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 | Briton Ferry, Culture and Heritage, Neath Port Talbot
Briton Ferry’s floating dock is a site of significant local historical importance – and now a group of enthusiasts have come together to fight for its preservation and redevelopment. Read on to find out about their work, and an exciting talk on Brunel’s history,...
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 18, 2023 | Culture and Heritage, Fishguard and Goodwick, Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire
The Fishguard New Year’s Eve Street Party is one of the UK’s top New Year’s Eve parties, drawing 4000 people to Fishguard to see in the New Year. Here’s the story behind it – and what to expect this year. Back in 1999, a group of Fishguard locals decided to celebrate...
