Mr De'Ath writes for The Oldie and claimed that there are no real shops in Carmarthen and nowhere to eat except takeaways. In addition,some rain had the temerity to fall on him during his stay. He also accused the person running the B&B where he stayed (not named in the Carmarthen Journal article) of being mean with butter. He shows a singular lack of imagination and common sense; Carmarthen has a bustling shopping centre with an excellent market, the usual High Street shops and enough interesting and individual shops to keep anyone interested, plus art galleries and a lovely museum. As for eating well, there are several excellent restaurants and good, inexpensive places to stay in the town. In the countryside, we have beautiful scenery, wonderful monuments and castles, Aberglasney House, the Botanic Gardens, seaside places to visit and plenty of cultural institutions and craftsmen and women. He may have been writing a tongue-in-cheek article but comments like those he made can affect Carmarthen as a tourist destination.
If this is the same Wilfred De'Ath who used to be a BBC producer (and how many people can there be with that name?), I can't say much for the standards of the BBC.
updated by @gaynor-madoc-leonard: 11/11/15 10:38:30PM