When the Aga goes back on.

When the Aga goes back on.

After weeks of heat, cooler days have returned to Llangadog, bringing changing skies, warm bread and the first delicious thoughts of autumn. After weeks of opening every window, avoiding the oven and regarding any unnecessary movement as a personal failing, the heat...
When the Aga goes back on.

Autumn in the Welsh Countryside

There is something rather special about autumn in the Welsh countryside. The mornings arrive a little cooler. The light softens. Leaves turn from green to copper, gold and deep russet, and the first wisps of smoke begin curling from chimneys across the valley. Here at...
In Search of the Perfect Dog Shower

In Search of the Perfect Dog Shower

In Search of the Perfect Dog Shower There comes a point in every dog owner’s life when optimism quietly gives way to reality. For us, that moment usually arrives somewhere around five minutes after a glorious walk across the Black Mountain. The dog, positively beaming...
Between Arrivals and farewells

Between Arrivals and farewells

For our guests, it is a time of long walks across the Black Mountain, lazy breakfasts, evenings spent watching the sun disappear behind the hills and days that seem to stretch on forever. For us, August is measured rather differently. It is measured in arrivals and...
A slow summer day in the garden

A slow summer day in the garden

A simple summer salad recipe, an evening in the garden, a happy dog, and the soundtrack of kites overhead. There is a particular kind of contentment that only a day spent in the garden can bring. The sort of day where you lose all sense of time between deadheading,...