The Ellis Oaks of Treflach
These two oak tree at Ty Tegwych (Fair House in Welsh) are 135 years old. The one is a Sessile or Irish Oak, the other is a Common or English Oa...
The Benchmark of Treflach
This time of year they say spring travels at 1 mph during daylight hours starting in the south and moving north slowed only by altitude, which on ...
The Quarries of Treflach
Think of quarries and Dolgoch, Treflach and Whitehaven come to mind, however the landscape is pox marked by a cottage industry that was a necessity...
The Leaf Drifts of Treflach
As a child I remember coming down this road on many occasions coming across old men with containers and bags collecting these leaves for their allotments before the invention of garden centres with all their available composts...
The Yule Log of Treflach
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Grandad Steele, born in 1893, used to have an old saying – “you get two warms with logs. The first when you cut it and t...
The Lightning of Treflach
When lightning occurs it creates nitrogen oxide. When it rains it dissolves in the soil making dark lush green grass. Pictured is a local tree s...
The Pinfold of Treflach
Pictured are dressed stonework, the remains of what was a pound for stray cattle in a roadside hedge – old ordinance survey maps show its positi...
The Watercress of Treflach
Once prescribed for the treatment of scurvy this creeping abundance of leaf and stem flourishes in the lime rich waters of Treflach.
A member of ...
The Puff Balls of Treflach
Puff balls are the Queens of the mushroom world being very rich in protein usually over 40%. Found in pasture land where soil is undisturbed, whe...
Great Mullein of Treflach
Great Mullein is also known as Aarons Rod as in the past its healing properties were biblical not only for human health but for farm animals as we...
The Gorse of Treflach
Gorse, clover and broom are all members of the pea family and are a tremendous forage for bees and butterflies. Although gorse (or whin as it’s k...
The Moles of Treflach
Even today the Jacobite’s toast the little gentleman in black velvet for obvious reasons. It is this time of year and Autumn they are most prolif...
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