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Y Felin is in the rural village of Dyffryn
Ardudwy in Snowdonia, half way between Harlech and Barmouth on the
Cambrian Coast road. A short
grassy drive leads up to a private but sunny garden. (It never rains in
Wales, honest!) Slate stepping stones guide you to the front door of
this beautiful, typically asymmetrical, 17th century stone cottage.
Open the door and step onto the warm slates which cover the ground
floor. (This under floor heating is a marvellous thing) Modern
facilities, dishwasher, washing machine etc are combined with original
features like the ledged and braced doors and exposed beams.
There’s a cosy lounge complete with obligatory inglenook or
‘simne fawr’. The cast iron log burner is dwarfed by the
supporting oak beam and is perfect for those romantic evenings cuddled
up together on the couch. Flat screen TV and DVD for the children (or
for dad to watch the football)
Upstairs there’s a modern bathroom where the complete with ceramic bath and
power-shower and there’s a nice view of the cows from the bath if you
leave the curtains open. The two bedrooms are nicely furnished and all
the linen was crisp and clean.
Both bedrooms have window seats overlooking the fabulous coastline
about half a mile away. One disadvantage of this period property however
was the painfully low doors. But I learnt to duck by about the third
day.
In front of the house some old barns and stone walls combine to provide
a secluded courtyard type garden. Surrounding that is a 4 acre field
which came with the property and was perfect for our Border Collie.
The train station is about half a mile
away and the bus stop is just up the road. But best of all there are two
pubs within walking/staggering distance. Dyffryn was a nice village
complete with a small grocery store and butchers, post office and
garage. The historic town of Harlech is 10minutes drive to the North and
the seaside town of Barmouth is 10 minutes to the south. Moelfre and the
Rhinog Mountain rage is just behind you and the beach is just in front
of you.
Lots to do in the area, Harlech has it’s famous castle of course as well
as a 18 hole links golf course. We also enjoyed our time at the pony trekking school in Dolgellau, a nearby market
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