by sarahheyworth | Mar 22, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, Walks and Bike Rides
This morning I was out on my bike by 7, quick ride up to the Ponderosa and then a loop of the tracks behind Mawddach terrace. By 11 Sarah and I had launched the kayaks at Penmaenpool and paddled up stream towards Llanelltyd. A very good morning on and around the...
by sarahheyworth | Mar 17, 2011 | Wildlife
In the week Graig Wen joined Twitter it seemed apt that we were invited to the RSPB reserve at Ynys- hir. It’s about 40 minutes south of Graig Wen and the staff are extremely welcoming and keen to share their excitement about wild life. For a small charge you...
by sarahheyworth | Mar 1, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions
We found this fantastic little art gallery/cafe at the end of a remote valley – you can see “the Welsh Matterhorn”, Cnicht, rising just behind the beautifully restored building. There’s not much about Oriel Caffi Croesor on the internet so I...
by sarahheyworth | Feb 26, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, General News
It’s been a hard winter: Nick and Dan braved temperatures of -15 on Christmas Eve to win the prize for the Coolest Campers; 14 pipes burst in the camp site wash block….even the blog froze up. But now, dear readers, we’re back in action. Spring is...
by sarahheyworth | Dec 16, 2010 | Wildlife
The red kite is Wales’s favourite, and most spectacular bird. At Bwlch Nant y Arian Forestry Commsion centre south of Graig Wen in Ceredigion, they feed red kites every day (2pm in winter, 3pm in summer). Yesterday we went to see this awesome site. Countless...
