Welsh folk singer Meic Stevens follows love to Canada
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Meic Stevens is reunited with Liz, 47 years after they last saw each other
Singer Meic Stevens says he is planning a new life in Vancouver with his new Canadian partner - a long lost friend he had not seen for 47 years.
The veteran musician, a fixture on the Welsh folk scene since the early 1960s, said he and Liz quickly rekindled their relationship after a meal out.
In an interview to be broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio Cymru, he said it was a chance for a new chapter in his life.
He plans to concentrate on painting and writing a book about his childhood.
A native of Solva in Pembrokeshire, Stevens was interviewed at a recent farewell concert at Maenclochog.
Talking about his new relationship, the singer said: "I hadn't seen her for 47 years.
"She spoke to a friend of a friend . . . she was given my number and we went for a meal and it was obvious that she still found me interesting, so we rekindled our relationship - as if nothing had ever happened."
Sometimes referred to as the "Welsh Bob Dylan", Stevens said he saw the move to Canada as a chance to take time out to paint with an exhibition planned back in Wales at Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog in 2012, the year he will turn 70.
"I used to paint a lot of Solva but now I paint more portraits. I think portraits are more important than landscapes because people die."
He is also hoping to pursue his writing in Canada, with a novel about his Welsh childhood first on the cards.
"Life changes when you live with somebody new and that's bound to create ideas - that's how I get ideas, by living.
"I don't sit down and think 'I'll write a song about this' - ideas come to me naturally.
"I can't put the guitar down, my love is still there."
However, although he will be living 5,000 miles away, Stevens added: "I will always be Welsh and will never be lost."
The interview in Welsh will be broadcast at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 19 January on 大象传媒 Radio Cymru and repeated at 1700 GMT on Sunday, 23 January.