Battling for Breconshire
When I first visited Brecon as a child it was a bustling market town and the trip was something of a treat – the place was almost exotic in comparison […]
Tag Archives: wales
Grapes at the White Castle
I’ve been completely distracted this last week, unable to get to my laptop because I was devoting every spare minute to my knitting. I’d promised Lizzie a sweater and so […]
September ramblings
It’s been two weeks since my last post and you’ll be glad to hear that I’ve washed off the mud and managed to stay upright. I haven’t fallen, slipped or […]
The Monks’ muddy Trod
I mentioned in my last post that there’d been a higher than average number of callouts this summer of the wonderful, fantastic, heroic Mountain Rescue service. They’re on hand to […]
Walking with druids
What’s the collective noun for a group of Druids? You may not think this is a very important question but this week it has been uppermost on my mind (after pondering […]
summer days
Today I’m going to write about good things. No tragedies, no sad losses, no whinging, even. Just good stuff, that has made me smile – hopefully it’ll have the same […]
Flying high
I’m about to make an admission that will probably cross me off some Christmas card lists: I’m not an animal lover. I prefer plants, mountains, trees and waterfalls to things […]
The long valley
This week two interesting things happened – the first of which was that The Flying Scotsman hit the rails and passed through Abergavenny. This was a treat not to be […]
…A thing as lovely as a tree
The other day I happened to read something about an ancient yew tree in the churchyard of St Cynog’s Church, Defynnog, near Sennybridge. The article reckoned that the tree was […]
A day trip to Dinefwr
I’m a big fan of the National Trust, as I’m sure you know. Partly because they look after wonderful old buildings, woodlands, coastal areas etc, but also because if you […]
at home in the hills 