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This is a view of the Catholic Parish Church of The Sacred Heart (Katholische Pfarrkirche Herz Jesu) above the village of Flüelen in Switzerland. Here train passengers alight at the station and walk a short distance to the dock on the south-eastern end of Lake Lucerne. A paddle steamer then takes them to the city of Luzern (Lucerne) near the head oif the lake, stopping frequently at villages and lakeside hotels on the shores of this beautiful body of water. I have used artistic licence to refrain from painting in several dozen overhead wiring masts along the intercity railway.

Some of my friends wonder why I have changed my name from David to Dai. The short answer is that I haven’t. My parents, sisters and immediate family always used Dai (but pronounced “day”) as a short form of David — a nickname if you like. However, it appears that the Welsh adopted the name "Dai” (pronounced “die”) as a short form of Dafydd (pronounced “Dahveth”) the patron saint of Wales and also known as St David just across Offa’s Dyke. Why Wales? Well the name “Wynn” means fair-skinned or white in the Welsh language and my ancestors were certainly from around those parts (others were from Ireland and Cornwall, but paid full fare to sail to Australia. None was transported in chains I might add). Dafydd, being the Welsh version of...