Glad tidings

 I'd intended to do this post later in the blog but feel like doing it now.  Not adventures this time, just isolated things I really enjoyed in St Davids.

I caught the Jackie Morris The Lost Words exhibition at Oriel y Parc, the visitor / gallery space a stone's throw from Frances and David's house.

The exhibition was pleasingly in both English and Welsh.  Jackie Morris has a real presence in St Davids now.  Her works are in restaurants and her books just about everywhere.

David and I took Yodi the Dog for a walk on St Davids Airfield.  It's the place Mum and Dad took me to 'catch' mushrooms when I was a child, and the first time I'd been back.  The airfield has been converted into a space for long rambling walks, ideal for dogs.  We found this box with notebook inside.  Definite proof that Jackie Morris had walked here.  These notebook boxes are often found on Pembrokeshire paths.  Walkers are encouraged to record their visit - observations and feelings.

Jackie's thoughts and feelings about the airfield and skylarks and rewilding are part of the Lost Words exhibition.

Also some fascinating insights into the Welsh Language.

Welsh pride is everywhere - a dragon on a farm gate as you approach St Justinian's Lifeboat Station.

A dragon outside a teashop in Narbeth.

You go to Narbeth to buy crocs from Jellyegg .

dogs can express their gratitude in Welsh

for the many places where you can buy special ice creams for dogs.

Welsh pride at the Tour de Pembrokeshire.

These chaps are queuing for their free hamburger (maybe bacon roll) after the race.

The race was sponsored by the mayor who  happens to co-own a micro brewery  My favourite brew is the cwrw clôs, an ale which nearly compensated for draught Reverend James no longer being available in pubs.  David was kind enough to find it for me in a Tescos.

At the Farmer's Arms, attempting to relive a meal I had shared there with Mum 13 years before, I had to settle for my second choice beer, Double Dragon.

Supermarkets also use both languages

and still stock Battenbergs.

These mini ones are a brilliant idea for diabetics...

my supermarket basket

iced gems are also still around,
pretty on the Narbeth lilac crocs I'd set my heart on.

I managed to bring a packet home for Dymphna.

a bench on the lane leading down to the cathedral

It's a lovely message but seems very out of place.

This is a Board Game cafe in St Davids

I didn't venture in there.  Apparently these cafes are currently The Thing.

This is the cafe and table I frequented.

Favourite food and stunning painting of my Porth Clais cottage.

The cafe is also a delicatessen and green grocery.

The cutest radishes.

a book cupboard in Mathry

I'm pretty sure I showed you this around 10 years ago.

Still  my favourite house in St Davids.  David hates it.

I also like this underground home but think I would need more light.

These are the houses being built now.  I like them.

They are the predominant style in St Davids.  Frances and David's house is similar.

The not so glad tiding, from my point of view, is that housing estates like this are popping up all over St Davids.  Locals can't afford to buy them.