You can find Eglwys St Tegfan in Llandegfan in Anglesey. It is a pretty place which looks down on the Menai Straight and across to the mainland. It is peaceful and well tended, reflecting the history of a hard-working rural […]
As you drive the short distance out of Merthyr to Vaynor, the scenery changes in an instant. Suddenly, you are on twisting country lanes that lead into the rugged hills of the Brecon Beacons. It is so different from what […]
There is a sense of ancient history about St. Llawddog’s church in Cilgerran in West Wales…a sense of forgotten stories…of secrets. To find Cilgerran you should leave Cardigan on the A478 towards Narberth and turn left into the town. It […]
Geoff Brookes takes an insight into ‘Black Bart’ our very own Welsh legend and pirate of the Caribbean I would like to show you his grave but I cannot, for his body was thrown overboard wrapped in a sail. Others […]
It is extraordinary to think that a small place like the mining village of Aberaman, between Aberdare and Mountain Ash, should produce 4 world class cyclists at the end of the nineteenth century. There were the three Linton brothers – […]
Geoff Brookes travels to Llanfihangel Abercowyn, Carmarthenshire to find six mysterious medieval graves It is a modern road that leads us from Carmarthen to St. Clears, in south-west Wales. Fast and efficient it takes us quickly to the west towards […]
Our Lady of MumblesOur Lady of Mumbles is a new Rumsey Bucke novel, the second in the series. It is available on Geoff Brookes' website for £11.[Read More]
Capel Curig sits on the A5, the road from London to Holyhead, and is one of the gateways to Snowdonia, a place loved by walkers and climbers. Typically, we were not there for the mountains and the rocks; it was […]
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 […]
When he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross the Chief of the Air Staff, Lord Portal of Hungerford, wrote to David Lord’s parents. I have read of many great deeds for which the Victoria Cross has been awarded but I […]
It all started when they decided to exhume the pig, but we shall come to that in a moment. This story time takes us back to Brixton Farm near Laugharne in Carmarthenshire in 1850. The farm is still there, a […]
Stories In Welsh Stone – The Long-Awaited Book from Welsh Country Writer Geoff Brookes…Only £14.99! It was the grave of Margaret Williams that started this book. Her stone has stood there in Cadoxton for so many years, an enduring reminder […]
