Western Telegraph | Denis Watkins (Preseli Perspectives) Blog

Denis Watkins retired to Newport, with his wife Daphne, after spending much of his working life in Nottingham.

Since moving to Pembrokeshire he has immersed himself in the culture and language of the county.

He has learnt Welsh so that he can chat to native Welsh speakers, listen to Radio Cymru and read and write fairly well.

His other interests are politics, the environment,walking on the Preselis and the coastal path with his two labradors, rowing, reading biographies and writing.

My Sunday Walk in the Sun

Become active, read Dr Mike Stroud's book, and live long, healthy and fit into old age.

Strange weather for July

The Preselis and the scenes of wild life around the hills

The Mobile Library is more than a library

The mobile library arrives every three weeks which - and particularly if people are housebound - is like a treasure trove. The mobile librarian becomes a friend and the books an escape to other times and other lives.

Dogs are not small people

Training dogs the Dog Whisperer way: motto: I train people; I rehabilitate dogs.

The Mystery of Michael

Is Michael Jackson worthy of all the adulation when there are people risking all on behalf of Human Rights; or those who support Amnesty Internation; protecting Whales, the Amazon Rain Forest.

Fleas on dogs and dogs on kayaks

I am trying to cure my dog of fleas. And also find a single sit-on kayak with enough space for it to stay on

My Diet of Death

Nearly all diet advice is wrong and destructive. My experience with following the government advised diet and taking statins.

Just Riding in the Rain

Riding in the Preseli Hills

Tough Women and Wimpish Men

Swimming off the Pembrokeshire Coast; the pleasure of holiday makers at just being there. The Nelson era and the Patrick O'Brien novels.

Helping Lleucu

Leucu needs voluntary and charitable help after her desperate parents are denied a discretionary top up grant.

The Needle or Bust

Rowing in sit-on kayaks to The Needle off Dinas Head. Picnic in lonely cove, bird watching and then watching Andy Murray win his match at Wimbledon.

The Rev. Morris BA, the Red Kite and me

The Red Kite is seen in the area around Newport and Brynberion. It now attracts tourists as an attraction to rival dolphins, seals and sea birds seen from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. The Rev Morris, Victorian bird expert feared for the fate of the Kite at the hands of poisoning and trapping gamekeepers 100 years ago.