We wish all our guests from the last few years a very Happy New Year and may 2012 bring you all health and happiness. We have had a busy autumn and winter so far and have been busy doing essential upgrades to parts of the Old Coach House. More are due! we are currently preparing [...]
Machynlleth Festival
August 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sunday sees the opening of the 25th Machynlleth Festival. This prestigious event attracts music lovers from all over the UK and beyond. As well as the Triple Harp exponent Robin Huw Bowen, the festival offers a wide range of music with an accordion and string quartet, members of the Welsh National Opera and a super [...]
Visit Wales grading
August 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
June 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Previous Life!
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In my previous existence as a teacher in West Yorkshire, I had the pleasure of teaching a young man at St Bede’s in Bradford called David Nowakowski. It was therefore a real delight for me to discover that he is the keyboard player in an up-and-coming band called ‘Scars on 45′. They have become very [...]
Osprey chicks have hatched!
June 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Move over, Springwatch. Kate and co have been remarkably reticent about our beautiful national birds that are nesting just up the road from the busy Springwatch base at Ynys-Hir. Never mind, what they have yet to mention is that the Osprey eggs started to hatch at the Dyfi Osprey Project. We are now delighted to [...]
Surprise sighting on my bike ride!
May 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Well, well, well! Not only have we got Kate Humble and Chris Packham in our area filming Springwatch we also have another famous Welsh celebrity on our highways and byways. I was enjoying my usual bike ride along the back lanes of Aberangell when who did I nearly run over but none other than Griff [...]
Springwatch is coming to the Dyfi Valley!
May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Springwatch team has chosen Ynys -hir RSPB reserve as its first ever Welsh base. Starting at the end of May the new season of Springwatch will feature much of the fantastic wildlife that is to be found here in the Dyfi Valley. Ospreys, lapwings, redshanks and otters are all regular visitors to the reserve [...]
Dyfi’s breeding ospreys.
May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nora, a female osprey has just laid her first egg at the nesting site at Cors Dyfi Reserve. This is the first time in 400 years that ospreys have successfully mated in the Dyfi valley. The hide and visitor centre has plasma screens showing live pictures of the ospreys. The centre is open throughout the [...]
Spring or Summer Wedding?
April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Are you going to a wedding in 2012 and don’t know what to buy for the happy couple? What about treating them to a short break in our holiday cottage or let us spoil them with bed & breakfast? We can send you a gift voucher and assure you that the couple will receive a [...]