One of the really outstanding things that struck Alex when he spent a week at the Bruichladdich distillery was the commitment to the past, to make do and mend, while at the same time, taking an inn...

Gin. It hasn’t always been the drink of the moment, but recent years have seen it not just come back into favour, but positively strut into the drinks collections of every self-respecting bar, pub ...

The days are noticeably lengthening and there’s a definite sense of Spring in the air. Truth be told, the daffodils have been out here in West Wales since January, so excited they are to welcome S...

With the realisation that life didn’t have to be beige anymore – that I could have the rainbow, and that I had the ability to make things happen for me, the complexion of the walk changed. It had ...

A chance meeting at the iconic Do Lectures, when Alex helped out the team from the Botantist Gin at their hugely popular event gin bar, lead to a huge opportunity for him to spend a week at the Br...

 That I didn’t immediately shoot down Alex’s idea of walking around Wales together was perhaps a tiny chink of light, a sign that having made the break from teaching and returned to West Wales, I ...

September 2017. A camper van, a toddler and a month of freedom. Heading north to the remote Applecross peninsula with a plan to follow the North Coast 500, little did we know, as we picked up a bo...

2013; Alex’s appetite for adventure was whetted – but could he persuade Ellen to join him on the adventure of a lifetime? A Walk around Wales We were back in Cardigan – Ellen’s home town. Alex wa...

Giving it all up to become gin distillers in beautiful, remote West Wales has a real ring of romance to it – a chance discovery on a trip to Scotland that gin could be our thing, a business that co...

Sweeping in off the Irish Sea, the Welsh Wind can be full of sound and fury, sharp with rain, or soft and gentle, a breath of air, a ripple across the grasses and wild flower meadows where we forag...