New hands at the helm and the Shire trooping the colour

The new deputy minister for farming shares his vision for the rural Welsh economy. Could a pilgrim's progress benefit rural communities in North Wales? And "Celt" - the ugly foal who'll be on parade with the Household cavalry trooping the colour

Last updated: 29 May 2011

Country Focus - Sunday 29th May at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 30th May at 0530

It's all change for the rural affairs brief at the Senedd and as they get to know their new portfolios we talk to the two new Welsh Government ministers with responsibilities for agriculture and the environment...just who is doing what?

We walk down a route taking in some of the holiest sites...the North Wales Pilgrims' Way being proposed by the Dean of St.Asaph, Chris Potter and his wife Jenny, will begin at Basingwerk Abbey in Holywell and end at Bardsey Island off the Llyn Peninsula. It's hoped could benefit the local rural economies along the way.

Staff on the Dolmelynllyn Estate, at Ganllwyd, near Dolgellau are buzzing after discovering the biggest bee bole wall in Britain during restoration work. The wall was officially recorded ten years ago as having 38 boles - the alcoves where the bees were kept in baskets - but eight more were discovered during repair work. That makes it nearly ten times bigger than the average bee bole wall in Wales and officially the biggest in the UK.

and the Shire horse that'll be trooping the colour.


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