It’s Six Nations Rugby Internationals time again, and unlike my predecessor, the English Juno, I have no confusion over my loyalties…

It’s Wales v Scotland for another of those atmospheric weekends in Cardiff…

But it is a strange old game with some very odd sights to behold, none less than the quintessential Scottish characteristic of Men in Skirts!

Local accommodations and hostelries can’t help themselves in an effort to engage with the event:

Meanwhile people congregate at the stadium waiting for the arrival of the gladiators to the arena…

And never has the back end of a bus been so celebrated…

Meanwhile it is the action on the pitch that counts most, and at the end of another hard fought game a brave Scotland succumb to the passion of the Welsh with a final score of…

Some of the national flowers show their excitement at the result…

And it is the home colours that flutter over St Mary’s Street in the heart of Cardiff…

 Until we speak again may all of your balls be egg-shaped!