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Rural Schools, Horse Safety and a Hidden Walled Garden

Rural news magazine. Wales has got a rural schools policy, plus the campaign to pass horses wide and slow, and the Anglesey garden rebuilt after floods.

28 minutes

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Tue 22 Nov 2016 00:30
BBC Radio Wales

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Rural Schools - The education secretary Kirsty Williams outlined her plans to give rural schools greater protection from closure. The changes include a presumption against closure, and the introduction of a more rigorous consultation process. We speak to a rural council where some schools have already been tabled for closure

Pass Wide and Slow - with an ever increasing volume of traffic, riding on horseback on roads, especially on country lanes, is becoming increasingly more dangerous. We meet the group of equestrians in the Vale of Glamorgan that has set up a petition to get an all Wales, annual road safety campaign

Ogwen Cottage - the National Trust and Outward Bound get together to provide young people with an outdoor experience in the Carneddau Mountains

Guillemots on Skomer - we hear about a new that reveals how oil spills from wartime sea battles nearly wiped out famous Welsh guillemots

And we visit Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens, rebuilt after floods. Last Christmas a "tidal wave" of flood water demolished a 200-year-old wall and washed away many rare plants. Rachael Garside visits the restoration.

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  • Sun 20 Nov 2016 07:03
    BBC Radio Wales
  • Tue 22 Nov 2016 00:30
    BBC Radio Wales

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