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Tag Archives: Dinas
Questions it’s too late to ask
Of course I was excited to find a photo of my Uncle Davy George with his class at Dinas County Primary school. Here he is in about 1928, standing with his arms crossed in the back row – fourth from … Continue reading
Posted in books, History, Religion, Welsh language
Tagged conscientious objector, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Plaid Cymru, poet, Preselis, Primary school, Waldo Williams, Welsh literature
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Beehive pigsty – a pig’s eye view
As you can see, the pigsty (on the left) is in much better condition that the house of its owner (on the right). The cottage has fallen into disrepair and fencing prevents the unwary walker from straying into an area … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Farming, Food, History
Tagged beehive pigsty, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, pigsty, Tegfan, Viewpoint, Walks
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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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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
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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
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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Handmade dolls – Welsh Working Women
These beautiful dolls are made by Nicola Owen in Newport. You might also find them on sale in the Seaways Bookshop, Fishguard.
Posted in Crafts
Tagged crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, dolls, Fishguard, Newport Pembs, Nicola Owen, Pembrokeshire, Seaways Bookshop, Tegfan
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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
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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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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
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 