Gower Society Youth

Saturday 23rd May 6pm
Follow the road to Caswell park in the back of the car park opposite the beach there is a charge.

We will examine some moths I trapped the night before and identify the amazing patterns and diversity. Then we will see what we can catch with our own trapping. Once we have let our moths fly free, we will head into the woods looking and listening for owls. Using whistles and calls we will try to get the owls to reply to us and see what species we can hear. If time we could play a game of tracker and hunter in the dark. Bring a hot drink and a snack and warm clothes, we will aim to be finished by 9.00 pm at the latest.

Saturday March 17th 12.00 pm
Park on the side of the road down to Rotherslade Bay or if you feeling energetic park in Langland Bay and walk around on the coast path.

Meet Dawn Thomas of Nature Days a little earlier than usual to catch the low tide, at the top of the steps down to the beach at Rotherslade. Learn how fossils are made and then explore the rocks looking for real fossils. We will take rubbings of any we find and identify how old they are. You will then be able to make your own fossil out of plaster of Paris to take home.

2pm follow the boardwalk over the dunes onto the beach. Meet on the beach to the left of the path.

We are very lucky to have Ada Garten a local artist to help us create some transient art using the flotsam and jetsam we gather on the beach. Come and indulge your artistic side and see what you can make from what is thrown away.

2pm at St Mary’s Church Rhossili. Visit one of Gower’s wonderful churches. Take part in a hunt for the oldest grave, the remains of the original church, the hidden sun dial and many more great features. Then we will venture inside to look at the beautiful stained glass windows. Then create your own stained glass to take home as a memento.

Come and celebrate the Gower Society’s 60th anniversary at our craft event and party. We will celebrate by making decorations and dressing the trees. We are also planning to create a celebratory group art installation to show our appreciation of Gower and what the Gower Society does for us.

Meet Dawn of Nature Days at the back of the car park at Oxwich, there is a charge. We will stroll along to the church and amble through the woods. See if you can count the number of steps up the hill, evidently they are impossible to count! Once within the woods we will search for the trees of tomorrow, collect seeds and look at the amazing colours of autumn. When we exit the woods we will plant the seeds in pots, which you can take home to watch the new seedling grow as you start a woodland of your own.

Discover the archaeological remains of the medieval longhouse and help reconstruct the building. Undertake many of the tasks that people in those times had to do, make bread, weaving and bringing in the animals. Dress in peasant outfits to get really into character for our reenactment. We will then go to the remains of the roundhouse a much older settlement and have a go at group hunting exercises.

Meet Dawn of Nature Days at 2.00 p.m. at Ryer’s Down for a settlement afternoon.

Take the North Gower Road all the way to Llanrhidian and onwards to Burry Green. From Burry Green take the road towards Llangennith. Turn right at Kennexton to go towards Cheriton and Llanmadoc across the common parking is on the right on the common.
Grid Ref: 449927

On a very windy day at the end of July a large number of fantastically dressed pirates were sighted on Port Eynon Beach, all searching for John Lucas’ lost smuggler’s treasure. To find the treasure the pirates had to learn to use a map and compass. Once proficient, the pirates set off (for the most part in the same direction) along the beach to look for stamps that could be exchanged for the old Lucas gold. By the end of the day every last doubloon had been exchanged and smuggled away by the pirates. They then meticulously made treasure maps, aging them to perfection.

Drop in and see our corner of the Gower Society marquee at the Gower Show. Take part in our colouring and bird identification competition and look at our displays. Penrice is a fantastic site and at the show there is plenty to see, including livestock, horse and dog shows, also food and craft stalls and marquees. It’s an all day event.

Gates open for the public at about 10.00 a.m. There is a charge.

The “nations expert” on Pinhole photography Justin Quinnel taught us how to build our own pinhole cameras out of recycled cans.
We then went outside and photographed ourselves and small objects. We then developed the photos in our very own dark room. The photos produced were amazing and we also made some sun pictures using leaves and special paper.