If you want a crowd pleasing dessert then this is the one for you! When I make it, it is never around for very long – but beware, it is very rich. It’s an easy recipe and doesn’t require a lot of preparation (no worrying about boiling the condensed milk for hours to make a […]
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Monthly Archives: August 2015
World’s Best Gypsy Jazz comes to Brecon
Amongst the global entertainment on offer at this year’s Brecon Jazz festival (August 7-9 breconjazz.com) is the passionate and energetic Gipsy Jazz from one of the world’s finest live exponents – Taraf de Haïdouks, a group of Gypsy “Lautari” (traditional musicians) who hail from the little Romanian village of Clejani. Taraf de Haïdouks (translates as […]
A Great Day Out For Fun & Education at Abergavenny Museum & Castle
If you want a great family day out this summer which provides some education at the same time, then Abergavenny Museum and Castle is the place to go. There is a packed programme of events that will appeal to every member of the family. Best of all, entrance into the museum is free, so a […]
Road Safety event in Abergavenny helps to bring communities together..
Community Support Officer Amanda Yung from Abergavenny Team has been working to tackle an ongoing issue with anti-social driving, along with educating young drivers about safe driving following 19 fatal road traffic collisions in Gwent since January 2014. CSO Yung organised an event in Abergavenny in June along with partner agencies including the Road Safety […]
St David’s Church, Llywel Flower Festival & Agincourt 600 Exhibition
When the Agincourt600 commemorations were mentioned at a meeting last year, there were many present who knew little of the battle and even less of the link our community had to this part of history. The Agincourt600 group have organised many events, one of these is the excellent exhibition that Bryan Davies has collated. When […]
Llangynidr Athlete Joins Team Wales for Commonwealth Youth Games
Powys athlete Rebekah O’Loughlin (Tennis) from Llangynidr has been selected to be part of Team Wales competing at this September’s Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. Rebekah and her fellow athletes gathered at the weekend to meet each other and receive their Wales kit at a special Team Day at the University of South Wales’ Trefforest […]
ABERGAVENNY FESTIVAL OF CYCLING: ROAD CLOSURES
Roads around Abergavenny will be temporarily closed on the weekend of August 7- 9th as cyclists compete in the town’s Festival of Cycling which brings the televised Grand Prix of Wales to the county. The Abergavenny Festival of Cycling, which attracted 35,000 spectators last year, will include riders such as Olympic gold-medallist Ed Clancy. Bill […]
Pedal Power
On Sunday July 12th nine intrepid lads from the Abergavenny area set off from the Sugarloaf Mountain to cycle 160 miles to Snowdon. It took them three grueling days of uphill cycling, and they arrived in Llanberis on 14th July. The lads decided to do the event to raise money for research into Crohn’s Disease, […]
£1.25m town centre loan scheme unveiled for Abergavenny
Monmouthshire County Council has announced the establishment of a £1.25m loan scheme to help bring back to life underutilised and redundant sites and buildings in Abergavenny town centre. Funded under the Welsh Government’s ‘Vibrant and Viable Places’ initiative, the scheme will provide interest-free loans to owners to refurbish, convert or develop redundant, vacant and […]
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