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What's been covered on previous editions of Country Focus on BBC Radio Wales

Dairy, Bee Boles and the Shoemaker
27 May 2012
A True but bitter Taste & getting down to Earth
20 May 2012
Food Co-ops, Red squirrels and Gwaith Podwr
13 May 2012
Wonderwool Wales
03 May 2012
Coastal Path 5 - Bangor to the Border
29 April 2012
Wales Coast Path 4
22 April 2012
Wales Coast Path 3
15 April 2012
Wales Coast Path
08 April 2012
Coastal Country Focus
01 April 2012
Bovine TB, Zostera and the warden
25 March 2012
The Farm Shop
18 March 2012
Dunes, Sand Martins and a Salty Solution
11 March 2012
Schmallenberg virus, Community woods and slow building
04 March 2012
Digging up the past with the community
26 February 2012
A wild wood, beavers and permaculture
12 February 2012
Two types of oil, ringing birds and a famous trail
05 February 2012
29 January 2012
22 January 2012
Fighting hunger, tackling food waste
12 January 2012
Eggs, Harvest Mice and Honey Buzzards
08 January 2012
Landscape and Literature
01 January 2012
A stately Christmas
18 December 2011
Keeping Crafts Alive in rural areas
11 December 2011
Digging up the past with the community
04 December 2011
Winter Fair and feeding the ducks
27 November 2011
Who's rustling all the sheep?
20 November 2011
Offa's Dyke is 40
13 November 2011
Fears for Vet Labs, Slime moulds and the dog breed in decline
06 November 2011
Nature Deficit Disorder
30 October 2011
True Taste is ten and other rural stories
23 October 2011
Crossing the road with bats and other animals
16 October 2011
Milling Welsh flour and keeping hens
09 October 2011
Plastic bags, apples and spiders
02 October 2011
The fence, yews and post office spice
25 September 2011
Top of the milk, food festivals and chocolate
18 September 2011
A Country Focus Summer
21 August 2011
Saving our old orchards
14 August 2011
In search of Flipper
07 August 2011
Fracking, tracking and counting
31 July 2011
Farriers and Blacksmiths
22 July 2011
It's Showtime
17 July 2011
Skokholm's Island Life
10 July 2011
Fish pedicure, lobsters and the island pub
03 July 2011
Landscape and Literature
26 June 2011
Pylons, Bovine TB and the Tractor Factor
19 June 2011
Notspots and Communities pulling together
12 June 2011
Denbigh Country Market
05 June 2011
New hands at the helm and the Shire trooping the colour
29 May 2011
Smallholders show blossoms into Spring Festival
22 May 2011
Fire, fencing and the Cuckoo
15 May 2011
The Siege of Caerphilly Castle
08 May 2011
B&bs, Heritage and rowing with a stick
17 April 2011
Ticks, Lyme's disease and other stories
10 April 2011
Rural Stress
31 March 2011
Barcoding plants and other stories
27 March 2011
Cowbridge Mart gets reprieve
21 March 2011
Badgers, Wool and Potatoes
13 March 2011
Filling up at a rural garage
06 March 2011
The Welsh Highland Railway
27 February 2011
Foot and Mouth 10 years on
20 February 2011
Country Focus goes lambing
13 February 2011
Big Cats and a golden eagle
06 February 2011
Kingfishers and walking with dinosaurs
30 January 2011
The final curtain call for rural theatre?
23 January 2011
16 January 2011
Common land, highland cattle and a spot of pond dipping
09 January 2011
Out of Africa
02 January 2011
Country Focus 2010 Highlights
26 December 2010
O (Welsh) Christmas tree....
12 December 2010
Starlings, Seaweed and painting birdsong
12 December 2010
We're going to the Zoo......
05 December 2010
Glastir, ice cream and reindeer
28 November 2010
Waste, Farm Safety and Clotted Cream
21 November 2010
Glastir, Wild Flowers and Animals at War.
14 November 2010
Puppy farms, snow plans and kids cooking
07 November 2010
Demise of the National Milk Bar
31 October 2010
Dragon Legends - telling tales from the old oak tree and other stories
24 October 2010
Bwcabus and rural transport
10 October 2010
Marketing a Market Town
10 October 2010
Rural poverty, Ham and mushrooms
03 October 2010
Anyone for a round of golf?
26 September 2010
Badgers
19 September 2010
Biodiversity, Whales and the enterprising village.
12 September 2010
Farm signs, styles and the sweet smell of lavender.
29 August 2010
The price of bread, Chinese lanterns and natural dams.
22 August 2010
Out of Africa
01 August 2010
Wool
22 July 2010
Live at the Royal Welsh Show
18 July 2010
Red Kites to Ireland
11 July 2010
Sudden Oak Death, Nomadic Allotments and other stories.
04 July 2010
Badgers Appeal and Cockle Apprentices
27 June 2010
Waste, Guanaco and the summer solstice
20 June 2010
Pub is the Hub
13 June 2010
Heather and Hillforts
06 June 2010
More Badgers, maggots and terns
30 May 2010
Badgers, bluebells and food in the city
23 May 2010
Henllan - a hive of activity.
16 May 2010
Country Focus
09 May 2010
Building an eco village
02 May 2010
Village SOS
25 April 2010
Scallop Fishing in Cardigan Bay
18 April 2010
Chirk Castle
11 April 2010
Chocolate - need we say more?
04 April 2010
Restoring the canals
28 March 2010
Dairy cows indoors - what next?
21 March 2010
Ancient Welsh Yews
14 March 2010
Cooking up a feast
07 March 2010
Going global, a rich patch of grass and daffodils.
28 February 2010
A truly Dream Alliance
21 February 2010
Something fishy
14 February 2010
Digging up a Roman Villa
07 February 2010
Counting birds in the garden
31 January 2010
All in a day's work for the Rural Affairs Minister
24 January 2010
Badgers, nordic walking and the armchair farmers' market
17 January 2010
Snow problems, food strategies and marmalade making
08 January 2010
Dry Stone Walling
03 January 2010
Country Focus highlights for 2009.
27 December 2009
Deer in Wales
20 December 2009
Selling the ponies
13 December 2009
Rail Rambles
06 December 2009
Climate Change, the Celtic rainforest and Gower Nouveau
29 November 2009
Rounding up the Carneddau ponies
22 November 2009
Farms - Puppy, award-winning and Community.
15 November 2009
World Heritage 10 years on
08 November 2009
World Heritage 10 years on
01 November 2009
Lack of gypsy and traveller sites
25 October 2009
What you can do to save the environment and hedgehogs
18 October 2009
Climate change, Cheddar Cheese and caravans.
11 October 2009
From Wales to Orkney.
04 October 2009
Come and see us at Abergavenny Food Festival.
20 September 2009
Beavers, dragonflies and the Chinese lanterns.
13 September 2009
Regenerating the Cambrian Mountains
06 September 2009
Jobs for green volunteers
30 August 2009
Rural Clutter, pig racing and what's cooking in Ambridge?
16 August 2009
Looking for silver and the red kites
09 August 2009
Keeping the Cothi valley alive and thriving.
02 August 2009
Cultured from buckets.
26 July 2009
The state of the farming industry.
19 July 2009
The end of a Royal era
12 July 2009
Foraging for wild food.
05 July 2009
Lets hear it for the dogs
29 June 2009
How to save the environment and other stories
21 June 2009
Dairy woes, badly planted trees and a new racecourse.
14 June 2009
Bread of Heaven
07 June 2009
How green is my valley?
31 May 2009
On the search for Otters.
24 May 2009
Pied flycatchers, Kelpies and Perry.
17 May 2009
Gorge walking and the environment.
10 May 2009
Swine flu, countryside artists and Badminton.
03 May 2009
Use your loaf and make a loaf!
26 April 2009
Doormice, eco-dwellings and bird cams.
19 April 2009
Country Focus goes to Ambridge.
12 April 2009
The Village and community pulling together
05 April 2009
Badger Cull and climate change.
26 March 2009
Our heritage, wool and young green fingers.
22 March 2009
What a lot of rubbish!
15 March 2009
Flying kites and growing it alone.
08 March 2009
Cawl, Curry and Harps.
01 March 2009
The Red Squirrel
22 February 2009
Opening the gardens in winter.
15 February 2009
Organic Crunch, rural buses and wood carvings.
08 February 2009
Village Alive.
01 February 2009
Dredging for Scallops, cooking lavabread and shopping on horseback.
25 January 2009
Bovine TB; the Cloisters and the busy village shop.
18 January 2009
The Winter visitors at Ynys Hir.
11 January 2009
Look back at the year.
28 December 2008
Oh ho ho and a bottle of beer.
21 December 2008
The Anglesey Cowboy and other wild country stories.
14 December 2008
Gee up for Express Eventing.
07 December 2008
Sing for your turkey and knit a Santa.
30 November 2008
Farming with the grain of nature.
23 November 2008
Live and eat Welsh for a week
16 November 2008
Happy Birthday CPRW!
09 November 2008
Looking at the Night sky
02 November 2008
Recycling plastic and cow dung
26 October 2008
Foraging for Fungi, Red hot chillies and the Flintshire Gooseberry
16 October 2008
Floods, money-saving and community spirit
12 October 2008
Bovine TB, young farming and Bluetooth
05 October 2008
Say Cheese!
28 September 2008
Bluetongue, vaccination and imports.
21 September 2008
One man and his dog.
14 September 2008
Harvest, lizards and puddings.
07 September 2008
Cors Caron
31 August 2008
Rural art and the environment.
10 August 2008
Is it a holiday or just hard work?
03 August 2008
Beekeeping and Welsh honey.
27 July 2008
THE ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
20 July 2008
Tractor thefts, Jellyfish and the contents of your fridge.
13 July 2008
Friday 11th July
11 July 2008
Thursday 10th July
10 July 2008
Wednesday 9th July 2008
09 July 2008
FLAT PACKS, FAGGOTS AND DIGS
06 July 2008
Meadows, Fledglings and are you keeping going with your box scheme?
29 June 2008
The historic environment of Wales.
22 June 2008
FENS, FARRIERS AND BALLOONS.
15 June 2008
Biofuel plant; food pilgrims and farming for nature.
08 June 2008
Battle for the Allotment.
01 June 2008
The Village, the scarecrows and Bollywood.
25 May 2008
CAULIFLOWERS, GRASS FIRES AND ANIMAL MAGIC.
18 May 2008
Asparagus - wild and farmed.
11 May 2008
DAWN CHORUS
04 May 2008
How green is Bluestone?
27 April 2008
Blossoming and blooming in Cardiff.
20 April 2008
Pilot Badger Cull.
13 April 2008
RECONNECTING WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
30 March 2008
CALDEY ISLAND
23 March 2008
PLASTIC BAGS - can we live without them?
16 March 2008
The farm, the water, the pigs and the Pub.
09 March 2008
Coasteering and the Oyster Catchers.
02 March 2008
CRUG FARM - a treasure trove of plants.
24 February 2008
Pembrokeshire National Park's listed buildings
17 February 2008
HUSKY DOG RACING IN PEMBREY.
10 February 2008
BATTERY HENS, BEEKEEPING AND SLEEPY HEDGEHOGS
03 February 2008
HEALTHY EATING AT A FOOD CO-OP.
27 January 2008
Canals, Marinas and local slice of Salami
20 January 2008
Dog slimming, Red Grouse and a straw house.
13 January 2008
Alternative technologies
06 January 2008
More trials than tribulations!
30 December 2007
Little Donkey, little Donkey...
23 December 2007
Walk the coast of Wales.
09 December 2007
The Winter Fair.
02 December 2007
Rally, seeds and walnuts.
25 November 2007
Bird flu, confused seasons and the bison burger.
18 November 2007
Star gazing, birds and bullets and the pampered pooch.
11 November 2007
From fonts to flats?
04 November 2007
Seaside Piers.
28 October 2007
An apple a day.......
21 October 2007
RIVER ACCESS
14 October 2007
Protecting Pumlumon.
30 September 2007
LIVING WITH THE RESTRICTIONS
23 September 2007
BACK TO SQUARE ONE
14 September 2007
Along the Heart of Wales
28 August 2007
FOOT AND MOUTH - a rollercoaster week.
12 August 2007
Wales' sea mammals
10 August 2007
Llangollen Canal
10 August 2007
Foot and mouth outbreak.
05 August 2007
Carry on regardless
26 July 2007
ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SHOW
22 July 2007
PONIES, FISHING AND A CHANCE TO WIN A BOOK OF POEMS
15 July 2007
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SUMMER?
08 July 2007
SCHOOLS' FARMERS' MARKETS
28 June 2007
ALL AT SEA.
22 June 2007
ABERGLASNEY
13 June 2007
Don't forget your wellies!
07 June 2007
HORSE ROUTES
24 May 2007
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
23 May 2007
SHEEPDOG SALES
20 May 2007
Follow a Fleece
13 May 2007
Day at the races
06 May 2007
A mediterranean flavour
29 April 2007
Licences for sea fishermen?
20 April 2007
On your bike
15 April 2007
Youth Hostel closures
08 April 2007
Tipping point
01 April 2007
Herds of deer
25 March 2007
Beacons debate
18 March 2007
Survival of the fittest
11 March 2007
Fairtrade fortnight
04 March 2007
Gotta lotta bottle
25 February 2007
Disappearing coastline
18 February 2007
Salt and shelter
04 February 2007
Fungi, fitness and formal IDs
28 January 2007
Career opportunities
21 January 2007
Trees, cheese and charities
14 January 2007
Recycling Christmas
07 January 2007
Highlights of 2006
31 December 2006
Swan Rescue
24 December 2006
Farmers' markets
17 December 2006
Sunday 10 December
10 December 2006
Sunday 3 December
03 December 2006

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