BOOK NEWS Hi folks, ploughing on through signing and packing a load of books tonight! Anything to avoid Strictly! Thanks for all your patience, turns out creating your own book is quite a bit of work!

Sad but possibly happy news, our baby swallows left the donkeys stable this morning and are not back roosting tonight. The donkeys' backs will be without bird poo until next summer now. 🙂‍↕️

For those of you with not much to do this weekend, here's my latest blog: marialalic.cymru/paul/. @helyg.bsky.social @sallyrose.bsky.social @crikeys.bsky.social @workersgallery.bsky.social @masterwoodchip.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social #writing #blog #teddybearhospital

August is North Pembrokeshire Open Studios season and I got this at Linda Norris's studio in Maenclochog. It's called Shearwater Night. Linda (and I)love the encounters with wild birds, such as puffins and Manx shearwaters, that are part of an overnight stay on the islands of Skomer and Skokholm.

The Shell House, Cilwendeg, near Boncath, north Pembrokeshire. 1820s, then lost in the undergrowth and forgotten. Restored in the 00s and a lovely place to visit.

A close encounter with Strumble Head Lighthouse last night. Visible on the horizon from our house in north Pembrokeshire, but this was my first chance to look around the site, on a tour by the National Park.

Great day for a boat trip round Strumble Head. It all looks so different from the water!

Coming soon: This summer, get your copy of ‘Vanished Wales‘ – the book accompanying @itvcymruwales.bsky.social’s hit show! It documents over 30 places in Wales sadly lost within living memory. Publishing 1 August. Pre-order your copy here www.serenbooks.com/book/vanishe....

Probably the wettest Q&A ever. But content wise - superb. #BrynCelliDdu #TheTriumphOfArt #FfionReynolds #SerenGriffiths @jeremydeller

A lovely week for wildlife explorations. 1. An evening trip round Skomer Island surrounded by thousands of puffins, shearwaters, etc. 2. Exploration of a woodland nature reserve to monitor hazel dormice. 3. Have the honour to feed a growing number of hedgehogs, some of whom are contortionists. ❤️

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First dormouse of 2025. I check nest boxes at nature reserves in north Pembrokeshire first these rare little beasts. 🥰

For those that like to shop from in Independent Bookshop, here's an ever growing directory. There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews #IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚 www.indiebookshops.com

♥️Competition time! A special Valentine's giveaway to cheer the gloomy days of mid-February. A signed copy of my Reynard the Fox, a gold-edged Fox for All Seasons journal, a box of Guylian Seashells, a Lindt heart full of truffles & an elegant fox companion. Simply like, share and follow to win! ♥️

The sun setting on Garn Fawr, north Pembrokeshire tonight. From my garden.

Brilliant to hear Richard Shimell on his love of winter trees, and the beautiful, heartfelt book that he’s written about them. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Hugh and Patrick enjoying Hugh's birthday cake. Noisy eaters. 🫣

We're writing a book! We need your support... ko-fi.com/welshbollock...

Lovely new book about my favourite place. Lots of stuff I didn't know but do now. Locally researched, written and produced. Bilingual. Harlech

I was chatting with artist/author Steve Smallman online the other night, during the last night of Storm Darragh. I had to say goodbye as I had to check on the donkeys. When I got back, he had done this sketch and sent it to me. I had to buy it and you can see why!

Our Log Burner Experience Afternoon today raised £312 so our total now stands at £846. Thanks to everyone who came, ate cake, made new friends, ate more cake, made reservations for next year and ate another few pieces of cake cos it was there. Awesome people!

Gwenni

What a player and what a guy. He only needs 11 more goals for Scotland to be the all time top scorer for them. Already a legend in Scotland and Brum😀

and remember if you want to find those bookshops that aren't on Bluesky I've got a growing directory at www.indiebookshops.com 💙📚 #BookSky #bookshop #bookstore

Sunset tonight here in north Pembrokeshire. The sky was full of the calls of crows heading from the fields to their roost above the Ferryport. The Merlin bird song app picked up a Redwing in the hedgerow.

Castell Harlech. One of Edward I's, so a Bad Thing, but just look at it.

Before I retired, I planned how I would spend my new leisure time. I trained for a licence to handle dormice and monitor them for the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme. Why did I wait until I was 60 to start?