Brendan Thirlmere uncovers a Breton secret
Every now and again, a set of circumstances can prevail that changes a seemingly mundane situation, into one of surreal and extraordinary proportions. And so it was for Brendan Thirlmere, the Rhyl Examiner’s senior food and drink correspondent when asked to deputise for the Examiner’s experienced travel writer, Roger Beavermint, whose availability was compromised due to an unfortunate driving ban. The assignment was to report on rural life in an area of mid-Wales, but a rare lapse into Brendan’s dyslexic function and a chance meeting with an intercontinental, Kingsmill bread delivery man, led him instead, in search of the…
...Breton Beetons.
This is his remarkable account:
Climbing from the back of the bread van…
(to be continued)
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