I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their […]
Why not investigate your local river or stream, contact Affonydd Cymru? Will we ever be able to control invasive non native species? When the salmon season ended on the 17th October surprising results have come in from all over Wales […]
When he passed away on 6th July 1960, there was ‘an outpouring of national mourning’. Over 40 years later, in 2004, he was voted top of the poll in a clarion call of 100 Welsh Heroes, his role in the […]
Pentre Ifan is one of the most impressive prehistoric burial chambers in the whole of Wales and this walk, unusual for Pembrokeshire in that it’s totally landlocked, links a visit to the spectacular stones with a scenic clamber onto the […]
In the graveyard of the fine parish church of St Giles in Wrexham you will find the substantial tomb of Elihu Yale, who was buried here in 1721 and has a world-famous American university named after him. It is large […]
It will come as no surprise to my readers that I am still on my soapbox and I hope you will not be cross with my staying there!! As Wales continues trying to tackle the second wave of Covid-19 I […]
There’s a road from Aberdyfi, which winds its way through the Dyfi Valley overseen by the Plynlimon and the Tarren Hills somewhat parallel, sometimes not – to the Aberdyfi River. The road jogs its way a little through a quiet […]
Wales has been renowned over the years that I have been fishing for producing top class fly anglers. These people have in the main been fishing for trout and salmon. Over the years coarse anglers began to fish for their […]
It feels unusual to be contemplating winter, since at the time of writing in late September, we are experiencing a fleeting heatwave and are sadly, still in the midst of the pandemic. Whilst I cannot pretend that winter is my […]
September trees rattle like down turned paper cups. Golden lampshade softens tones of green and grey but heightens hues of crimson berries and the rolling waves of fallowed hay. Birdsong scatters and slowly fades into insignificant outbursts of random chatter […]
Surprisingly, this is the first Barry photo feature in Welsh Country. Admittedly the scenery of Barry may not be as spectacular as it is in some of Wales’ more celebrated locations but there is much to admire and enjoy. I […]
In 2018 Gwent Angling society based in South Wales embarked on a programme to show how important Angling is/was to the Welsh economy. They did detailed research and presented it at the highest level of Government and to the national […]
