The Daugeleddau estuary is the coming together of four rivers; the Western and Eastern Cleddau, Carew and Cresswell rivers in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is also known as ‘the secret waterway’ because most of it is hidden away from the world. That's why the best way to explore this hidden world has to be by kayak, canoe, and of course on a paddle board! Much of the estuary is inaccessible and with superb sheltered waters what could be better than going for a paddle with just the sound of the birds and the gentle sway...
In 2017 we supported Chloe Nunnery for her volunteering project in Fiji.
Chloe is currently a student at university in Bristol and has been lucky enough to be accepted onto the Volunteer Eco Students Abroad Program. She travelled to Fiji in summer 2017 to take part in a sustainable community development project.
She worked in conjunction with the villagers and the village chief in addressing the major issues faced by the village and the local schools such as a lack of fresh running water, dilapidated schools and generally poor infrastructure. Our sponsorship helped to facilitate the means for implementing a major community development project, which will encompass construction in addition to educating the community on matters of conservation, sustainability, health/hygiene and English proficiency.
Our sponsoring directly assisted with the costs involved in participating in the program. These costs are significant and include hiring local skilled trades people to supervise and assist in the building projects, building materials and donations to local organisations.
As a volunteer Chloe completed a minimum of 40 hours of hands on community based volunteer work. A second activity that followed on from assisting the local community was a week being part of an initiative to increase the population of the native sea turtles and to restore the reef to its native state. Working under the guidance of a marine biologist, Chloe gained a greater understanding of sea turtles and the ecosystems that they inhabit. From providing ongoing care for ‘Headstart Hatchlings’ – cleaning pools and foraging for dietary components to build new ponds and turtle sick bay.
She further had the opportunity to learn about coral conservation and reef mapping, which involved snorkelling to count the number and variety of fish, coral and other beautiful marine life then transplanting coral from healthy reefs to rebalance the fragile ecosystem.
Contact us if you are going to participate in a volunteering project related to the sea or the improvement of the environment to get sponsorship.
In this article we are looking at different types of currents and how they affect the bay of Saundersfoot. Ocean currents are movements of seawater are mainly caused by the Coriolis effect (a force moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere). It's not to be confused with tides that are mainly caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon. Depth contours, shoreline configurations, and interactions with other currents influence a current's direction and strength. Ocean currents flow for great distances, and play a dominant role in determining the...
The jellyfish population around Pembrokeshire made it into the news when in summer and autumn 2017 thousands of giant jellyfish washed up on beaches in Tenby, Saundersfoot and Newport. However, these bizarre creatures have drifted through our oceans for over 500 million years. Despite lacking a brain, heart or blood, their soft bodies are over 90 per cent water, and they move in a mesmerising pulsing motion operated by a simple net of nerves. Let's have a closer look at the different types of jellyfish that are predominant in the bay of Saundersfoot and what to do if you get...
The forgotten black diamond mining village Pembrokeshire may not be as synonymous with coal mining as the South Wales Valleys, yet in its heyday the harbour in Saundersfoot was shipping out around 30,000 tons of anthracite coal annually from its shores! Having said that, Pembrokeshire was a huge producer of anthracite. From 1830 onwards, with the onset of the industrial revolution, coal was in great demand and due to the large quantities found in this area, over fifteen coal mines came into operation and by 1930, Hook (by the Estuary towards Haverfordwest) had the only mine operating. Accordingly the area...
Cwtch Camping has created real treasures when it comes to camping! If you are looking for a low key, relaxed campsite and your own slice of Pembrokeshire’s National Park to pitch up on then their Dews Lake Farm (near Lamphey) ticks those boxes. It's a working farm so expect to have cattle grazing in the adjacent fields or for their friendly springer spaniel to be pottering about. Dews Lake Farm offers plenty of space, after all camping is all about great outdoors! There are no allocated pitches in the non-electric field so just rock up and pitch up where you fancy. There is also an electric field...
Stand Up Paddle boarding is believed to have been used by our ancestors for thousands of years for hunting and the discovery of safe, more verdant shores. Some believe that ancient Peruvian fishermen from Chan Chan, once the largest city in South America, have laid the ground for Stand Up Paddle boarding as they have been standing in their small vessels and paddling through the sea with a double bladed paddle made out of wood. Other argue that Paddle boarding has Hawaiian heritage and it translates in Hawaiian to Ku Hoe He’e Nalu; to stand, to paddle, to surf a wave....
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