-
Recent Posts
- Plant a tree in ’73 – View the scene in 2016
- Surprise visitor
- Undergrounding
- Red Kites in Dinas
- Our Aunt Emily
- Truly free range eggs in Dinas
- The Frenchman’s Feet
- Mudlarking at Newport
- Bara Brith – 5* review
- Sneak Preview
- Gedeon
- What would John James Esq think?
- Strung along in Dinas
- Threads
- A scattering of sheep
- Ty Twt: a little museum in Newport
- The best of all possible worlds
- At anchor on the heavenly shore
- Part 7: Unknown lives. Guesses, Slivers of Information and Cul-de-sacs
- Part 6: Friends
Categories
Archives
Meta
Blogroll
-
Category Archives: History
A thousand years at Nevern
As a child , it was the shady avenue of ancient Yew trees, one of which intriguingly bled thick dark red sap, that would make my visits to Nevern’s St Brynach’s Church special. Now, my treat awaits at the end of the shadows, where … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crafts, Farming, History, Sea
Tagged bleeding yew, Croatia, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Istria, mosaics, Nevern, Parenzo, Pembrokeshire, Porec, sheep, St Brynach
2 Comments
A mystery solved
While I have been trying to identify the people in this photograph (all deacons of Tabor Chapel, Dinas), I have become increasingly fascinated by them. I’m interested in what I can guess of their characters but also the possible significance of their style of hats, beards … Continue reading
Industrial dereliction
It’s fifteen miles or so from Dinas to Porthgain but it’s worth going just for the ruins. In the early 1900s this was a prosperous harbour, where local slate was processed and shipped. When the slate workings were no longer profitable, the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, Walking
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Industrial archeology, Porthgain, slate, Sloop Inn
Leave a comment
Which of these are works of art?
Click on the first picture for the answers. The brilliant Yorkshire Sculpture Park notes: Serge Spitzer’s work is concerned with human perception. Through performance art and sculpture in a wide variety of materials, he raises questions about the process of looking, as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crafts, Farming, History, Walking
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, farm machinery, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, Tegfan, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1 Comment
An acquired taste
If you associate corrugated iron with shanty town poverty – a cheap, light, waterproof building material that soon crumbles into rusty shards – you might be surprised by the ‘Tin Tabernacles’, some of which are listed buildings, or Dinas’ Mercury Garage. I didn’t … Continue reading
A blank slate
I no longer flinch and go into shutdown when I hear the phrase ‘Ordovician mudstone’ because Andrew Lingham (geologist and recent Tegfan visitor) has taught me a little and encouraged me to read further: http://www.pembrokeshireonline.co.uk/geology2.htm. This is obviously a simplified … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, Sea
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Geology, slate, Tegfan, West Wales
2 Comments
The usefulness of arsenic
In the late 19th century, when doctors were still speculating about the possible causes of typhoid fever and worried about the high mortality of children working in factories, they already knew that arsenic in the home constituted a health risk. But, before the discovery of penicillin, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, death penalty, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Penfeidr, Troed-y-rhiw, Yokohama
1 Comment
How long have you had your surname?
I have been wondering why most of the common Welsh surnames end with an ‘s’: Jones, Edwards, Davies, Harries, Philips, Evans, Howells, Thomas, Williams, Owens, Hughes, Roberts, Jenkins, Stevens, Lewis, Richards and more. This observation lead me to think further about … Continue reading
Bethan’s cawl
Cawl (broth) has been part of the staple diet of Wales for centuries and this recipe* has pedigree. It’s the real thing, handed from mother to daughter 70 years ago and cooked in West Wales for generations. And like all … Continue reading
Don’t let the sheep lead you astray
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
Posted in books, Farming, History, Walking
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, paths, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, sheep, Tegfan
4 Comments
Tegfan, Dinas Cross 