Can you believe your eyes?! We’re giving away free advertising space in our Festive December issue of the Crick & Usk Valley Focus! We must be crazy! Here’s the deal: You need to run an advert with us in December’s magazine AND come up with a festive promotional offer or discount for our readers. In exchange […]
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FREE ADVERTISING!
FREE advertising Space! Can you believe your eyes?! We’re giving away free advertising space in our Festive December issue of the Abergavenny Focus! We must be crazy! Here’s the deal: You need to run an advert with us in December’s magazine AND come up with a festive promotional offer or discount for our readers. In […]
Autumn celebrations at the the Oriel CRiC Gallery
The onset of autumn has been marked in Crickhowell’s Oriel CRiC Gallery by a particularly vibrant “By Invitation” exhibition and a programme of creative activity. Earlier this month Folk Musicians from X’ian Shaanxi, delighted visitors withl music and a calligraphy demonstration complemented by art by – four artists from X’ian whose work has been curated […]
The Bakers’ Table – World Bread Awards Success
Real Bread Bakery, The Bakers’ Table at Melin Talgarth Mill scooped four awards on their first attempt at the Tiptree World Bread Awards 2014. Although they did not make the finalists awards ceremony where veteran award winning Hay baker Alex Gooch took the top prize in the Sourdough category, The Bakers’ Table received Gold for […]
Things that go BUMP in the night
It’s that spooky time of year again. Time to hollow out some pumpkins and don your best vampire teeth. Whether or not you believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, Monmouthshire isn’t lacking when it comes to reports of ghostly goings on. We did some research and found out about the resident spooks of some familiar […]
Dyffryn Crawnon Walk
For this month’s walk, Ludo and I headed off to the beautiful Dyffryn Crawnon valley. If you’re a fan of Tolkienesque woods, and don’t suffer from vertigo too much, this is a great walk! However, there are some very steep drops and a lot of uneven ground so I wouldn’t recommend it to novice walkers […]
93rd CWMDU ANNUAL EISTEDDFOD
Cwmdu Eisteddfod was first held in 1916 in the Schoolroom in Cwmdu VP School and has been held annually ever since apart from a few years during WW2. At the 1945 Eisteddfod the schoolroom was packed to overflowing and that year’s president, Lord Glanusk issued a challenge to the people of Cwmdu to build a […]
Meet your MP, David Davies
Perhaps one of the most important local people to get to know is your MP, since he or she is responsible for representing your views in Parliament. We recently contacted David Davies, who gave us an insight into the work that he does. “I was delighted to be asked to make a contribution to the […]
Meet the Locals!
The faces behind the names of our Colourful Community Debbie Saunders of Wits End Weight Ltd Tracey Prall of Canine Connections Andrew Williams of A.W. Property Maintenance Jon & Sacha Child of Kings Arms Hotel Sharon Evers of Sharon’s Toyshare Emma Corfield-Walters of Bookish, Crickhowell Mandy Knight of Amanda Jayne Shoes Tom Lewis of The […]
Have fun at Halloween Treats not tricks!
We know that whilst many people enjoy taking part in the festivities surrounding Halloween, there will also be members of the public who would prefer not to be disturbed. We’re asking all local residents to make sure they have fun, whilst acting responsibly and respecting the wishes of everyone in the community. Trick or treat […]
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