Do the little things

St David’s Day message. Be Joyful! Keep the Faith! Do the little things.

Ways to Cwtch at Christmas

Christmas is officially “Cwtch” season. Whilst you can cwtch and be homely all year round, at Christmas it is actively encouraged. We’ve put together our top 10 Ways to Cwtch at Christmas. Spend it with those who you want to spend it with. That means if you want to be surrounded by family make time […]

Ways to Cwtch in Autumn

The days are shorter so we need to make the most of them. Making the most of the day is different for each of us. Sometimes it may be a day outside, and then there can be whole weekends where we’ll want to spend them at home. Ways to Cwtch is about enjoying the little […]

Eating from Nature

Rewind: It was a cheap day out when we were kids. Mum would take us to visit family in Caerphilly and we’d go for a walk down the river with an empty bag and go “nutting”. We loved to shake trees and grab nuts on the lower branches we left the top ones for the […]

A day at the beach is a day well spent

Rewind: We’ve always loved a day at the beach. When we were kids mum would pack up the car (sometimes borrowed) and take us and all of our friends to the beach. Packing up the car included taking multiple picnic blankets, food and drink to feed to 5,000, swingball, beach balls, lilo, windbreaker, fold up […]

A lockdown anniversary

5 years ago Rachel and Neil tied the knot in the historic Edinburgh church where Rachel is a Girl Guide leader. The wedding reception was held at Murrayfield Stadium as a representation of where Scotland and Wales usually meet on the pitch. As the evening progressed so did the dancing which took to the pitch […]

Pancake Day

What’s not to enjoy about a day spent at home eating. One of the great pleasures we’ve been able to enjoy during lockdown is eating and what’s better than celebrating a food festival. We did have a Church school upbringing so we were always conscious of the religious aspect and the start of Lent, however […]