The Brecon Beacons Guide

Green Man Festival The Green Man Festival is an independent music and arts festival held annually ...

Craig Y Nos Coutry Park Craig Y Nos Country Park was originally part of Craig Y Nos Castle, the ...

Abercamlais House and Penpont There are many fine examples of grand houses in the Brecon Beacons. ...

Brecon Beacons Dark Skies The Brecon Beacons National Park is an International Dark Sky Reserve. ...

The Hay Festival runs from the last bank holiday weekend in May for 10 days. Over the years it has ...

National Garden Scheme Glanusk Estate Garden Crickhowell takes part in the National Garden Scheme ...

The Birds of the Brecon Beacons We are so lucky to live in an area that has an abundance of ...

Brecon Beacons Waterfalls One of the joys of the Brecon Beacons are its waterfalls. They are ...

The Brecon Beacons National Park We moved to the Brecon Beacons ten years ago after years of ...

Gunpowder Brecon Beacons The Glynneath Gunpowder Works Pontneddfechan were established in 1857. It ...

St Fagans St Fagans National Museum of History showcases the history of Wales through the people’s ...

Tretower Court and Castle The Brecon Beacons has a number of castles some grander than others. My ...

Hills Brecon If you are looking for a burger with a difference then you should visit Hills. ...

The Three Horseshoes The Three Horseshoes Groesfford has always been one of my favourite places to ...

Hay Winter Festival Once again I was organising the Hay Winter Festival 2018 stewards. The ...

Big Pit Blaenafon As part of our Brecon Beacons Ambassador scheme we visited Big Pit National Coal ...

Cribarth Geotrail The geotrail is part of the Brecon Beacons UNESCO Global Geopark. The area was ...

Brecon Beacons Artists There are many examples of the work Brecon Beacons artists. It is always a ...

Blaernavon Today I visited Blaernavon World Heritage Centre and Blaernavon Ironworks. The heritage ...

Blast from the East Mother nature has just reminded us of what she can do. The Blast from the East ...

Industrial Brecon Beacons We are probably aware of the beautiful countryside of the Brecon Beacons ...

Allt-yr-Esgair Hillfort Today I visited Allt-yr-Esgair Hillfort an area of the Brecon Beacons ...

Tree Walk Today we went on a guided walk in the beautiful grounds of Gliffaes Country House Hotel. ...

Westonbury Mill Today I visited Westonbury Mill Water Gardens . There are a surprising number of ...

This year Brecon Jazz returned to the streets of the town like it used to be a few years ago. It ...

The Elan Valley is just 22 miles from the coach house over a glorious mountain road. It consists ...

I spent this morning at Ty-Mawr Kitchen Garden  on the Get Growing course run by Rae Gervis. ...

There are many beautiful waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons but one of the most secluded are Sgwd ...

Today we had a very pleasant lunch at Peterstone Court just a short ride from the coach house. The ...

Today we visited The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh with the Brecon Beacons Ambassador. ...

The New Inn Bwlch has just won Brecknockshire CAMRA pub of the year 2017. They serve good value ...

Today we had lunch in the newly re-opened The George Hotel in Brecon . It was bought by JD ...

The legend of Llyn Cwm Llwch In the shadow of Corn Du is the isolated beautifully preserved ...

Today I went on a day out with the Carmarthenshire Tourist Board to visit St Clare and the coast. ...

2017 is the Year of Legends in Wales. To  celebrate this occasion I will be sharing some of ...

Today Peronel Barnes visited to sketch the Brecon Beacons from the paddock. She stayed last year ...

Today I had a pleasant lunch in the Brecon Tap This is a local brewery that has opened a bar ...

  The Royal Welsh Winter Fair takes place every year at the end of November in the Builth ...

Today I visited Aberglasney Gardens just outside Llandeilo to see the autumn colours. This country ...

Llangorse has the largest natural lake in south Wales. It boasts an ancient Crannog and is a ...

The Abergavenny Food Festival   is held every year in September. The festival is held ...

Today I visited Carreg Cennen Castle just outside Llandeilo. It was a beautiful Autumn day and ...

The National Eisteddfod was held in Abergavenny. It ran from 29th July to 6th August 2016. It ...

The Royal Welsh Show started today in glorious sunshine and runs for four days. The purpose built ...

The Bear Hotel Crickhowell is a traditional historic coaching inn dating from 1432. There is a ...

Today I went on a tour of Penderyn Distillery with the Brecon Beacons Ambassadors. This is the ...

Today we visited two National Trust properties just outside Llandeilo. Firstly Dolaucothi Gold ...

Today I went on a sour dough bread course at The Bakers’ Table in Talgarth Mill. This is a ...

Today I went to the Ystradfellte area to see the caves, kilns, burial mounds and standing stones. ...

Today I had lunch at The Felin Fach Griffin which is one of my favourite place to eat! They ...

Winter Currently showing on BBC One Wales is a four part documentary Iolo’s Brecon Beacons. ...

17th December 2015 Today I went for lunch at The Hours Cafe Brecon. They have combined a book shop ...