Wherever I go, I find myself drawn to churchyards, not out of any morbid curiosity, but because of the stories they hold. They are places that preserve the history of local communities, written in stone and marble, each gravestone speaking […]
Just a gap. No big deal. Simply a slight opening next to the privet, atop the ivy-clad bricks of the century-old wall. It’s nothing special to look at, and barely noticeable, offering only the most limited views depending on where […]
Chapter 3 Fighting Back Kelly screamed into her regulator, blowing out anguished bubbles around her as she trod water. She screamed again, unable to stop herself, the sight of Darren floating away from the shark in a plume of red […]
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 […]
Do you at times find your mind wondering seemingly in random directions except they are really very connected? Jane Griffiths Jones one of the wonderful regular contributors to the Welsh Country website started with a book, well not really a […]
Yes, I realise that this sounds like the opening line clipped from some back-page obituary, a precursor to the details of a tragic loss. Nothing, however, could be further from my thoughts. There is nothing tragic here, and certainly no […]
I think I’ll just stop here a moment and rest. As good a place as any, and probably better than most others, in fact, I’ve had this little nook in mind since I started my walk. It’s nothing special to […]
Not many people visit Cardiff to see the salmon leaping. The Taff’s not had a positive image. Robert Minnhinnick wrote that the river was once ‘a quilt of iron dust…a coal vein broken open to the light.’ Many think that […]
On the south-facing slope of the large hill behind my home there is a cluster of trees, larch in fact, that stand sentinel above the other trees on the slope facing out into the bay. True, there are other, more […]
As we are swept into February – the most sensible mode of transport being a coracle based on recent downfalls in west Wales – we emerge dragon hearted and hopeful that Welsh rugby might pull something out of the bag […]
“If only these walls could talk” is a phrase commonly uttered by those who visit old buildings such as stately homes and castles, heads tilted back and eyes agog, taking in every small historical detail and turning them into make-believe […]
The last time I checked, it was indeed, still January. The seemingly endless, dank, dour month, when we are encouraged to embrace all those new years resolutions that seemed such a good idea before the clock struck twelve. Meditate at […]
