Latest News from our Glamping Snowdonia
Fridays ride
Had an early start today as wanted to tackle the Marin trail at Gwydyr. Took an hour to get there and arrived before 9 am and had the place to myself. There isn’t any cafes, toilets of high ropes courses here but there is some seriously good mountain biking. From the...
The right tool for the job
It seems that spring is in the air with buds and bats appearing, we also know that the temperature is rising when friends and family start arriving. One visitor we have been pleased to welcome back is Alun, our volunteer from last summer. He stopped of on route from...
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...