I was born and raised into a community that supports and lifts you up every day. Our extended family has, and always will be in Llandovery, Wales. Llandovery pulls on the heart strings and is a great 
example of what binds the nations communities together. Our beautiful mountains, tourist hotspotsand legacy, captivate the hearts of all who visits them, inspiring and enticing them to return regularly. 

During these difficult times of covid, we cannot experience the values of our land. ‘God’s Country’ is about the passion we hold dear within our hearts, and what we feel knowing we are a part of thisgreat nation. A feeling that is legendary.

Whilst watching the Wales vs Ireland Six Nations rugby match on the 7th of February, things were getting tight between the two teams. Well into overtime, Wales were pushing back with everything they could to stop the Ireland might! I was stood shouting at the top of my lungs at the TV c’mon boys! When the final whistle blew, I was so high on adrenaline I just wanted to bottle it somehow so that I 
could feel like this forever. I grabbed my Martin guitar, a pen and paper and started to write. With expert help from my darling Elizabeth we finished it within ten minutes and had a song on our hands that we thought was both catchy and relatable. It’s about the patriotism one feels for their country 
when put under difficult circumstances. In the end we all come together and drive forward. Elizabeth and I used to live happily in Walton on the Naze in Essex. Finding ourselves in this new and wonderful place, which envisaged the values of our hometown, we felt we were in a Gavin and Staceymontage, which didn’t last long. The big news of our first born being on the way pushed us back to family and friends we’d left behind. I only wish I could have listened to this song as I was driving back over the Prince Of Wales Bridge for the last time as we moved into the mountains of Llanddeusant.

Christian Aaron Perry