by sarahheyworth | Dec 19, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, General News
On Saturday the Mawddach rowing club, of which I am their newest member, took part in the Great London River Race. The race is 21 miles long from the Isle of Dogs through central London to finish in Richmond. If you are into rowing this is the race to be in. The race...
by sarahheyworth | Nov 27, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, General News
There’s a magical garden up a little visited valley about half an hour from The Slate Shed B & B at Graig Wen. Plas Brondanw was the home of Clough Williams-Ellis, architect errant of the more famous Portmeirion. But if you want to experience his special...
by sarahheyworth | Oct 3, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, Walks and Bike Rides
Yesterday was the first of what will hopefully become an annual event at Coed y Brennin, and I decided to take part. You could choose a 30k of 50k course, which covered the man made trails, fire roads, tarmac and plenty of mud. The 30k course was finished in 3hours...
by sarahheyworth | May 15, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions
Grab your paddle and pull on that wetsuit – next weekend its the first ever paddle festival on the Mawddach Estuary and Barmouth. Hundreds of fools like us will be taking to various kayaks, rafts and coracles for a mass paddle up the estuary to the pub. Run in...
by sarahheyworth | Apr 4, 2011 | Adventures and Attractions, Walks and Bike Rides
At the weekend we had a visit from our friends Alice and Alex, what better excuse to take the afternoon of to walk up Cadair Idris. We get a lot of visitors who stay with us and aim to tackle Snowdon, we sometimes wonder why they dont set their heights a little lower...
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...
