A vist to West Wales (Part 1)

Me and Sam at Llys-Y-Frân

I took lots of pictures at St David's Cathedral where we spent the whole afternoon. There's so much to see, and the weather was great as well when we were there. As you can see from the pics, I took both the outside and the inside. The following two pics shoe a section of the floor in one of the chapels and pic of the wonderful painted ceiling in another section of the cathedral.

The next two interior pics will feature, along with several others, in a future edition of The Voice Christian News & Views magazine.

The Cathedral is a magnificent building.

As well as pics of the Cathedral I took lots of shots which show some of the beautiful countryside in the area where we were visiting.

One afternoon we went to Newgale which is a favourite section of the coast for surfers.

On our visit to Llys-Y-Frân Country Park and Resevoir, we found this memorial to William Penfro Rowlands, the composer of the well-known hymn tune Blaenwern, perhaps best known for its use with the hymn Love divine, all love's excelling.

William Penfro Rowlands (1860 - 1937) a Welsh composer and schoolteacher was at Llys Brân, Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire in Wales. He died in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

As a teacher, Rowlands moved to Morriston near Swansea in 1881, becoming Precentor at Bethania Chapel. He served at the Morriston Tabernacle Congregational Church (1892 - 1927), and conducted the Morriston United Choral Society for many years.

Blaenwern was published in Henry H. Jones's Cân a Moliant (1915). The tune's name refers to a farm in Pembrokeshire where Rowlands convalesced in his youth.