We were telephoned this evening (19/09/2018) by a Welsh well-wisher who, after discussing various aspects of our site, gave us further information about the author Jim Perrin: they pointed out to us the entry on his Wikipedia page in which he states that he lives in Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées. (NB. At the time of this alteration he was not, but doubtless to deceive the CMS he was laying his plans to do so.)

Why then, they not unreasonably asked, were The Guardian paying him (as presumably they do each month, sometimes twice a month) to write for them as the Country Diarist for Wales?

Perhaps this question should be directed to the editor of the newspaper herself, Katharine Viner… (We have advanced a theory in previous posts where we suggest that Jim Perrin has Friends in High Places; and receives preferential treatment for reasons which we mortals cannot know.)

Later note: Jim Perrin is now living in France, with his current partner. He moved there before the corona virus struck. It is of interest that he is writing his country diaries as if he is still in Wales… except this elusive man, so difficult to pin down, has been in Wales recently, temporarily living in Talsarnau, in a small property belonging to his partner’s family business. He seems, this Will-o’-the-Wisp, to be able to move freely between France and the UK.