Wales in Five Words

Regular readers of our blog will know we have a feature called 'A panad with...' ('A cup of tea with...'.) where we ask interesting people quick questions about food, philosophy, and life. Over the years, one of our favourite questions has come to be 'describe Wales in five words.' A little constraint makes some people very creative with their answers. For St David's Day, we thought it would be nice to gather some of our highlights together to celebrate our home. So here they are. From Sir Terry Wogan to Sir Ken Hom, and plenty of people in between, here's how our small country is summed up. FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER JONATHAN GREGSON: Wet, but still incredibly beautiful BUTTER MAKER GRANT HARRINGTON: Surf, dragons, daffodils, rugby-rivals, earth THE MARRAM GRASS HEAD CHEF ELLIS BARRIE: Beautiful, welcoming, community, adventure, food - GUARDIAN WRITER ANNA JONES: Wild lands, warm people, home NATIONAL TREASURE SIR TERRY WOGAN: Land of song and laverbread OWNER OF NOM NOM CHOCOLATE LIAM BURGESS: Determination, adventure, creativity, curiosity, magic - OWNER OF FATTIE'S BAKERY CHLOE THIMMS: Wild, comforting, fresh, bountiful & hilly HALEN MÔN CO-FOUNDER ALISON LEA-WILSON: Proud, farsighted, inclusive, beautiful, nurturing CHEF TOMOS PARRY: 'Hiraeth', rugby, daffodils, Welsh poetry - NANTMOOR MUSHROOM'S CO-FOUNDER CYNAN JONES: Fascinating, inspirational, frustrating and home DYLAN'S RESTAURANT CO-FOUNDER ROBIN HODGSON: Wild, wonderful, wet, windy and wistful DO LECTURES CO-FOUNDER DAVID HIEATT: Humble. Humour. Honest. Community. Creative. - FOOD WRITER SIGNE JOHANSON: Beautiful, serene, friendly, melodic, welcoming CHEF KEN HOM: A place with great food FOOD WRITER LEE WATSON: Friendly, historic, music, poetry, mountains All images: Jess Lea-Wilson