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Many many years, back in the early 80s, i was verbally and almost physically attacked, by a very unpleasant farmer, named Gwilym Isaacs.
He owned a farm in the Rhymney Valley, near where a close friend still lives.
Even to this day, i can still remember the confrontation with him, very hostile, not quite physically attacking me, but it came very close to it.
All because i was using a public right of way that happened to run over his land, and being of a very hard temperament, he hated it.
Over the years, i used to dread walking over the fields, as a quick access to visit my friend, just incase i ran into him.
It must be over forty years ago, but i will never forget the encounter.
I was young, probably vulnerable, and an easy target, if such an encounter happened today, things would be very different, i would have given him hell, threatened him with assault, the lot.