Kate Arblaster moved to Carmarthenshire with her young family in 1985. She studied for a PhD in historical geography at University of Wales Lampeter and went on to publish her research on the small village of Cwmdu near Llandeilo. She has worked for the National Trust at Dinefwr and continues to be involved with as a volunteer in the pub and shop at Cwmdu, leased by the community from the National Trust.
