Entries by Ed1

Snow on the Beacons

Winter has arrived on the Brecon Beacons  Image taken by RDN photographer Mike Davies from Craig y Llyn  Our RDN team mamber Hugh Lewis was snow hunting there too. Images taken from Craig y Llyn by Hugh Lewis (RDN)

Resolven Post Office

Message from Cllr. Dean Lewis Would it be possible for you to get a post out to inform your readers that the post office will be closed until the 30th of November, due to Marcia needing an operation on the 23rd after suffering with chest/heart complications? Wishing her a full and speedy recovery from myself and all […]

Christmas Day Lunch Doorstep Delivery Scheme

Zoe Lake from the village is providing Christmas Day Lunch doorstep deliveries for elderly, vulnerable, disabled and families in need in Resolven Melincourt and Clyne. She is raising funds for this on a just giving page and has so far raised just shy of £500. This is a very selfless task that Zoe is undertaking […]

Natasha’s “Walkabout” pictures of our valley during lockdown

As a key worker and working throughout lockdown, it was lovely to be able to come home from work and go out walking and enjoy the scenery around us on our door step. I was able to walk along the canal, the river and also discover new paths to walk while exploring the wonderful mountains […]

Latest Local Covid 19 Restrictions

Press Release from NPT Council Local restrictions will come into force from 6pm  (Monday 28 September). The restrictions, which will apply to everyone living in Neath Port Talbot, Vale of Glamorgan and Torfaen are: People will not be allowed to enter or leave these areas without a reasonable excuse, such as travel for work or […]

All the Cake You Can Eat

“All the cake you can eat” was on mouth-watering display outside Resolven Church Hall on Saturday, when Resolven W.I held their cake sale for Macmillan Cancer Support. So tempting were the goodies on sale, that by the time our team from R.D.N arrived on the Square, there wasn’t even a crumb in sight. Here’s Resolven […]

AN APPRECIATION OF NATURE IN LOCKDOWN

(From Mary Baker in Glynneath) The coronavirus lockdown was long but it gave my husband Idris and myself, both the time and privilege to be able to sit and watch nature during the 3 months of beautiful weather that we had and which was a welcome distraction from the virus. From our Bungalow window which faces the […]