by John Brooks | Jul 15, 2024 | Mountains, pub, Uncategorized, walking
We have a guest staying in one of the Welsh Marches Cottages who is new to Monmouthshire and this part of South-east Wales and he asked for some suggestions for walks including in the Brecon Beacons. Well, the first thing to say is you’ve come to the right place. This...
by John Brooks | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
We are very used to dogs staying at the Welsh Marches Cottages with their humans but we’ve never had a cat stay before…well not in the cottages in their current form. Thirty years ago, when we first moved into Upper Glyn Farm these buildings were a thriving kennels...
by John Brooks | Jun 20, 2024 | dogs, family, Uncategorized
Summer has finally arrived on the farm and our wildlife area is coming on a treat. At the bottom of the Glyn Valley, two fields below the cottages, we’ve created a nature reserve fenced off from the horses. Guests are welcome to visit but please keep dogs on a lead on...
by John Brooks | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Every year in early April Chepstow hosts a popular walking festival, and this year I led 16 visitors on a pilgrimage walk which started and finished on Devauden Village Green. We started at the John Wesley Memorial and visited one converted chapel and six fascinating...
by John Brooks | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
For many people it is a dream to row, row, row their boat gently down the River Wye at Symonds Yat or slightly faster through the man-made grade 2 rapids as I first did as a schoolboy. Many of our guests merrily, merrily include the location for a visit while staying...
by John Brooks | Oct 9, 2021 | Brecon Beacons, dogs, Mountains, National Trust, Shiatsu, Uncategorized, walking
I have a tee shirt with the inscription “Up a mountain, down a beer” which, for me, describes a perfect day out but there are variations. Emma and Neil, who stayed in our Sugar Loaf cottage in early autumn, downed a Welsh whisky before going up the highest mountain in...
