When Scottish Eyes Are Smiling

When Scottish Eyes Are Smiling

‘It’s a braw bricht nicht the nicht,’ we all agreed as we left the Four Elms in Cardiff to return to our highland crofts after watching the day’s rugby.

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Serialisation (with permission) of 'Flags & Bones' by Ben Wildsmith. Foreword by Jon Gower. Available to buy DIRECT or from bookshops and Amazon.

‘It’s a braw bricht nicht the nicht,’ we all agreed as we left the Four Elms in Cardiff to return to our highland crofts after watching the day’s rugby.[1] Siôn from Carmarthen had remembered a Scottish uncle and proclaimed a newfound attachment to this part of his heritage. Freddie, who’s a steward at the Principality, recalled the kindness of Scottish supporters she’d encountered doing her job.