Our favourite Church
Thu. July 18, 2013
Country Life has an interesting article this week. It has asked various notable people to name their favourite church. Huw Edwards chose Capel Als, Llanelli and Ian Hislop the Church of St Issui Patrisio, Powys (I can only think Country Life did not have a copy of Simon Jenkins’s book Wales Churches, Houses and Castles to hand as they spelt it incorrectly). It reminded me that Mr Jenkins did not include our favourite Church in his excellent book. St Ishmael’s just along the coast from Ferryside towards Kidwelly. It remains close to our hearts not just because we were married there and it is where our three children were Christened, but because it is so beautiful, both in its building and location and also for its long and interesting history. On a Sunday morning you will always receive a warm welcome from some of the nicest people in Wales. I can only assume it was locked, which it mostly is, on the day Simon Jenkins came to visit!