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The reconstruction of Saint David's Shrine

Saint David's shrine (built 1275) was an important site of Pilgrimage in the middle ages with the Pope declaring that two visits there were the same as one to Rome but the shrine was destroyed during the Reformation and Pilgrimage here waned. Then in 2010 the Dean of Students David's, the Very Reverend Johnathon Lean,  launched The Shrine Appeal  to raise £150,000 to restore the shrine 

Walt Disney

'It's kind of fun to do the impossible,' Walt Disney

Saint Davids

Saint Davids is the smallest city in the UK and is located in Pembrokshire in Wales and is the resting place of Saint David. It was made a city in the 16 th century but lost this status in 1888 only to have its city status restored in 1994 as the request of the Queen. St David's Cathedral Is set down do that it couldn't be see by invaders from the sea Saint David was a Welsh bishop of Menevia during the 6th century and he is the patron saint of Wales. His date of birth is unknown but reports suggest that he lived for over 100 years and died on a Tuesday 1 March (which is now the date of Saint David's Day) and it has been suggested that this was 589 (his last words are reported to have been, 'Be Joyful. Keep the Faith. Do the little things that you have heard and seen me do.') .

Walking thoughts

'All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.' - Friedrich Nietzsche

The Holy Island of Caldey

Caldey Island is one of Britain’s Holy Islands and lies just off the coast of Wales near Tenby (on the Pembrokeshire coast). Its name probably comes from the Viking kald ey or ‘Cold Island’ in English . The Island is actually two Islands – Caldey Island and Little Caldey Island (also called Saint Margaret’s Isle from the 17 th Century and known for its bird sanctuary and seals) which are separated at high tide. The Island is 1.5 miles long and 1 mile wide with an area of 538 acres.

Little things

 Gwnewch y pethau bychain Do the little things Last words of Saint David