We were so pleased to see so many club members and friends turn out for our Remembrance Day Welshie Walk – particularly as storm Debi was hitting south Wales with a vengeance.
It hammered down with rain all day long but it didn’t dampen the spirits of over 30 dogs with their owners. Everybody enjoyed the walk around the Penllergare Valley Woods under the expert guidance of Stuart Helmsley-Rice (he’s the one in hi-vis in all these photos) who is a volunteer at this fabulous woodland.
Apart from the damp conditions, it was a lovely walk around the woods and a pleasure to see it in its glorious autumnal colours. So we owe a big thank you to the volunteers who maintain the woods and make it such a wonderful place to visit.
We are also grateful to Burns Pet Foods for supplying free packs of treats for all the dogs that attended.
(Scroll past the photos to see more info on Penllergare Valley Woods)
Please check out the gallery of photos below – and if you have any photos you’d like to add to the gallery please send them on to me at – welshspringerspaniel.csw@gmail.com
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Apologies for the quality of some of these photos – I had some technical issues, due in part to the weather conditions.
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But what’s so special about Penllergare and Welsh springers?
You will see a carved statue of a Welsh Springer, named Llew, at the entrance to the woods – he’s there to commemorate the Llewelyn family who owned Penllergare in the 19th century and were instrumental in developing and getting the Welsh Springer Spaniel recognised as a unique breed by the Kennel Club. The estate was predominantly a woodcock shoot, a ground nesting bird that Welsh Springers are particularly adept at flushing.
Penllergare is also famous for its association with Fox Talbot, the pioneer of photography, who was a cousin of John Dillwyn Llewelyn’s wife Emma, and spent much of his time at Penllergare and inspired JDL’s own fascination in photography.
It’s a lovely place to visit – with or without dogs – and easy to find just off junction 47 of the M4 – check out their website. https://penllergare.org
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