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Fresh! Launch issue! Shops, boutiques, restaurants and more, plus stunning beach and festival wear, and The Wales 100
The very first West Life, made in West Wales for West Wales and Cardigan Bay. Restaurant reviews from Narberth, Tenby and Llanelli sit alongside a guide to Tenby, beach and festival fashion, The Wales 100 of Welsh music and a round-up of favourite independent shops from Aberystwyth to Milford Haven.
On the cover
For our launch issue we wanted a cover that tasted of the region, and the mussels came courtesy of Sosban, the restaurant in the converted hydraulic pump house on Llanelli’s North Dock. Inside, our reviewer dines alone in a corner booth there, working through crab lasagne and Barbary duck, and notes that four owners, two of them Welsh rugby stars, have thought about every detail down to the copper bar and the sun terrace.
Inside this issue
Features and people
* Around the West: Ironman Wales in Tenby, running for Hafan Cymru, Aberaeron novelist Cynan Jones* Glass House: the Ashton family’s dream home* Picture Perfect: wedding photographers Paul Cornish and Jac Williams* Home is where the heart is: adoption and fostering with Rhondda Cynon Taf Council* The Wales 100: heavy hitters of the Welsh music scene* High Flyer, Goodwick: Derek Webb on Denys Corbett Wilson and the first flight from the UK to Ireland* The Last Word: Yanni Hrysicos of Caffè Vista, Tenby
Food and drink
* Diablo’s, Narberth: review* Sosban, Llanelli: dinner in the old pump house* Plantagenet House, Tenby: fine dining in the oldest house in town* The Mews Surf Bar & Grill, Tenby: Parrilla grilled springbok, crocodile and bison* Ocean, Barbucci and Bay of Bengal, Tenby* Carmarthenshire food trails and Narberth Food Festival* Get Stuffed Pizza Co, Carmarthen, Tenby and Narberth
Shopping and fashion
* Red, White & Blue: British designers for the Jubilee and Olympics year* Life’s a Beach: beachwear picks* Fashion Fest: festival wear for summer* West Style: Myrtle House Gallery, Rig Out, County Clothes, Awens Lingerie, Giddy Aunt and Sashel* Think Global, Shop Local: Pure Art, Polly’s, Peppercorn, Fire and Ice, Upsy Daizy and more
Health and beauty
* Best Beauty Buys for summer* West Wales Physiotherapy, Llanelli* Fine Lines Aesthetics Clinic, Carmarthen
Homes
* Love Your Home: GW of St Clears and its team* Beautiful Home: Janey Evers Interiors* Nature Nurtured: Rob Hodge’s summer garden tips
Days out and travel
* Tenby: probably the prettiest seaside town in Wales* Gower View Luxury Bed and Breakfast, Tenby* Take a Walk on the Wild Side: nature reserves in the Valleys
Regulars
* Welcome to the launch issue from Jennifer Hobbs-Roberts* InBusiness: Hiut Denim brings jeans back to Cardigan, Gauci Candles, Pallet Truck Solutions* Competitions: dinner at The Meating Place, Wales 100 music prizes, a Grosvenor G Casino wedding, a getaway at The Grove, Narberth
Businesses featured in this issue
GW of St Clears, Sosban, Plantagenet House, Diablo’s, The Mews Surf Bar & Grill, Ocean Restaurant, Get Stuffed Pizza Co, Peppercorn, Polly’s, County Clothes, Janey Evers Interiors, Caffè Vista, Grosvenor G Casino Cardiff and The Grove.
With thanks to all the independent businesses who supported this edition.