The Wild Gooseberries of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Wild Gooseberries of Treflach

The Wild Gooseberries of Treflach are always the first to be in full leaf in early April so I've always known the locations to pick the fruit in July....

The cats of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The cats of Treflach
It wasn't until AD43 that cats were introduced by the Romans in significant numbers. There is also evidence that the Danes on their raids to Brita...

The Named Roads and Tracks of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Named Roads and Tracks of Treflach
Link to online map: https://shorturl.at/OIdbo   The map dates from just under 200 years ago and although faint is mesmerizing. Half the roads have...

The Leylandii of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Leylandii of Treflach
  Think of Leylandii and thoughts of suburban hedges and disputes over encroachment come to mind.  I first came across this hybrid 25 years ago in...

The Traveller's Joy of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Traveller's Joy of Treflach
  A quaintly named woody climber whose interlaced stems cover scrubby hedges and can be seen high in the crowns of trees on limestone ridges. In s...

The Aspen of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Aspen of Treflach

This time of year, before leaf fall, these flame trees brighten any overcast day with their bright yellow sheen.

The Olde Inns of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Olde Inns of Treflach
  Pictured are the trunks of The Royal Oak of Treflach that gave the name to the public house whose records go back to 1804, but the tree rings go...

The Pied Wagtail of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Pied Wagtail of Treflach

Pictured is a stained glass window with the wagtail at its heart.  It used to grace the vistas of Treflach Hall and tell a story but with a meaning only known by those who commissioned it.

The Dragonflies of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Dragonflies of Treflach
  Of all the flying insects of Treflach, the dragonfly has to be the most majestic - the fastest moving (35-60 mph) and the oldest having been fou...

The Hazel of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Hazel of Treflach
The hedges of Treflach are rich in hazel.  Formally of great economic importance, if cut every 7 years or coppiced the abundant growth supplied ma...

The Big Bellan of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Big Bellan of Treflach
  Big Bellan Covert is found at the southern end of Gibraltar Lane.  It is an outcrop of rock over limestone plates, the remnants of the last ice ...

The Anthills of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The Anthills of Treflach
    There are three types of common ant in the UK. They are the black ant, the red ant - that you will have noticed more as it stings, and the yel...