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FeelFREE Good Magazine Pembrokeshire BILL CARNE CHATS WITH FISHGUARD & FRASER WATSON GOODWICK THE RETURN ON THE UP OF... THE FANTASTIC COMMUNITY IS THRIVING COCO’s PATCH ALL CHANGE ON MILFORD MARINA BILL & BEN INTRODUCING THE PURE FIGHTING HUNGER FOODIES! WEST SPORTS TEAM AND HARDSHIP IN PEMBROKESHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE HAS IT ALL Transport to suit all your wedding needs Tel - 07985 275938 Unit 6A, Feidr Castell Business Park, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, SA65 9BB WWW.COUNTY-SPORTS.CO.UK www.oldnewandblueweddingcars.co.uk SEE OUR MAIN AD ON PAGE 5 MERLINS BRIDGE END OF LEASE NOW CLOSED BROWSE ONLINE & FIND US ACROSS WALES WE STILL OFFER SPEEDY DELIVERY ACROSS PEMBS. CHOICE: 100’S OF TILES & BATHROOMS ON TREND: IN DEMAND: WALL CLADDING WITH ROOM SETTING DISPLAYS WOOD EFFECT YOUR LOCAL SHOWROOM CAN BE FOUND AT: CARMARTHEN CROSS HANDS PENSARN ROAD, CROSS HANDS BIZ. PARK, SA31 2BS SA14 6RB www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk FeelGood Magazine | October 2020 3 CONTENTS 4 • LOCAL SNIPPETS Keep yourself smiling with a round- up of all this month’s Feel Good stories 12 • COCO’S AT MILFORD HAVEN Sample the great cocktails and MERLINS BRIDGE END OF LEASE NOW CLOSED awesome food at Milford Marina BROWSE ONLINE & FIND US ACROSS WALES 14 • FIGHTING HUNGER IN PEMBS Patch Charity and their amazing work 16 • FRASER WATSON Bill Carne finds out how Fraser ran 113 miles inside 96 hours! 18 • LUCY HAWKINS Diving for Wales and proud to do so 20 • FEEL GOOD FOOD Awesome food from around the county and our Feel Good recipes 28 • SPORT IS FLYING HIGH AT PURE WEST Meet the new Pure West Sports Team 32 • NATIONAL SNIPPETS WE STILL OFFER SPEEDY Feel Good stories from all over DELIVERY ACROSS PEMBS. 44 • F&F DANCE STUDIO Fun for the kids with F&F Dancers 39 • FISHGUARD & GOODWICK 47 • LOCAL SERVICES The fantastic community is Need a pro? Check out our experts on the up and thriving! Meet the team Pembrokeshire’s FeelGood Magazine is exactly what it says on the tin - FeelGood! If you feel you have the skills needed to join this awesome team, why not give us a shout. Whether it’s sales, web-design, Tim Boden Al Bill Ash photography or even delivering the Owner Sales Manager Editor/Design Senior Writer Design magazine to our loyal readers! 01437 621888 - WWW.FEELGOODMAGAZINE.CO.UK CHOICE: 100’S OF TILES & BATHROOMS ON TREND: IN DEMAND: WALL CLADDING WITH ROOM SETTING DISPLAYS WOOD EFFECT YOUR LOCAL SHOWROOM CAN BE FOUND AT: CARMARTHEN CROSS HANDS PENSARN ROAD, CROSS HANDS BIZ. PARK, SA31 2BS SA14 6RB 4 October 2020 | FeelGood Magazine www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR DAD Last November, FeelGood Beverley Morgan and her three SNIPPETS brothers David, Daniel and Michael decided they COME TAKE A SEAT! wanted to do something special for their Dad’s 60th birthday. Back in 1992 their father, John took over the family business - John R Morgan & Son - when his father Hubberston and Hakin that sits on the bench is Community Centre have happy to chat... it creates an passed away. recently installed two opportunity for a conversation At the time the benches outside the centre. to start between strangers lorry that was used One of the benches who find themselves sharing a for the business was is a wonderful memorial common place. a 1978 ERF B Series, bench which was purchased Once the current situation with a Jennings following a very kind donation surrounding the Coronavirus conversion Cummings The original plan was to to the centre. pandemic improves we are engine. give it to their Dad on his 60th The other is a ‘chat bench’. sure that both benches will The lorry didn’t last a lot birthday, but the siblings just Chat benches are an initiative be used and very much longer, but he always looked couldn’t wait another 3 years to help combat loneliness and appreciated by the local back on it fondly and wanted to give it to him! isolation in communities. The community. one day to own another one So on the 19th September idea behind it is that anyone just like it. 2020, following almost a Fast forward once again to year of restoration, Dad was 2019, and the three brothers presented with the lorry. purchased a similar 1978 ERF The gift is an appreciation B Series Lorry. and acknowledgement for the The brothers set about hard work he has done since restoring the lorry to it’s taking over the business back former glory. in ’92 and where the business Working around their own is today! full time jobs & families (who Also, an honourable all deserve a huge mention mention needs to go to Mum, for putting up with the Lorraine, who also had no project too!), they have put in idea about the project, but over 1300 hours work! had to provide a lot of last minute childcare whilst the family had to “Just pop out for a bit”, to work on the lorry. To say Dad was speechless when the lorry pulled up, is an understatement! Everyone here at FeelGood Magazine would like to wish everyone all the best with the business moving forward. www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk FeelGood Magazine | October 2020 5 6 October 2020 | FeelGood Magazine www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk COUNTY CLUBS SCOOP GRANTS SAUNDERSFOOT GETS THE BLUES ABC and Hundleton Cricket Club. They all gained support FeelGood from the Be Active Wales fund administered by Sport Wales. SNIPPETS The Be Active Wales Fund Fourteen Pembrokeshire is available to not-for-profit Sports Clubs have been sport clubs and organisations successful in the latest delivering community sport round of grants from a new and physical activity. fund set up following the The two types of grant Covid-19 pandemic. available are known as Protect The 14 clubs - ranging from and Prepare: protect your judo to netball and boxing to club and prepare to re-start surf livesaving - shared a total activities safely. of £35,859.00 in August. Further information on the Photos by The 14 clubs were: Neyland grants and the application Saundersfoot Connect Judo Club, Fishguard Sports process is available at: AFC, Poppit Sands Surf Protect my club Saundersfoot has got a a LOT of bollards, bins and Lifesaving Club, Haverfordwest grant - www.sport.wales/ first class case of the blues benches to paint," said Sarah. Cricket Club AFC Colts, beactivewalesfund/protect- - thanks to local postie Chris Councillor Phil Baker Pembroke Borough Football my-club/ Williams who had a plan to donated the initial stock of Club; Pennar Robins Football Prepare my club deliver a cheerful look to materials from the council’s Club, Fishguard Netball Club, grant - www.sport.wales/ the sorry appearance of the store and once supplies Merlins Bridge Amateur beactivewalesfund/prepare- community's street furniture. ran low, Benfro Plant Hire Boxing Club, Hakin United my-club/ And with over 50 locals stepped forward to pay for Amateur Football Club, South Email sport@ turning out to offer support the remaining paint and other Pembrokeshire Weightlifting pembrokeshire.gov.uk for more it’s fair to say he’s seen a great equipment. Club, Pembrokeshire details. response to his plea. Thanks to a kind donation Weightlifting Federation, There are no application More than 100 bollards from Tony Hesslegrave and Chaos Netball Club, Pembroke deadlines and applications will have already been spruced up a generous discount from Kickboxing Club and Dockers be assessed on a rolling basis. with coats of blue paint and Rabart Decorators Merchant it’s bins and benches next on in Pembroke Dock, work was the agenda for a facelift. able to continue. Chris put the word out on The whole project has been the Saundersfoot Connect a real team effort, with Anne Facebook group, who put a Slade of Cliff House keeping shout-out on its news feed. the early morning painters fed Sara Hicks and Sarah with bacon sandwiches and Whiddett together with Debbie Ludlow from Little & Melanie Kemp and local Large Lite Bites sending down decorators Michael well-received cups of coffee. Boddington and Dean Ludlow Meanwhile, the Evans joined Chris to plan the family of the Royal Oak pub painting. have given their forecourt for "It turns out there were the painting efforts. www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk FeelGood Magazine | October 2020 7 8 October 2020 | FeelGood Magazine www.feelgoodmagazine.co.uk DOMINO’S OFFER SLICE OF LIFE LIBRARIES SET TO RETURN Domino’s Pizza are keep our stores open during looking to create 5,000 new Covid-19 and to now be in a jobs across the UK following position to offer thousands a boost in sales due to more people the opportunity lockdown. to become a Domino’s team The chain has said they member. would also create 1,000 “Together, these over 6,000 The third phase of at all times. apprenticeships under the new roles will help Domino’s restarting the County’s library · Do not visit a library if you Government’s new Kickstart continue to safely serve our service will begin on Monday, or a member of your family scheme with an opportunity local communities as we 28th September. is displaying Covid-19 to apply for permanent head towards the busy festive Libraries in Fishguard, symptoms. roles following a six-month period.” Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, placement. The company is hoping Pembroke Dock and Tenby will Cllr Paul Miller, Cabinet The new positions will to maintain its high levels of welcome customers back to Member for Economy, Tourism, include pizza chefs, customer riders and cooks going into browse their shelves in person Leisure and Culture, said: “I am service workers and delivery store management, with 80 per for the first time since March.