The hunt is on for the best pub roast in Wales


The Bunch of Grapes pub, Pontypridd, was triumphant in the Best British Roast Dinner competition


2016. But


will a Welsh pub lift the title again in 2017? Nick Otley, owner of


Bunch of Grapes, said: “We’ve always been busy, but since winning the Best British Roast Dinner competition we’re taking bookings for Sunday service weeks in advance. It’s inspired us to become


Bee a Wildlife Friendly Gardener


even better.” All pubs have to do to enter the national competition is fill in a short entry form explaining


what makes


their roast special at www. britishroastdinnerweek. co.uk before 1 October 2017.


As well as crowning an overall winner, competition judges will once again announce regional winners for South England, North England, Midlands, Wales and Scotland – giving even more pubs the opportunity


to become


famous for their roasts. Each of the regional winners will receive £2,500 of PR, with the exception of the national


winner who will win £10,000


of PR support


and the prestigious title of Best British Roast Dinner – a real bookings booster. Now in its sixth year,


the Best British Roast Dinner competition is part of British Roast Dinner Week. The campaign – sponsored


by Unilever Food Solutions – calls


on pubs to serve a roast every day of the week, as people up and down the country visit their locals to celebrate the UK’s favourite pub meal.


Bee Watering Station - Louise Sidebottom.


Bees, butterflies and hedgehogs are all spiralling into decline in Wales and the future for garden wildlife is looking pretty bleak. However, The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales are reaching out to communities in Cardiff to encourage people to garden with wildlife in mind. And the best part … Well, OK, the best part is that it helps local wildlife. But the second best part is that IT’S FREE! The Wildlife Trust’s ‘My Wild Cardiff’ project, funded with the generous support of players of People’s Postcode Lottery, are helping neighbourhoods around Cardiff welcome their wildlife neighbours into their gardens. Rose Revera, The Wildlife Trust’s People and Wildlife Officer who is running the My Wild Cardiff project, says “Anything that people can do in their gardens to create more habitat for wildlife in the area will help species such as hedgehogs, bumblebees, butterflies and birds move from park to park. Creating a network of green areas will strengthen the populations that are seriously struggling, rather than them being confined to a single green area with limited resources.” As part of the My Wild Cardiff project, The Wildlife Trust gave away free ponds to people in the Heath and Birchgrove area last month. Now we’re focusing on the neighbourhoods around Pontcanna and Canton which are surrounded by green spaces and parks. An event will be at the Canton Community Garden at Chapter Arts Centre on Monday 10th July, from 6pm-8pm. Local residents are invited to come along and make a mini bug home with us, plant some seeds to take home and to just generally learn more about wildlife gardening. For more information about the event on the 10th July at Chapter, contact Rose via 01656 724100 or r.revera@welshwildlife.org.


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