Picton Castle is holding their annual Christmas Market on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November 2012. With a fantastic range of stalls throughout the Castle and Galleries this is a magical way to start the festive season. There are unique gifts and stylish stocking fillers to be found in abundance among artists and crafts people…
Category: Local art and crafts
Agricultural Shows in West Wales
Last year I went to three of our local agricultural shows and this year’s shows are only a few weeks away. The first one I went to was The Tivy-Side Show, held at Troedyraur Fields, Newcastle Emlyn. This year it will be on Saturday July 14th. It is a very friendly show with plenty to…
Bringing the past into the Present…
Last week I visited the lovely Pembrokeshire town of Narberth, not only to browse around the delightful shops and to lunch with friends, but to see the progress being made on the restoration of Narberth Museum. For the last 8 years, the Curator of the Museum and volunteers have worked tirelessly to find a suitable…
Exotic Plants, Haunting Harp…
We’d love to hear what you did on St David’s Day on 1 March! We spent the day at The National Botanic Garden and celebrated by listening to the most beautiful harp playing by Shelley Fairplay before walking up to the Great Glasshouse, Hellebores in abundance and banks of crocuses and narcissus… Spring on the…
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?
A sentiment we hold dearly here in West Wales as the Welsh poet, William Henry Davies, expresses in the above couplet from the poem ‘Leisure’. We found the time on this day to stand and stare and appreciate what is on our doorstep… On our way to Melin Tregwynt we came across the delightful church…
How to say ‘I love you’ on St Valentine’s Day
To say ‘I love you’ in Welsh on St Valentine’s Day is ‘dwi’n dy garu di’ and if that seems a bit tricky, why not give a unique and romantic Welsh Love Spoon instead? The hand-carved Celtic Love Spoon has a heart to symbolise love and Celtic knot work representing two lives intertwined. This 17th…
A Wonderful Day Out in January
What a wonderful day out we had on a crisp and sunny morning in January when we went to the Food Fair at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. There is always something exciting to see and do here, whatever the time of year, in beautiful West Wales! Walking up to the great glass house…
Spring around the corner in West Wales
Every season has such a lot to offer here in West Wales: from windswept walks along the beaches to watching the seasons changing around us; as buds emerge on the trees and the first shoots of the snowdrop peep through their frosty beds, we look forward to brighter days ahead for spring is not too…
Green Fair 2011, Newport Pembrokeshire
Something about living in West Wales has made me more aware of our precious environment. It could be the beautiful countryside and coastline, living on a smallholding or the fact that the area is alive with projects, people and businesses encouraging us to go ‘green’ and stay ‘local’. On a mission to find out more,…