Sep 3, 2024 | Adventure, Changemakers, Counties, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Love, Quality of Life, Stations, Swansea, Swansea Station
Support group Sadie’s Butterflies is doing amazing work to create acceptance, community, and safety for LGBTQ+ people in Swansea. Its organiser, Donna Curnock, told us why its work is so essential. Every Wednesday morning, upstairs in Coast Café in Swansea Marina, a...
Sep 3, 2024 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Changemakers, Counties, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Explore, Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea
Our Community Rail Officer, Eve Sherratt, has had a busy summer connecting with exciting people and projects around our network. Read on to find out more, and discover ways to get involved. Swansea Station’s planters are on the move! Our planters and benches...
Aug 12, 2024 | Adventure, Changemakers, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Explore, Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea, Uncategorised
Meet the man who cycled 1600 miles to raise money for a monument to Owain Lawgoch Cross Hands man Kevin Bowen recently cycled a massive 1600-mile round trip to raise money for a monument to Welsh hero Owain Lawgoch. Read on to discover more about his fundraising...
Feb 8, 2024 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Swansea
In his latest book, John Davies, a veteran of Wales’ railways, reflects on his long commercial career selling rail travel for everything from regular passenger to pedigree corgis and flowers for London markets. Here he shares some of his memories. If you’re fascinated...
Dec 14, 2023 | Adventure, Education and Skills, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Swansea Station
A group of International Travel and Tourism students from UWTSD took a trip to Milford Haven by rail earlier this month. Students from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) have been exploring our rail network as part of their academic studies, taking...
Dec 1, 2023 | Adventure, Explore, Fishguard and Goodwick, Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire
A new electric bike hire company is taking cyclists off the beaten track to discover the best scenery in West Wales. Founder Ed Sykes told us what’s in store. From craggy highlands dotted with stone circles to golden, sandy beaches, a mountain bike ride with Hidden...
