Costa del Mawddach

It’s been scorchio in Southern Snowdonia over the bank holiday.  Some of our guests have had sublime views from the top of Cadair Idris and many more have beaten the bank holiday traffic jam into Barmouth with a sunny stroll over the bridge and back.  Pretty...

GOING UNDERGROUND

The Deep Mine tour into the Llechwedd Slate Caverns is not for the claustrophobic – John freaked out shortly after we dived underground on an old miner’s tramway…. After a few deep breaths we wandered through the massive cathedrals of rock and learnt...

SIOE GELF FILMS IN YURT

Today our large yurt provided the venue for a discussion filmed for TV about the Wales Book of the Year Award. Lisa Gwilym from BBC Radio Cymru presents the show which will be broadcast as part of the Sioe Gelf arts series on S4C sometime in the next few weeks.

WILD GOATS AND WHINBERRIES

At the weekend we waved off our very polite motorbiking guests on Sunday morning and headed for the hills. Driving up the lush green valley from Llanbedr you leave the trees behind and reach the lovely Cwm Bychan lake and the rocky wilderness that is The Rhinogs...

FIRST CUCKOO CALL

John heard the first cuckoo of Spring yesterday morning down by the estuary. The odd house martin is back too and they are starting to check out the eaves of the house.  With violets, celandine, wood anemone and wild garlic out on the lower fields and cherry blossom...