For December, we have compiled some Christmas recipe favourites. We can add more at any time if you would like to share your Christmas family favourite with us – ready…
December: Christmas recipe favourites
October: Apple Fritters
Two of the apple trees in our garden produce very large fruit, old varieties of indeterminate age. Newton Wonder is a wonderful cooker and Gascoyne’s Scarlet is a good all-rounder…
Business Spotlight #5: Pitton Cross Caravan & Camping Park
Ian Button and his wife Tracey manage Pitton Cross Caravan & Camping Park, a long-established family business. Ian is also Chair to Rhossili Community Council and a member of the…
July: Looking closer into the garden
After a warm, sunny & dry June, July’s weather has been more variable. It was good to see the annuals and more tender plants coming into bloom. Pots were planted…
Blooming June
Once No Mow May was over, we mowed paths through the long grass. It was good to see the red campion, cow parsley, buttercups, ox-eye daisies and yellow rattle in…
May: My Spring Garden
May 1st 2023 was a lovely sunny Spring day – so just right to record what was in bud or flowering. Like last year, we had decided to have another…
June: Traditional Welsh Cakes: Not just for St David’s Day!
This is an old traditional recipe so the weights are Imperial. Sorry! But if you get it right, the Welsh cakes just melt in your mouth. Ingredients 1lb plain flour…
Business Spotlight #4: Meet our Posties
We have had some great posties over the years delivering our post and parcels here in Rhossili and we always miss them when they move on. We hope our current…
Nature blog #2: Harbour porpoises
The harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena is prolific in the waters of Swansea Bay and the Gower coast but is shy and difficult to spot. Itis the smallest cetacean (family of…
Business spotlight #3: The Bay Bistro (now known as The View)
What attracted you to take on the Bay Bistro? The four of us, Elizabeth, Jeremy, Sarah and I all have strong links to Rhossili and we were always keen to…