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Category Archives: Nature
Tycanol Wood and its magic mossy ways
The roots of this oak tree must surely offer shelter to many small animals that venture out when the coast is clear. On the wet day of our visit to Tycanol Wood, however, we saw only the sheep that nibble … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Oak trees, Tycanol, Woods
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Bird watching in the Nevern estuary
The cars you can see parked on the far left may belong to visitors looking for a signal for their mobiles but they are more likely to be bird watchers, who know that the Nevern River’s tidal estuary at Newport attracts a wonderful variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea, Wildlife
Tagged bird-watching, Birding, coast path, Coastal path, Dinas, Dinas Cross, heron, Newport Bridge, Pembrokeshire, salt marshes, shelduck
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More tales from the rubbish heap
I’m sure that the people who now live in this lovely house don’t realise that their flourishing hedge came from a rubbish heap in Fishguard. We moved into this house 25 years ago and knew that the unfinished thin front wall needed … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Balham, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, front gardens, hedge plants, Pembrokeshire, Pentney Road, S W 12, Tegfan
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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
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Wild horses on the Preselis
You can often see horses, roaming wild in the Preselis around Dinas. They seem to be quite friendly and may come close to you if you stop for a rest while out walking. I remember, as a child, being encouraged … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Nature, Walking, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, hills, mountain ponies, mountains, Pembrokeshire, Preseli, Tegfan, Wild Horses
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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
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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
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What to get for the person who has everything?
Doesn’t every family have someone who is a nightmare to buy for? They already have everything they need or don’t care much for possessions; they don’t want anything at all and certainly don’t want you spending any money on them. They … Continue reading
Have a beach to yourself
There are a number of beautiful beaches near Tegfan with no parking or easy road access. If you are prepared to walk a mile or two, you’ll discover that you are among a minority of holiday makers and you’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea, Walking
Tagged Aber Bach, Aber Fforest, Aberbach, Aberfforest, coast path, Coastal path, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan
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Buy local and delicious
Posted in Farming, Food, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Ann Evans, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Glan-y-Mor, Kiel House, local honey, Pembrokeshire
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I was a child vandal
I’m confessing to having played a part in destroying the dunes at Newport. As children we slid down into the hollows, we tunnelled dangerously deep into the sand and we raced heedlessly to get lost in the dips and the tall … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, History, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, dunes, erosion, Geraint Jenkins, marram grass, Newport sands, Pembrokeshire, sand dunes, Tegfan, The Craft Industries
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Dry Stone Walls
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
Posted in books, Farming, History, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, dry stone walls, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, Tegfan
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