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Category Archives: Nature
A rarity
The Perennial Centaury (Centarium scilloides), which flowers in June, was thought to have only one native habitat in the UK – Newport Dunes. It has recently also been seen in Cornwall but it remains an exciting find. It grows on the Atlantic coasts … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea, Walking, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, dunes, Newport, wild flowers
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Down to the sea
Each of Dinas’ beaches is fed by a stream that rushes water down from the mountain. This torrent ends up in Aberbach whereas if you follow the valley to Aberfforest you’ll find that the water drops from a rocky height to the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea, Walking
Tagged Aberbach, Aberfforest, beaches, Dinas, Dinas Cross
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Glorious colour
Posted in Nature, Walking
Tagged Blue bells, Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas head, National Trust
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A farmer at Hescwm
This is the only photo I have of my great-grandfather, Stephen George, standing alone, in his soft, comfortable, everyday clothes. The other photos that have survived show him as a ‘pillar of the community‘ or ‘pater familias’ – his place in the group … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History, Nature, Walking
Tagged Bank House, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Hescwm
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Garnwen’s Gourmet Goats
The photo above was taken from Garnwen, a rocky outcrop at the Fishguard end of Dinas. This was one of my favourite places, as a child on holiday in Dinas. I loved running over the rocks to the top where … Continue reading
Carpets of spring flowers at Castell Henllys
Castell Henllys in mid April – gorgeous weather and wonderful spring flowers. Many thanks to Ann Hughes for the photos.
When Dinas fed Birmingham
If you’d like a project while you’re staying in Dinas, the Mammal Society is looking for help in mapping populations of rabbits and hares in the UK. See here for more details. Apart from the catastrophic myxomatosis outbreak in the … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food, History, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, hares, rabbits, the Mammal Society
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Pembrokeshire birds illustrated
Posted in Art, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Arctic Skua, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Gannet, Great black-backed gull, Guillemot, Manx Shearwater, Oyster catcher, Pembrokeshire, Puffin, R B Talbot Kelly, Robert Gillmor, Storm Petrel, Tunnicliffe
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The old pathways
This beautiful path runs parallel to the river Gwaun flowing at the bottom of the valley to the left of the photo. Local maps show numerous rights of way along ancient pathways, untarmaced roads and tracks. You won’t find many walkers – you … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, Walking
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Gwaun valley, paths, Pontfaen, Walks
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A rare sight
Before about 1930, our family photos were formal and posed. They commemorated significant family occasions and entailed a visit to Edwards of Fishguard and presumably some considerable expense. Then someone acquired a camera and began to take ‘holiday snaps’ and photos … Continue reading
Winter seas at Cwm-yr-Eglwys
This was Cwm-yr-Eglwys last weekend, when the Stena Ferry from Ireland failed to berth at Fishguard to unload its vehicles and had to wait for hours in Cardigan bay for calmer seas. Many thanks to Ann Hughes for … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Rosslare, stena, stormy seas
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There’s nuffin like a puffin
2014 was a dreadful year for Puffins in Pembrokeshire. Research by Dr Matt Wood at the University of Gloucestershire* is revealing the harsh consequences of last winter’s’s storms for thousands of puffins on Skomer Island. Around 50,000 dead seabirds, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Puffins, seabirds, Skomer, storms
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 