I've had an angry email fired off to me from Darcy Morgan about the so-called "magical" plans for a gateway to Llandrindod Wells.

"What a waste of time and money. Why not put some thing for the children of the town," he writes.

I'm not an arty sort of person as you'll probably have guessed by now, and I can sort of see his point when the sculptor in question says of his creation:

"The main intention is to create a work that is related to the spa waters of the area and its magical qualities...

So far so good.

But he adds, "if indeed they are but to enhance this concept with a work that has a mystical relationship with the public. The interior will house a 'free-floating' sulphur molecule in the form of neon effectively allowing a light sculpture when looked into."

Lost me there I'm afraid.

Good luck to Llandod though, I hope they get a suitable sculpture for their gateway to their splendid town.

I must say I'm more taken with the sculpture the artists are putting together in Llanidloes.

Our story on Page 13 this week features artist Sue Thornton at work on a statue they hope to place in Severn Porte.

It will be of Sabrina, the water nymph personifying the River Severn.
It sounds like the seven-foot statue will make quite an attractive sight.

Let me know what you think!

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THE so-called "consultation" period for people opposed to the Post Office cuts comes to an end on Monday.

Let's just hope that the decision makers actually listen to what the people of Mid Wales have been telling them – Leave our Post Offices alone.

County Times readers have written in with hundreds of good reasons why our Post Offices should not close.

It's over to MP Lembit Opik and AM Mick Bates who collected all the coupons readers have sent to the County Times.

Let's hope they can make the powers that be see sense.

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WHAT a splendid picture our chief photographer Phil Blagg took of the old fellow who can remember the last time Cardiff were in the FA Cup Final.

Lifelong Cardiff City fan Jack Blayney from Newtown hopes to celebrate a second Bluebirds FA Cup success.

Jack drank from the famous FA Cup when he was just eight-years-old as Newtown-born Cardiff City coach George Latham led a parade of the FA Cup through the Mid Wales town in 1927.

With stirling people like Jack supporting them, let's all hope Cardiff can bring the FA Cup back to Wales again on Saturday.