Sort out your Christmas shopping and enjoy delicious local food and drink at a magical Welsh Christmas Fair. The following Christmas markets, craft and food fairs will make finding the perfect present a pleasure. Enjoy music and magical lighting, browse, meet friends and share some warm Welsh festive spirit. Picton Castle Victorian Fair is on Saturday 23rd…
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Siopa Nadolig: Christmas Shopping West Wales style – Part 1
Christmas gift ideas from West Wales: give something a little different this Christmas. Our first post includes 9 ideas for gifts which celebrate the natural beauty and traditional crafts of West Wales. Did you get to visit West Wales this year? With Christmas only a few weeks away (eek!) why not bring a little bit of Welsh…
Wonderful Wonderwool Wales
A kaleidoscope of colour, an amazing array of texture, beautiful things to wear, wonderful projects just asking to be started! To say I was like a child in a sweet shop is really an understatement. Where was I? On a day out to Wonderwool Wales, a ‘festival of welsh wool and natural fibres’, held annually…
Taith siopa Siôn Corn – Santa’s Shopping Trip
Santa has less than three weeks to get everything ready for the big day so he would be well advised to sleigh over to West Wales where he can stock up on a huge range of special and unique gifts, foods and treats from some of the wonderful Christmas Fairs this month. On the 7th…
Beachcombing
Beachcombing – Guest Blog by Kerry Hughes of Beachcomber Jewellery I’ve always had a bit of a thing for beachcombing – when I was little and living in the Midlands I would live for those 2 weeks on a Welsh beach and go home with buckets full of shells and sea glass and bits of…
Wonderful Wonderwool Wales!
Wonderwool Wales is the premier wool and natural fibre festival in Wales. It was set up in 2006 in order to promote wool and natural fibre production and its use in Wales. This festival is held every April at The Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells and will be held on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28…
Woollen Mills Working and Weaving in West Wales
For several hundred years the Teifi Valley was thriving with dozens of mills along the River Teifi and its tributaries; in 1900 there were 26 woollen mills in Pembrokeshire; this area of Wales was the centre of woollen production. Up in the hills in Tregaron, in 1851, there were 176 hosiers, 63 tailors, 15 woollen…
Signs of life in the National Botanic Garden of Wales – January Events
The arrival of New Year is too often accompanied by feelings of weariness from all our festive celebrations and probably disappointment that our New Year’s Resolutions have already fallen by the wayside!! However, the bulbs are showing signs of life and it won’t be long until we see the first early narcissus and snowdrops –…
Festive Fun and Christmas Crafts at The National Botanic Garden of Wales
The National Botanic Garden’s Christmas Craft Fair is going to be a real cracker. It takes place in the stunning surrounds of the Great Glasshouse next weekend (Dec 8-9) and is brimming with brilliant, locally-made craft. From Welsh wool knitwear and kiln-fired copper enamelling, to jewellery, lovespoons, teddy bears, pictures and prints; there’s something for…
Christmas is coming… Winter Wonderland in West Wales
Our first Christmas Market starts on Friday 30th November at 10am and runs over the weekend until Sunday 2nd December at Pembroke Castle! This will be a great way to get into the Christmas spirit, pick up gifts for family and friends and enjoy a festive atmosphere in a stunning setting. The market will feature…