Couple turns unusable land next to lead mine into thriving farm using simple system When Chris Boyle and Helen Eustace bought their farm with a dream of growing fresh veg, they had no idea their 12-acre plot had high levels […]
Summer is strong this year Long and dry. Water is low And nature is suffering. A time to act A time to reflect. To address Or to deflect. Please fill your bird baths Or invent a make do one. Pebbles […]
Karen Foy looks at the fascinating history behind North Wales’ quarrying industry. The church of St Cynhaearn is situated in the rolling Welsh countryside just outside Pentrefelin near Porthmadog. I visited it on a sunny morning in May 2013, but […]
Chapter 10 By the end of summer the following year, life had settled down and returned to normal, or a new normal and perhaps a better one. Edward and Jill were as good as retired. They still sourced books, ordered […]
‘Learning From the Landscape – Understanding Through Involvement’ The Carmarthenshire Heritage Regeneration Trust (CHRT) worked with the learning support units of 10 schools in south west Wales teaching the pupils how to use digital cameras. Project manager Mrs Cheryl Kitt […]
Chapter 9 In the event Alice was in no hurry to leave. He had to ask her to slip out quietly by herself, when he went down to greet Meredith in the shop and get ready to open. He also […]
You can see the four wellingtonia trees from a distance. They stand out, tall and rather incongruous. They don’t quite fit in to the beautiful landscape around them. They had to be planted here for a reason. They mark the […]
Chapter 8 Sex did indeed complicate things, Edward realised when he awoke. In fact it royally messed them up. He’d made a terrible mistake, and he was surely soon to pay the price for that mistake. What was worse he’d […]
Karen Foy visits a picturesque haven for wildlife and discovers the amazing story of sacrifice by a whole village community. As a county, Powys has a whole host of intriguing landmarks and natural beauty spots to be proud of, but […]
Chapter 7 The new coffee shop and bookshop in Neath had been open a week and a half. It was continuing to go from strength to strength. There was no sign interest in it was dropping off. Indeed it was […]
I seem to have spent a large amount of time this year bemoaning the wet weather, longing for a prolonged spell of dry and sunny weather. Not anymore! The recent phenomenon of a ‘heat dome’ topping 35 degrees kept me, […]
It is a long way down the hill to the stunningly beautiful church of St. Cadoc, just behind the impressive family home, Hendre, the “winter dwelling.” A gentle, prosperous place. Timeless and untroubled. Enter the church yard and look up […]
