Where is Carmarthenshire? In the final episode of Series 7 we talked about the historic Welsh county of Carmarthenshire, so here are some pictures and links to interesting things! The Welsh Hat and National Dress from Wikipedia The traditional Welsh costume was worn by rural women in Wales. It was identified as being different from that worn by the rural women of England by many of the English visitors who toured Wales during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is very likely that what...

Where is Merionethshire? In our episode about Merionethshire we talked about lots of interesting places and things, so here are some pictures and links to find out more. Blaennau Ffestiniog from Visit Snowdonia The former ‘slate capital of the world’ has, in the last few years, become one of North Wales’s most innovative activity centres. It's also one of the six distinct areas of the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site . It joins three...

Where is Montgomeryshire? In our episode about Montgomeryshire, we mentioned a few interesting places and things, so here are some pictures and links to find out more. Shrine Church of Saint Melangell from St Melangell The Shrine Church of Saint Melangell is one of the loveliest small churches in Britain and one of the most remote. The Church is a Grade 1 listed building and there has been a Christian Church here for over 1200 years. Set in a place of great beauty deep in the Berwyn...