Thanks for Making My Travels Easy As someone who has spent many happy hours walking the footpaths around Wenvoe during lockdown I would like to thank the people who make my travels easy: The wa…Read more

Virtual Bingo Thank You

July 3, 2020

Virtual Bingo Thank You Thank you to Lucy Motton for organising virtual bingo , it was great fun! An amazing amount raised for Anwar’s charity. Also thank you to the admins on the Facebook group for c…Read more

Virus Tracing Scams

July 3, 2020

VIRUS TRACING SCAMS How to tell if a contact tracing text is real NHS Test and Trace might text or call you to warn you if you’ve recently been in contact with some-one who tests positive for the viru…Read more

Recycling Bag Suggestions

July 3, 2020

Recycling Bag Suggestions After a recent very windy rubbish/recycling collection day, I have been reflecting on the small changes we could all make to help improve our great village. I am lucky that a…Read more

How Lucky We Are To Live In Wenvoe

July 3, 2020

How Lucky We Are To Live In Wenvoe Wenvoe Walkers have been unable to enjoy their usual walks in the countryside due to the restrictions in place but most of us have walked around the village and its…Read more

All About Our Orchards

July 3, 2020

All About Our Orchards What distinguishes the Welsh Orchard (Maes y Felin) from our other community orchards? Well, this year it has more fruit coming along than all the others put together. And why m…Read more

The Chainworks Of Brown Lenox

July 3, 2020

THE CHAINWORKS OF BROWN LENOX ‘Not the cheapest, but the best’ Established as Samuel Brown & Co., but changing to reflect the financial support of Samuel Lenox, this is a multi-stranded business s…Read more

Page Turners Lockdown Travel Dreams

July 3, 2020

Readers Transported To Another Time, Space Or Place Another month, another missed Page Turners meeting, as lockdown in Wales continued into June. Part of the restrictions imposed on us all have been t…Read more

A Day To Remember On Skis

July 2, 2020

A DAY TO REMEMBER ON SKIS It was a Saturday morning in the early spring and I had woken up in Chamonix, the historic town in the heart of the French alps under the shadow of the mighty Mont Blanc. We…Read more

Forever Amber

July 2, 2020

FOREVER AMBER On the landing in Gran’s little house was a large oak chest of drawers on which rested the treasured family Bible. In those days just about every home had one and I remember being fascin…Read more

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