Category Archives: Green things

The rain in Spain.

By Lesley | Published: August 14, 2009

I have to admit it…. we are in the throes of another wet and windy summer here in Wales. People coming here on holiday have complained about the wetness… understandably. But why do we always put ourselves down? When I lived in Switzerland, it was not unheard of for the first snows of the winter [...]

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Save The Welsh Badgers!

By Lesley | Published: March 27, 2009

Despite the fact that the Government in Westminster has seen fit to allow English badgers to continue to live in their natural settings (or should I say sets?) , the Welsh Assembly has decided that the culling of badgers in Wales is to go ahead.

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Penyrheol School Illuminations

By Lesley | Published: October 18, 2008

At a time when just about everyone in the country is fitting energy saving bulbs in their homes, tightening their belts against the economic crunch we are facing, having cavity wall insulation installed, closing curtains at dusk, turning down the thermostat and wearing extra clothes, switching off pilot lights and lights that are not strictly [...]

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Cockle Beds Closed

By Lesley | Published: April 25, 2008

Sadly, the cockle beds in the Bury Inlet and the Three Rivers area of Carmarthen Bay have had to be closed today because an outbreak of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has been detected.

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Free Range Shopper

By Lesley | Published: January 13, 2008

Last week I felt inundated to saturation point both by chicken welfare and by healthy eating.

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No Christmas cards this year

By Lesley | Published: December 16, 2007

We have decided not to send Christmas cards this year.

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Gas Pipeline: What comes around goes around

By Lesley | Published: November 27, 2007

Today will see the end of the project to build a gas pipeline though South Wales.

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Update: Please can we have our beaches back?

By Lesley | Published: August 17, 2007

I have today received a reply to the letter which I sent to Jane Davidson at theWelsh Assembly on the subject of the dredging of the Helwick Bank. Here is the reply:

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