The Welsh Farm
The school wons a farm, known as the Welsh Farm of Troedyrhiwgellifawr ("House in the grove at the foot of the hill"), which lies near the village of Pumsaint and the town of Llandovery. Wales (Landranger Grid Reference: SN676442). Students commonly undertake a four-day trip while in Year 9, and some have the option to revisit in Year 10 for a Geography Fieldwork trip, Year 11 for a Triple Science Observational Cosmology Trip and in Year 12.
The John Mason Association (referred to as the JMA, the 'friends' of John Mason School) owns and runs the Welsh Farm, which is visited by nearly all students, and used for field trips, tutorial group visits and other specialised trips.
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Famous quotes containing the words welsh and/or farm:
“Thy tongue
Makes Welsh as sweet as ditties highly penned,
Sung by a fair queen in a summer’s bower,
With ravishing division, to her lute.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by such a foe! The inhabitant of an island can tell what currents formed the land which he cultivates; and his earth is still being created or destroyed. There before his door, perchance, still empties the stream which brought down the material of his farm ages before, and is still bringing it down or washing it away,—the graceful, gentle robber!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)