Damsels of Dinefwr – #30DaysWild

The last three days here have varied quite spectacularly in their weather. From torrential rain overnight on Saturday we have moved rapidly across to clear blue skies and short threatening heat, just in time for the working week of course. Somewhere in the middle came a humid, grey, shower interrupted Read more…

Guillemots, Stackpole Head

Catching Up

I’ve just about lost track of the number of times in recent weeks that I’ve thought about putting a blog post together. On a couple of those occasions I even managed to type a few words but time and desire have not been on my side. Thankfully the prospect on Read more…

Dinefwr Badgers

Dinefwr Badger Watch

If you’ve already read last nights post then you’ll know that we spent Wednesday evening in the company of my new favourite species of British wildlife. I’ve always been fascinated by Badgers, right from the very earliest days of Springwatch where Bill Oddie invariably ended up staring at empty monitors Read more…

White Park Cattle, Dinefwr

Blustery Dinefwr

It was cold, grey and windy on Sunday, not really the ideal conditions for a walk around Dinefwr but having talked it up so much following our last visit my parents were eager to see what all the fuss was about. It was something of a disappointment therefore to arrive Read more…

Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle

Nestled amongst the trees of Castle Woods sit the substantial and imposing remains of Dinefwr Castle itself. Though there has been a defensive structure on this site since the days of Rhodri the Great (820 – 878) the present stone buildings date from around the first half of the thirteenth Read more…