Nearly 800,000 foreign tourists flocked to Wales in 2014; around 100,000 more than in 2014. In the third quarter of the year the increase was 7.5% over the previous year, giving Wales’s tourist industry a major boost with an extra £9m spent, according to the Office of National Statistics. With Tenby’s Harbour Beach … [Read more...]
Tenby – Wales’s Best Golf Club
Tenby Golf Club in Pembrokeshire was awarded the title "Golf Union of Wales/Future Financials Golf Club of the Year 2014" at an awards ceremony held at Celtic Manor Golf Resort recently. The award also recognises the work the Club has carried out over the past year to protect part of the dune structure on the golf … [Read more...]
The Land That Time Forgot
New Year’s Day is 1st January, isn’t it? Well not if you live in a wooded valley in Pembrokeshire where Hen Galan, or New Year’s Day, is celebrated on 13th January. This is the land that time forgot. Today the inhabitants of the Gwaun Valley, near Fishguard, are getting ready for tomorrow’s celebrations. They are … [Read more...]
Saundersfoot Harbour to Become an International Marine Tourism Destination
Saundersfoot Harbour, which dates back to the 1800s when it was a major harbour from which iron ore and coal were shipped from Wales, has taken a step nearer to becoming an international marine tourism destination having secured more than £600,000 in funding for its development. The project to transform the … [Read more...]
Pembrokeshire Shortlisted for Best UK Holiday Destination
Pembrokeshire has booked its place in the finals of the prestigious British Travel Awards. The awards, which are voted for by the general public, are recognised as the benchmark of excellence and to reach the finals is a true accolade. Pembrokeshire is shortlisted in the best UK holiday county/destination category, … [Read more...]
Local Butcher Nominated for Champion of Champions’ Award
Pembrokeshire butcher, Andrew J Rees & Sons in Narberth, has been nominated for The Countryside Alliance Champion of Champions’ Award. Andrew Rees won best traditional shop for both Wales and the UK back in 2007. Only 3 Welsh businesses have won the UK Award. He supplies locally produced meat and fish of … [Read more...]
Could this be an Answer to the Flooding Problem?
When friends of ours, Nicki and Andrew Bruce, bought a small plot, upon which there was a dilapidated bungalow, on an island in Marlow and showed it to us with much glee, declaring they were going to build the first “floating house”, we were intrigued but wondered if they would ever manage it. Would they regret … [Read more...]
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