Getting close to nature, albeit through a lens, has always been one of my favourite pastimes. Fortunately for me, my eagle eyed wife managed to spot a new and colourful visitor to our garden, a male Bullfinch. Our garden, and in particular our neighbour’s purple leaved cherry tree, is usually frequented by the robin, house …
Having savoured Swansea City’s first ever league win at Liverpool on Saturday, I thought it about time to take my football-loving wife and football-playing daughter to watch the Swans ladies team in action the following day. The Llandarcy Academy of Sport was host to the Welsh Premier Women’s League clash between current league leaders Swansea …
Having spent the best part of two whole weeks travelling around France watching Wales during the Euro 2016 Tournament – and witnessing the wins over Slovakia, Northern Ireland and Belgium in the process – the month of June and partly July were all a bit of a blur. Of course seeing your country get to …
Despite living in close proximity to the Swansea Valley Canal and being aware that you could hire canoes and kayaks from the Swansea Canal Society, I’d never actually attempted to give them a try. Well not until this weekend that is! Motivated by wanting to do something different than going for the usual Sunday morning …
I fondly remember the stories my parents used to tell me as a child of a sleeping giant that lived in the upper Swansea Valley near Ystradgynlais. Little did I know back then but they were referring to the the natural phenomenon more commonly known locally as ‘Cribarth’ – a hill in the Brecon Beacons …