One man went to row

I promised myself that in 2010 I would take to the water; I like the idea of being able to explore the coast and estuary that we live on. I don’t like the idea of being swept out to sea and ending up somewhere in the Irish channel. With this in mind I have joined the...

Fit for a King and Queen

Today we took delivery of two new chairs that will grace the decking of the small yurt. The chairs couldnt get more local, made by our friends Graham and Jacky at Coed Cae , with the wood comming from Coed y Brennin. Graham  has devloped a range of rustic chair styles...

Plant a tree, pick up a leaflet

As part of our woodland management at Graig Wen we have started an ongoing project of tree planting. We have cleared one corner of a field that has been overrun with bracken; this was then fenced of to prevent the sheep access. The plan is continue to thin out some of...

Birthday cakes

We were delighted to help Tom and a dozen or so of his friends celebrate his birthday here at Graig Wen over the weekend. John pulled out all the stops with his cup cake baking, there was an Indian food feast in the B & B courtesy of Indiana Cuisine, and the last...

SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED

The first harvest from the Graig Wen veg patch, after battling slugs, mice and last years wet summer we are finally reaping the rewards of Johns hard work. Spending time leaning on a shovel with a snowdonia ale is also classed as gardening.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR FEMINSIM

Sultry June days here at Graig Wen…a good time then for sticky manual work preparing the lower fields for tent camping this summer. We sent Jonny down there and he quickly unleashed hell on the bracken with some serious strimmer action.  He spent the day...