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Tag Archives: Pembrokeshire
Even better than John Lewis
You could buy this quality ‘lambswool throw’ on-line from John Lewis and take it on trust that the colours are stunningly beautiful and that it is soft to touch. Tegfan visitors, however, are within easy reach of Melin Tregwynt where … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, History, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, mill shop, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, weaving, wool
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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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Welsh Ships and Sailing Men
I have bought this delightful book and shall be adding it our collection. What a treat! Just the thought of it sitting expectantly on our shelves, should tempt you down to Tegfan to read it. J Geraint Jenkins, who was … Continue reading
Posted in books, Crafts, History, Sea, Welsh language
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Pwllgwaelod, sea faring, ship building, Tegfan, West Wales
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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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The Great Storm of 1859
Now that we have seen the TV pictures of the storms battering the SW coast in the winter of 2013/2014, we can begin to imagine the strength of the Royal Charter Storm, the most powerful storm in the Irish Sea … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas head, Dinas Island, Pembrokeshire, St Brynach's Church
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Why little girls in our family had to wear cotton pyjamas
My Dinas grandfather became an economic migrant to London when his colour blindness put an end to his ambition in the merchant navy. In London he joined the fire service, where his daughter spectacularly survived a fall down the pole … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged colour blindness, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas History Series, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, The County Echo
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Did this legendary PR man for the Church in Wales really exist?
St Brynach was a sixth century monk who earned his sainthood while socialising with royalty and travelling extensively both in mainland Europe and on the route which is now the A 487 between Fishguard and Nevern. He’s not exactly a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion, Welsh language
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, St Brynach, Tegfan
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Spot a chough in Dinas
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
Posted in Nature, Walking, Wildlife
Tagged bird-watching, Birding, chough, coast path, Coastal path, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas Island, Pembrokeshire, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Tegfan
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Follow Dylan Thomas to our local
Dylan Thomas’ (1914-1953) centenary will be celebrated with many events in South Wales throughout the year. The 1973 film of Under Milk Wood, with Richard Burton, was made in Lower Fishguard. I remember the houses round the harbour dressed with new shop … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dylan Thomas, Pembrokeshire, poet, poetry, Tegfan, Under Milk Wood
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Wild rabbits on Dinas Island
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
Posted in Farming, Nature, Walking, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas Island, Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire coast path, R M Lockley, Richard Adams, Tegfan, wild rabbits
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Getting closer to Ireland
Our childhood summer holidays in Dinas seemed exotic to us Londoners. Of course the language was different, as was the food, the weather, the freedom we were allowed to roam, the stamps we bought for our postcards and even the … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged catamaran, day trip, Dinas, Dinas Cross, ferry, Fishguard, Irish sea, Pembrokeshire, Rosslare, stena, Tegfan, welsh language, Wexford
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