Visit a church yard and you’d be hard pushed not to find a yew tree growing within. And they will date back a lot longer than the stone building they sit next to. Ever heard of the Seven Wonders of Wales? The yew trees of Overton-on-Dee church yard are one of them! Yew trees have […]
Join Poppy and I on our recent walk to Y Gop Hill, Trelawnyd, in our latest video. We spent a sunny afternoon visiting the Neolithic mound, which is not far from Prestatyn, Rhyl and St Asaph. The mound dates to the Neolithic period – the ‘New Stone Age’. In archaeology, the Stone Age is broken […]
I am so pleased to share that the new series of Weatherman Walking starts this Friday, 9th April. Filmed in 2020, not long after having Poppy, and with strict social distancing procedures, I present some fascinating features in three episodes of Weatherman Walking The Welsh Coast Series 3. You may also spot me in at […]
Join us on our latest video for a circular route up onto Moel y Parc in the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We look at the views, the history, and reflect on the importance of discovering more in your locality and loving where you live.
Today marks International Women’s Day 2021, and to celebrate, Poppy and I headed out for a walk to discover more about a very special saint who once visited our home village. I’ve written a few posts about wonderful women in history before now (see idigarchaeology.co.uk/welsh-women, idigarchaeology.co.uk/gwenllian, and idigarchaeology.co.uk/women for example). Today, especially for International Women’s […]
This week I have the huge honour of presenting another piece on the BBC’s Weatherman Walking, this time all about shipwrecks of the Glamorgan Coast.
Tune in to BBC One Wales’s Weatherman Walking at 7.30pm Friday night to watch Derek the Weather’s journey along the Wales Coast Path from Little Haven to Solva, plus a feature presented by me in the middle, all about work at an ancient coastal hillfort in Pembrokeshire. Filmed last summer, I speak to National Trust […]
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Weatherman Walking: The Welsh Coast returns!
Another exciting week this week, as on World Book Day, just in time for International Women’s Day, I launched a book I’ve been working on all about amazing Welsh women past and present. And it all started when I found out about some amazing women lost in the depths of time from Beaumaris Castle (see […]
Last week I was honoured to attend the world premiere of a new film. It’s all about the 200th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Menai suspension bridge, Porthaethwy (Menai Bridge town), Anglesey. The reason I was invited to the film showing? Because I’m the presenter! You can watch the film […]
