Latest News from our Glamping Snowdonia
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...
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...
Walking in a winter wonderland
The best sort of winter day...sparkling white mountains and cloudless blue sky. We slipped our way up an icy path high above Blaenau Ffestiniog to the ruined houses of Cwmorthin. The abandoned slate quarry buildings stood black and eerie today against the white...
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 clearing...