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The beach at Llangennith on the Gower

Even at the end of our first day out of Cardigan, when I might have jacked it all in – when we were dusty, sweaty and with my feet in tatters, we were struck by the kindness of strangers. The occup...

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The Kindness of Strangers: Pendine to the Gower
The beach at Llangennith on the Gower

Even at the end of our first day out of Cardigan, when I might have jacked it all in – when we were dusty, sweaty and with my feet in tatters, we were struck by the kindness of strangers. The occup...

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The Kindness of Strangers: Pendine to the Gower

The Pembrokeshire coast between Freshwater East and Amroth

By the time we reached Freshwater East, it was crazy hot. To an extent we’d got used to the heat (if that is a possibility in West Wales) – certainly we had learned from the start of our journey an...

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The End of the Beginning – Freshwater East to Amroth

Renovation work at the In the Welsh Wind distillery building

If you’d asked us 12 months ago where we thought we’d be in March 2019, the answer would have been pretty different to the adventure we’re about to embark on. Our plan centred around selling 3,000 ...

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In the Welsh Wind – on the move!

Bruichladdich distillery on Islay

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...

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Journeys out of Wales: Make do – and make better

Jars of botanicals used to make In the Welsh Wind gin

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 ...

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Discover your gin

In the Welsh Wind St Davids gins

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...

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Celebrating St Davids Day – Ramsey Island Gin and St Davids Seaweed Gin

The Pembrokeshire coast between St Davids and Freshwater East

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 ...

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Wild camping and war games – St Davids to Freshwater East

Bere barley, as grown for Bruichladdich distillery

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...

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The Bruichladdich Story

The Wales Coast Path between Cardigan and Abercastle

 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 ...

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Ellen gets her groove back – Cardigan to Abercastell

The North Coast 500 in Scotland, where the idea for In the Welsh Wind began

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...

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The first journey: The North Coast 500 and Badachro Gin

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