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Cockles, the Waverley and Breeding Goats for Meat

The rural news magazine explores the future of cockle picking in the Burry estuary, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer and why Wales is ideal for rearing South African goats.

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Mon 7 Sep 2015 05:30

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call for an independent investigation into water quality problems after a sewage spillage from a major outlet near the Gowerton treatment works. The shellfish beds have already been hit by a summer "wipeout" and the cockle fishermen say this latest spillage highlights difficulties which are killing their industry.

The embarks on its biggest project to date. The ambitious plan is to uncover the original Regency landscape created at Middleton Hall, the five hundred acre estate in Carmarthenshire which the garden now occupies. Archaeologists have been busy on site this summer, digging up some of the estate's secrets.

Not all plain sailing - but it's stillÌýthe world's last seagoing Paddle SteamerÌýand she's been cruising around our shores for 40 years with her towering funnels, timber decks and gleaming varnish. This week has been visiting the Welsh coast and was due in at Llandudno where our excited reporter, Huw Jenkins joined the other passengers on the pier for what he hoped would be a nostalgic trip

²¹²Ô»åÌýbreeding goats for meat onÌýless favourable land and inÌýchallenging Welsh weather conditions.ÌýÌýElla Hammel is originally from Germany but has begun her business,, breeding Boar Goats for meat on her smallholding at Pinged in Carmarthenshire.

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  • Sun 6 Sep 2015 07:03
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