by John Brooks | Sep 1, 2020 | events, family, heritage, Uncategorized, walking
No, this isn’t the start of a fairy tale but a blog about things to do when you are on holiday at Upper Glyn Farm with two lively children, even when it is raining. The castle in the headline refers to Caerphilly Castle; the cave is at Clearwell and the enchanted wood...
by John Brooks | Aug 20, 2020 | events, horses, Uncategorized, walking
Guests often ask about the horses they see in the field opposite the cottages. They are a couple of amiable old fellas called Zippy and JD and they love a chat if you wander over to the fence. What Zippy won’t tell you, because he’s a modest gelding, is that his...
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 | 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 | 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 14, 2020 | Brecon Beacons, pub, walking
My favourite section of the eastern Brecon Beacons is the path along Graig Fan Las on the edge of a wonderful glacial valley. The photographs will give you a sense of how breath-taking the views are, not to mention how breath-taking the climb up to it is! You can get...
