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...
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...
