Chapter 1 Gearing Up The mid-day sun shimmered off the flat-calm surface of the sea, a heat haze rising in the distance, surrounding the panorama. The ocean was silent. The hull of their lightweight dive boat, a lonely vessel on […]
All Stars Captain Chris Davies I can unashamedly claim that over the last 30 years I have seen the Drovers in action more than any other journalist – dead or alive! But, when challenged to select the top 15 players […]
Heart filled with tug boats. Eyes filled with sea. My journey begins With you. And ends with you and me. I’ll take you on my journey Across the wilder sky And we’ll share my sights And pleasures. Across the wider […]
Living on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park is amazing and I feel very lucky to be able to visit many of the beautiful locations whenever I want. Based on the western edge of the park, I centre […]
The fortunes of Cardigan Harbour are turning full circle. Its downfall dating back to the end of the 18th century, with the arrival of steam on both land and water, has been put in reverse. Today pleasure boats of all […]
Moelfre is a beautiful village, in a sheltered bay. It has a long history, yet one event still lives in the memory of Moelfre: the wreck of The Royal Charter. October 2025 marked the 166 anniversary of the disaster. It […]
The crowds, the busyness of stalls, with purse, with shop intent, conventional the street of stores to every city sent, built close to calm of Swansea Bay. Yet walk the main road, find the green of centre’s open space, near […]
I have seen much of Wales, but the one bit eluding me until recently was the Isle of Anglesey or ‘Ynys Mon’ With an area of 276 square-miles, it is the largest Welsh island, often referred to as ‘Mam Cymru’ […]
Through lacquer sun and tree shade dusk, there wound the seaward flowing Usk, with bridges which its waters cross on stone rock piles where currents toss their glinting heads out wavelet roll as river seeks its Newport goal. How shall […]
The ancient saying ‘be careful what you wish for, lest it come true’! could not be more appropriate after such a wet September. Scarcely two successive dry days. October augured well, with high pressure promising sunny autumnal days, only to […]
Standing on Manorbier’s beach, looking at its 12th Century castle, I was aware I was following in the footsteps of an extraordinary Welshman. The castle was the birthplace of Gerald de Barri, known as Giraldus Cambrensis, or “Gerald of Wales”, […]
It is understood that the first Farmers Market in the UK was started in Bath in 1997 and it was not many years later that the first recorded Farmers Market in Wales was started, the then Vale of Glamorgan which […]
