Category Archives: Nature

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path in Spring

Posted on March 25, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Tegfan is within a few hundred yards of the coast path, which provides wonderful walking at any time of the year. The scenery, the flowers, the sky and the sea change from month to month to enchant and delight. It … Continue reading →

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Spot a chough in Dinas

Posted on March 11, 2014 by bookvolunteer

The RSPB estimates that there are only 250 to 350 breeding pairs of choughs in Britain and I’d say that there’s a good chance that you’ll see some during a Tegfan holiday. With their bright red beak and matching legs, … 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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Cwm yr Eglwys and its Mediterranean climate

Posted on January 3, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Our local beach warrants an article on Wikipedia and I’m quoting here from the text: Sheltered from prevailing winds, Cwm-yr-Eglwys is renowned for having its very own microclimate, it being a few degrees warmer and dryer compared to other parts of … Continue reading →

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Dinas hedgerows at the beginning of December

Posted on December 17, 2013 by bookvolunteer

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What to do with all that seaweed

Posted on December 13, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Personally, I don’t do much with seaweed, but I’ve been given a couple of good ideas in Dinas. The first suggestion came from a man who was pushing a wheel barrow full of seaweed up from Aberfforest beach. He told … Continue reading →

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Winter rambles in Pembrokeshire

Posted on November 29, 2013 by bookvolunteer

South West View from Foel Drygarn © Copyright Dave Croker and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Here is a quick preview of the Pembrokeshire Ramblers’ Winter Programme. Their friendly, welcoming website gives much more information and contact details. 23rd Nov:  Freshwater West, Angle Peninsula 30th Nov: … Continue reading →

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(Not) Sleeping with wild animals

Posted on November 22, 2013 by bookvolunteer

I must have seemed an awkward and stubborn child. On our summer holidays in Dinas I was lucky to have a  bedroom to myself. The sunny room was quite delightful and I slept on a feather bed that I knew … Continue reading →

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Same old same old

Posted on November 8, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Had we kept all the post-cards received over the years, our long-standing family connections with Dinas mean that we would now be able to paper a room with versions of this one. The countryside side around Dinas is one of the … Continue reading →

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Windblown Hawthorn trees

Posted on October 25, 2013 by bookvolunteer

According to the Met Office, Wales is one of the windier parts of the UK and the windiest areas are over high ground and along the coast. Look at the Hawthorn trees along the cliff-tops as you walk the Pembrokeshire … Continue reading →

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Objets trouvés

Posted on September 13, 2013 by bookvolunteer

The first time that I went to Jim Ede’s beautiful gallery house in Cambridge, I was struck by the familiarity of the found objects that sat so comfortably among the 20th Century art in Kettle’s Yard. These stones could have come … Continue reading →

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