Monday, 31 May 2010

Postcard 70: St Govan's Chapel


Guillemot colony at Stack Rocks
near St Govan's
on the Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire


St Govan's Chapel
tucked in its rocky cleft
(click to enlarge)


Stack Rocks
near the Green Bridge,
Castlemartin Range
(click to enlarge and spot the Guillemot colony)

We spent the Bank Holiday in fine sunshine on the Pembrokeshire cliffs, here at St Govan's Chapel. It is a favourite haunt. Some people believe that it is the final resting place of Sir Gawain.

We failed to spot any seals today, but the flowers - including the Green Winged Orchids - were a delight. There were scores of bees and butterflies.

Some years back I took part in a Disability Arts Cymru project, which resulted in the publication of an anthology called Hidden Dragons | Gwir a Grymus (edited by Allan Sutherland and Elin ap Hywel, Parthian Books).

My poem, 'St Govan's Chapel' features in the book. It was later selected for inclusion in an Arts Council Wales report (Moving Beyond: an Arts & Disability Strategy for Wales p.7), which is online. You can follow my link through to read it here.

2 comments:

The Weaver of Grass said...

Love that little chapel - used to visit it often when we were down in that area.

Crafty Green Poet said...

what lovely sea cliffs! Bit vertiginous though!