What our guests had to say about Y Llaethdy this year....

These are some of the comments written in Y Llaethdy's guest book this year. Carina , from Holland, who's been many many times, even drew us a picture!

September 2012

A wonderful sunny week we had in Llwyngwril. I guided my friend Marieke, who had her 50^th birthday here and her wish was to come to Wales. We went on my favourite walks and visited other nice spots. It was great to be back again and hope to return again one day. Thanks Mike and Wilma for keeping the place as it is ….such a peaceful haven.

Carina and Marieke, Holland

 

 

 

September 2012

We have had a wonderful stay in Llwyngwril and have very much enjoyed staying in Y Llaethdy. One day we took the train to Harlech which had the most amazing castle. Purely by accident we were there on the evening of Glyndwr Day, as there was an amazing torchlight procession winding its way into the castle.

We have had a brilliant time. Thank you very much, and hopefully we will be back some day! J

Tom and Penny, Kent/Surrey

 

August 2012

Diolch am ‘wg liau bendigedig!

Dick and Dina Allard

  ( I translated this online to something like ‘thanks for wonderful egg turns’! but heh!)

 

July 2012

We’ve had a fantastic time! Peace and tranquillity. The cottage is divine, so homely we couldn’t wait to get back after we were out and about each day. We went on the train to Fairbourne and caught the ferry to Barmouth- a great day out.

We absolutely loved the little touches you’ve given to the cottage; they made it very welcoming and it felt like home from home. We will definitely be returning. Thanks so much.

Sally, Clare , Jasmine and Teddy.

 

June 2012

Our second visit- very comfortable and warm, despite the horrendous weather at first! Hope to return when we can stay longer. Thanks very much.

Graham, Sally and Charlie

 

May 2012

Thank you for your great hospitality. We had a great time. People here in Wales are really welcoming. Our dog Oscar was happy as well. We had a wonderful time in your cottage with the beautiful sea view. We’ll definitely come back soon.

Marta and Krystian

 

 

What people say about Pentre Bach!

Here is a selection of guests' comments from one of our visitor's books this year. It's so nice to feel that our guests appreciate all this beautiful house and the stunning surrounding area.

The perfect house for a family Christmas, we all felt right at home! Hope to come back again soon. Thank you!

The O’Byrnes, Jacks, Sfakianoses and 1 Zvesper, Christmas 2011

What can I say?

Wonderful! J

We had a fantastic weekend. The house was warm, inviting and beautiful.

We played hide and seek, had great meals in the dining room and congegated in the cosy kitchen.

Best of all, my best friend had the best weekend with all his family and friends.

Thank you so much.

We will never forget Pentre Bach!

Shelley, Feb 2012

We have had a lovely week, lovely place to stay as a family. We felt like royalty in the dining room! Beautiful scenery from all of the windows. We enjoyed visiting the Blue Lake and our day trip to Barmouth on the train. Definitely would love to come again.

Becky T , aged 13, April 2012

An absolutely wonderful long weekend with a fabulous group of friends!

Pentre Bach is gorgeous - warm, welcoming and very homely. We all loved it!

Climbed Cader Idris, beautiful views and a lot of laughs white-water rafting in Bala!

We will definitely be back!

Laura, Tel, Maggie, Alan, Paul, Liz, Albert, Charmaine, Flash and Grace, May 2012

We had had the lovliest weekend celebrating Maggie’s 21^st. Felt like luxury in this beautiful house, and the scenery is amazing! Don’t think I’ve ever been in a more picturesque place.

Thank you ever so much.

Alice, May 2012

A group of 22 friends and family were here for Mo’s 60^th birthday. Fabulous house, great views and sunshine!

A fantastic weekend!

The Collins, July 2012

What a super holiday we’ve had again at Pentre Bach, and what glorious weather we had the whole week. An eventful week with lots of walking, swimming, and sitting out admiring the view and the sunsets. Lovely! Great house!

Chris, Rosaleen and all the family, July 2012

Excellent house for a family holiday. Marvellous location, views and sunsets. Breakfast and dinner in the garden.

Good excursions to Talyllyn, C.A.T., Cader Idris and Barmouth, ( via Fairbourne Railway and ferry boat across the estuary- perfect for small boys!).

Great windows for reading in.

The Grants, August 2012

Time to put our feet up..........

Well that's the busy summer holidays over so it must be time to put our feet up now......or not.
We've still got a healthy lot of bookings in the cottages over the next few weeks and enquiries are growing again as people start to think about their next holiday. We've got nearly twenty bookings for 2013 and even one for 2014!
Thanks to all our guests so far this year. Its great to see more and more returning guests. The Holmwoods have been coming for 20 years and it was lovely to be able to welcome back Carina from the Netherlands, yet again.
As for putting our feet up.... well there's the garden to tidy, that shower to fix, that pink bedroom to paint, the gutters to clean, the outside of Pen y Lon to finish painting (only one side left to do!) and so on and so on. The list just gets bigger!
Well the main house was vacated on Saturday so we were able to move in there for a couple of nights - made a nice change from our normal abode in the caravan for the duration of the summer. It was lovely to be able to enjoy the sunset from the patio last night.

Many many thanks to our knight in shining armour, Stuart, who drove over 3 hours to come here on Saturday to sort out our wi-fi (that I'd ******ed up!). He also sorted out a few other computer/phone problems while he was here. It was a good excuse to be able to take him out for a scrumptious meal at Indiana in Fairbourne.

The train was beaten!

Congratulations to all those runners who beat the Talyllyn steam train back to Tywyn yesterday. There were quite a few  out of the hunderds who took part, who actually beat it!
A great day was had by all those who took part in the 29th Annual Race The Train starting in Tywyn yesterday. Well done to all the runners, walkers, organisers and helpers over the weekend (including Mike who was manning the barriers!).
For the first time in years the sun actually came out!

Anyone fancy it next year?

Meanwhile, all cottages occupied again- busy , busy, busy! :-)

Get out and do something!

Feeling down now that the Olympics are over? Then why not book a break at one of our 4 cottages and sample some outdoor activities- you can do open water swimming, rowing, kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing and sailing

in Cardigan Bay, the Mawddach Estuary or Dyfi Estuary, mountain biking at Coed y Brenin, cycling, running or walking along the Mawddach Trail, cross country running at the Beat the Train Event starting in Tywyn next Saturday, play football or Rounders (not an Olympic event yet!) in our field, equestrian activities in Friog, etc., etc.,

If you don't want to be quite so energetic you can always go fishing at Cregennan Lakes or join in with the local sandcastle competition.

Or you can always just sit on the patio with a glass of wine and relax!

Great reviews on Trip Advisor

We now have a grand total of 14 reviews about Pentre Bach main house, 2 for Y Llaethdy and 1 for Y Popty on Trip Advisor, and more promised by recent guests. All great reviews! We try our best to make our guests' stays as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. Thank you to all those guests who've taken the time to post these reviews. It's great to know that our efforts are appreciated! :-)

Surfing West Wales!

 We had all 4 cottages booked this week, all the guests arrived safely on Friday night and were well settled in. Saturday morning started grey and miserable with lots of showers. Its seemed that the terrible weather forecast for West Wales was going to be accurate.
However, Heather arrived from Macclesfield, missing the surf after her season in Devon, and keen to get back on the sea. The clouds started to clear so we set off for Tywyn, had a quick look at the sea from the prom, saw that there was some surf so went back to that great shop in Tywyn , The Rise, and managed to hire their last surf board, which normally was used by the owner's dog! (thus the claw marks!)

We then spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach, trying to catch Heather on camera catching the waves.






























 Tywyn beach never looked better.

Oh and we had a little bit of a paddle ourselves.
Talk about the British on holiday!