by John Brooks | Aug 1, 2020 | churches, family, heritage, pub, Uncategorized, walking
Most of our guests come for a holiday but some come to work. Imogen and Christian Halbert from Oxfordshire near Blenheim Place spent three days here during which time they created a beautiful woven fence at a property in Cwmcarvan. The 70 metre-long continuous fence...
by John Brooks | Jul 20, 2020 | dogs, Uncategorized
Welsh Marches Cottages at Upper Glyn Farm was closed for almost 4 months due to the COVID 19 lockdown in Wales but this week (11/7/2020) we welcomed back our first guests – Emma and James Walker with baby Carys, and Raposa their dog. The couple stayed with us...
by John Brooks | May 15, 2020 | churches, heritage, pub, Tintern Abbey, Uncategorized, walking
The last trip I completed from the farm before the coronavirus shutdown was a walk with the poet Wordsworth with a side helping of the artists Turner and Gilpin. First leg was a route to Tintern for lunch at the Anchor, which had just re-opened after extensive...
by John Brooks | Mar 10, 2020 | Cycling, events, family, Uncategorized
Anyone who has watched the last few Olympics will know how stunningly well our track cyclists have done in recent years. What you might not know is that Team GB and Paralympics GB prepared for their stunning successes in the four previous Olympic and Paralympic games...
by John Brooks | Feb 20, 2020 | Brecon Beacons, family, horses, Uncategorized, walking, zoo
It’s been raining so hard and so frequently recently that it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Noah building his ark in the flooded valley and ushering animals in two by two. There are plenty about. A lovely family from Watford came to stay with us over half term and for...
by John Brooks | Jan 21, 2020 | Brecon Beacons, heritage, Uncategorized
On the 6th July 1942 during WWII, a Wellington Bomber crashed into a mountainside in the Brecon Beacons killing its five Canadian crew. I’d heard about the memorial that had been erected at the site and on Sunday we visited. What I wasn’t expecting after all these...
