Sep 6, 2022 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Culture and Heritage, Featured, Love, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Quality of Life, Swansea
We’re delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories in the Community Rail Awards 2022: we’ve made the finals for Most Enhanced Railway Spaces, and for Best Community Engagement Project. The Community Rail Awards, now in their 18th year, really mean a lot to us...
Jun 14, 2022 | Carmarthenshire, Changemakers, Culture and Heritage, Llanelli
Exciting things are happening on the site of the former Cynheidre colliery near Llanelli. The Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway, a not-for-profit volunteer-run company, is resurrecting the railway on the site, complete with working engines and a host of visitor...
May 23, 2022 | Adventure, Culture and Heritage, Nature, Pembrokeshire
Next time you fancy a day out with a difference, consider hopping on the train to Fishguard, where you can now enjoy three different types of tour: by boat, on foot and by minibus. North Pembrokeshire Tours is a new offering from North Pembrokeshire Trade and Tourism,...
May 20, 2022 | Culture and Heritage, Pembrokeshire
The Pembrokeshire village of Rosemarket may no longer have a working railway line, but traces of it are easy to find. Two of the original three crossing keepers’ cottages remain and the old railway line is now a cycle and footpath that heads north towards Johnston and...
Apr 26, 2022 | Carmarthenshire, Culture and Heritage
Did you know that the legendary conch shell trumpet blown to rally the Rebecca rioters in Carmarthenshire in the 19th Century has been owned by Carmarthenshire Museums Service since the 1980s? The shell, known as Cragen Beca, was donated to the collection by a family...
Mar 11, 2022 | Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Love
Pupils from Ysgol y Model were tasked with creating a piece of art showing what Carmarthen means to them. Their design depicts Merlin the magician, who’s been written about in Wales since the 12th Century, on a train and using his wand to show the magic of...
