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Country Focus - Sunday 17th April at 07.00am presented by Rachael Garside; repeated 5.30am Monday 18th April 2010

There's hardly a farm in Wales that hasn't gone into tourism even if it's just a Bed and Breakfast or holiday cottages. But is it enough to just offer simple accommodation? Kathryn Ellis, of , near Pwllheli on the Lleyn Peninsula decided three years ago that the Llyn area in which they're situated was somewhat saturated with Bed and Breakfast and what was needed was a little "added value". So when Kit, as she is known and her husband, Evan converted the farm buildings - they opted to offer the luxuary experience of a spa.

Wales is blessed with a high number of heritage buildings but there's a significant shortage of traditional building skills needed to conserve them. A new scheme has been launched to run in Carmarthenshire; Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion - with the help of a nearly £700,000 Heritage Fund - to train young people up in skills such as lime plastering, stone masonry, and joinery. For more information please contact Helena Burke at the , Llandeilo on 01558 824271 or email hburke@sirgar.gov.uk

Apart from being islands, of somewhat different sizes, what's the connection between Anglesey and Greenland? Our community reporter Huw Jenkins dons his wetsuit and is treated to a trip down the estuary at Malltraeth, paddled along by Paul Griffiths using something called the ...