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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...
Costa del Mawddach
It's been scorchio in Southern Snowdonia over the bank holiday. Some of our guests have had sublime views from the top of Cadair Idris and many more have beaten the bank holiday traffic jam into Barmouth with a sunny stroll over the bridge and back. Pretty much...
GOING UNDERGROUND
The Deep Mine tour into the Llechwedd Slate Caverns is not for the claustrophobic - John freaked out shortly after we dived underground on an old miner's tramway.... After a few deep breaths we wandered through the massive cathedrals of rock and learnt a few sobering...
SIOE GELF FILMS IN YURT
Today our large yurt provided the venue for a discussion filmed for TV about the Wales Book of the Year Award. Lisa Gwilym from BBC Radio Cymru presents the show which will be broadcast as part of the Sioe Gelf arts series on S4C sometime in the next few weeks.