Category Archives: Farming

Don’t let the sheep lead you astray

Posted on May 6, 2014 by bookvolunteer

  Don’t let the sheep lead you astray when you walk on the mountain above Dinas.  They won’t try to disturb walkers, in fact they are generally timid and scamper away even when you are keen to take a photo, but they … Continue reading →

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Women without men (or Why Kiel House?)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by bookvolunteer

There were so many women without men in Dinas in the 1890s that the local paper suggested that the village should have a policeman to keep an eye on all these vulnerable “lady residents whose husbands are engaged at sea”.* However, … Continue reading →

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Buy local and delicious

Posted on April 8, 2014 by bookvolunteer
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Dry Stone Walls

Posted on March 28, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Dinas has miles of beautiful old stone walls and even some relatively new ones. My favourite old walls are up the mountain where they are host to the vegetation that causes their eventual disintegration – and a richness of wildlife. … Continue reading →

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Wild rabbits on Dinas Island

Posted on March 4, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Did Dinas Island rabbits give birth to ‘Watership Down’? It seems likely that Ron M Lockley’s fascination with rabbits begin when he was farming on Dinas Island during the years of the second world war. His subsequent study on Skokholm … Continue reading →

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A winter walk round Dinas Head

Posted on January 24, 2014 by bookvolunteer

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Our very own tractor museum

Posted on January 17, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Just round the corner from Tegfan lives an enthusiast. His collection of vintage tractors is displayed one at the time on the street corner. The tractors are in working order and beautifully restored.

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The village blacksmiths

Posted on January 7, 2014 by bookvolunteer

This forge has been the village smithy for generations. As you walk down Feidr Fawr towards Tegfan, you’ll see J E Thomas and Son on the righthand side, not long after leaving the main road. It doesn’t look special – just … Continue reading →

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Pembrokeshire for epicures and sybarites

Posted on November 19, 2013 by bookvolunteer

If you’re the kind of person who marks the third Thursday in November with a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau, looks forward to enjoying wild game birds from the Scottish moors in September and the first daffodils from Cornwall in January … Continue reading →

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The lime kilns on the Dinas coast

Posted on September 17, 2013 by bookvolunteer

There are lime kilns at Pwllgwaelod, Aberfforest and Newport, sited on the beaches for the convenience of transport which, for heavy bulky material like limestone and coal, used to be by boat. The kilns are probably about 200 years old … Continue reading →

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Self sufficiency in West Wales

Posted on September 10, 2013 by bookvolunteer

  Sally Seymour’s lovely scraper board illustrations*are based on the farm near Dinas where the Seymour family strove to become self-sufficient in the 1970s. The illustrations appear in the book  Self-Sufficiency – The Science and Art of Producing and Preserving … Continue reading →

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