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Our top 5 tips for exploring from Graig Wen
1. Wander through our fields to the Mawddach Estuary and see how many birds you can spot – look out for waders in winter, herons first thing in the morning and swallows and bats on a summer evening. There’s a bench and table at the bottom near the ruined jetty – a...
Feeling festive yet?
Why not get into the Christmas spirit, support small businesses and have a lovely short break all at the same time? During late November and December a craft fair or farmer's market pops up just about every weekend in venues from forests to Italianate follies (guess...
Cader Kids Club
Graig Wen presents children aged 10 years and under with a special certificate if they climb up Cader Idris Cader Idris is the beautiful mountain just behind us. It is 892 meters high – not quite as big as Snowdon but a good challenge for a family walk and far...
WALKS FROM THE DOORSTEP
One of the lovely things about Graig Wen and The Slate Shed B & B is that there are lots of walks you can do from here without having to use a car at all. As long as you can manage the steep track from our site to the Mawddach Estuary and back, then there are many...
A WARM WELSH WELCOME ON A COLD DAY
Today we were privileged to to visit the former home of Hedd Wyn, a famous Welsh poet. Hedd Wyn grew up on a hill farm called Yr Ysgwrn near Trawsfynydd, about 20 minutes drive from Graig Wen. Like many young men from the village, Hedd Wyn volunteered to fight in...
Ice stops play
When artists on the Crafted Space weekend made a water -powered xylophone in our stream at Graig Wen it wasn't really expected to last more than a few weeks. That was a couple of summers ago and there it still is. It does take a bit of a beating as the stream rises...