Oldie reviewer given food for thought by Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire tourism officers have invited a critical holiday reviewer back to the county to show him it’s really much better than he claimed. The tourism team at the county council decided to give reviewer Wilfred De’Ath some food for thought after he wrote a critical spread in the Oldie magazine. Mr De’Ath was particularly perturbed that Welsh people seemed reluctant to share more than a bare minimum of their butter with visitors. His review described how many years ago he was refused a second pat of butter at a Carmarthenshire hotel and that the landlady at the guesthouse on his recent visit was aghast at his request for more toast and butter. “What is it about the Welsh and butter?” he added. Marketing and tourism officer Sarah Owen jumped in to defend the county’s honour and sent Mr De’Ath some Calon Wen butter and Carmarthenshire cheese as well as to stay in accommodation at Llandeilo, Ty Menyn, a former Butter House. “We also suggested he travelled on the Heart of Wales...