Leisure centres in Cardiff used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff. The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus services 21, 23, 24, 25 and 27. Pentwyn Leisure Centre () opened in 1989 in Pentwyn in the north east of the city. Its facilities include a leisure pool with slide, waves and features, 4 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 2 squash courts, fitness suite, community suite, an upper activity area, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes,bar/coffee area, poolside café, and suites available for private function hire with catering and licensed bar. In November 2009, the Welsh Open
A Year in the Merde a foreign country. The character Paul in his attempts to assimilate (mainly to improve his sex-life) also contrasts other aspects of French society, in particular French bureaucracy and higher education, with the "system" in Britain. A sequel, "Merde Actually" ("In the Merde for Love" in the USA), was published in 2005. As it suggests, the title is based on the film "Love Actually". A second sequel, "Merde Happens", was published in the UK in 2007 and was released in the US in the summer of 2008. A fourth book 'Dial M for Merde' was released in the UK in September