A WARM WELSH WELCOME ON A COLD DAY

    Today we were privileged to to visit the former home of Hedd Wyn, a famous Welsh poet. Hedd Wyn grew up on a hill farm called Yr Ysgwrn near Trawsfynydd, about 20 minutes drive from Graig Wen. Like many young men from the village, Hedd Wyn volunteered to fight in...

Ice stops play

When artists on the Crafted Space weekend made a water -powered xylophone in our stream at Graig Wen it wasn’t really expected to last more than a few weeks. That was a couple of summers ago and there it still is. It does take a bit of a beating as the stream...

We like to ride our bicycles…

One of our highlights of 2012 was our bike ride through Wales from Holyhead to Cardiff. Despite choosing possibly the wettest week of the wettest summer on record to cycle 300 miles, we loved every minute. Well, maybe there were a few challenging moments like Sarah’s...

WATCH THE BIRDIES

          Thanks to Mr and Mrs Oliver of LLandudno for these pictures taken from the breakfast table here at The Slate Shed. Our guests often remark on the variety of colourful birds they enjoy watching over breakfast. A greater spotted...