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July 22, 2011
Wales Rally GB
Mid Wales is an ideal environment for rallying, but is this how we should be spending our dwindling resources?
July 13, 2011
Elan Village House For Sale
Number 10 Elan Village may be for sale. It is a great opportunity because living in the village is a great privilege.
July 6, 2011
Bird activity in the Elan Valley
List of 35 birds seen in one week in Elan Village, and some thoughts on feeding Siskins.
Bronze-Age and Roman Treasures
Rhayader Museum is currently holding an exhibition, entitled “Glimmer in the Earth”. It presents gold Bronze Age and Roman treasures, originally found in this area, on loan from the Welsh National Museum and the British Museum.
Otter-ly delightful
Face to face with an otter, who was the most surprised? The otter took our meeting in it’s stride, but it was intensely exciting for us.
July 5, 2011
Elan Valley Police Cadet Camp
The Elan Valley Police Cadet Camp later became a base camp for the Warwickshire and Birmingham Wing of the ATC, it is now redundant but still attracts many previous attendees to remember how it was.
September 4, 2010
Self catering holiday cottage in the Elan Valley
Our cottage is actually in the Elan Valley, a short walk to the lowest of the dams and the Visitor Centre. Many sites that say they are near to, or convenient for, the valley could well be up to an hour away.
August 16, 2010
Elan Valley Activities
A list of activities enjoyed by both parents and children visiting the Elan Valley which demonstrates just what a fun place this is to visit, for families, just as it is for adults, and fun and exercise in the country need not cost money!
July 15, 2010
In This Place
“In This Place” is the summer exhibition at CARAD’s Rhayader Community Museum. I had been one of the volunteers contributing to the development of the event, but I had not expected to be moved by it to the extent that I was. It is an exhibition which touches the very core of the place in which it is set, and the people that live in this place.
June 16, 2010
Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships 2010
Fly fishers of the Commonwealth will be converging on Rhayader in the latter part of June. The Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships will be held from Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 26th June. There is a very active Angling Association in Rhayader.
Latest
- Wales Rally GB
Mid Wales is an ideal environment for rallying, but is this how we should be spending our dwindling resources?
- Elan Village House For Sale
Number 10 Elan Village may be for sale. It is a great opportunity because living in the village is a great privilege.
- Bird activity in the Elan Valley
List of 35 birds seen in one week in Elan Village, and some thoughts on feeding Siskins.
- Bronze-Age and Roman Treasures
Rhayader Museum is currently holding an exhibition, entitled “Glimmer in the Earth”. It presents gold Bronze Age and Roman treasures, originally found in this area, on loan from the Welsh National Museum and the British Museum.
- Otter-ly delightful
Face to face with an otter, who was the most surprised? The otter took our meeting in it’s stride, but it was intensely exciting for us.