Rugby fans among us may recognise the name Richard Parks…. The 38 year old from Pontypridd in South Wales is a former Wales International Rugby player, who had a long and successful career in rugby, including stints playing for Newport RFC, Pontypridd RFC, Celtic Warriors, Leeds Tykes, Perpignan and Newport Gwent Dragons. Parks retired from…

Did you know that the 7th April (Thursday) is World Health Day? This annual day, held globally, is aimed to raise awareness of global health issues and to celebrate the work of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that was founded on April 7th 1948. You may think that many of the world health issues don’t…

This week’s warmer and sunnier weather has been very welcome indeed here in Snowdonia as the signs of Spring are getting more intense – the flowers are in full bloom, the heating is on less and the cloud is clearing so we can see those beautiful mountains – at last! All this sunny weather got…

If any of our lovely blog readers happened to look up at the skies over Snowdonia last night then many may have noticed an unusual phenomenon…. The Northern Lights over North Wales meant that the skies came to life last night, and were lit up in stunning shades of green, pink and red. The Northern Lights are…

It’s that time of year again! Spring is in the air and after a long (and very wet) winter, the mornings are getting lighter and earlier and the evenings are getting longer. It’s one of our favourite times of year…. Which got us to thinking about the gorgeous sunrises that we so often have here…

This coming week, many of us Welsh folk will be celebrating St David’s Day on the 1st March – the birth date of Dewi Sant (St David), the patron Saint of Wales. But did you know that this week is also the birthday of another legend – inventor Alexander Graham Bell. The 3rd March is…

This February is a pretty special one…. No, we’re not talking about the Six Nations Rugby (although that is always pretty special!), but the fact that this year, we’ll have an extra day to enjoy the lovely month of February. Leap Year 2016 means that February will have 29 days, instead of the usual 28.…

So, it’s the news that many of us proud Welsh folk have known for many years – we read today that speaking Welsh is actually good for your health! Well, who’d have thought it? A professor at the University of Edinburgh has revealed that she is investigating what happens to the brain when we speak…

So we all know that food is the way to a man’s heart right? Well, for most of the women we know, you can probably say that the same is true for girls too. So long as it’s good food, right? We don’t mean Findus Crispy Pancakes and oven chips (not that there’s anything wrong…

Now, hands up who remembers the old money? Not that we want to embarrass any of you into showing your age!…… But did you know that this week marks the 45th anniversary of the end of pounds, shillings and pence and the end of currency in Britain as we knew it then. 45 years! Monday…