Wogan this morning he read out “twll din bob sais” not knowing what it meant haha
what does it mean Ryan?
I also welcome the ban-wish they would hurry up and ban it in England though-it might make my family cut down, as I am more or less the only non-smoker in my family.
it means something like “every english person is an arsehole”… which is something lots of welsh people believe
That annoys me. We aren’t much of a United Kingdom are we? The Scottish hate the English, the Welsh hate the English and the English hate the Welsh, Scottish and Irish!
Why can’t we all just get along?
I’m more concerned with the fact that Ryan and Sarah’s relationship just seems to be on this blog! ;P
ha ha yes.we’ve never actually met.it’s purely an internet relationship.
Celeste-I know what you mean, I get particularly annoyed at the hostility towards the English in Wales (well North Wales anyway). Like the fact that people spray over the English on bilingual road signs and start speaking Welsh when they realise I’m English.
That’s awful. If they start speaking Welsh to you just do impressions of Yoda.
when we do meet i intend to speak welsh the whole time
Thats crap, I like the smell of smoke, its so goood
just not old smoke! fresh smoke!
han – you freak! hee hee hee
“I always come back from Broadway reeking of fags”
I know fags means cigarettes in your part of the world, but I still laugh every time I see it in a sentence like that. Yeah, I’m immature.
You can’t smoke in any building here in California. I love it.
We in Singapore are getting ready to have this no smoking in pubs thing come June, and let me tell you, people are NOT pleased.
Me, I am as happy as a clam in the mud at high tide! Passive smoking sucks.
I gave up smoking in December and have to admit that not smelling of smoke is the best part. You become so much more sensitive to other people smoking. Saying that, I still like the smell when I’m at a bar, just wish I could leave it there when I left to go home.