Welcome to the wonderful world of Cader Idris, located within Snowdonia National Park. Our beautiful home is in an area renowned for its natural beauty. It is a perfect base for hiking with miles of tranquil walks.
The space
Cader Idris Holiday - Maes y Wennol
Maes y Wennol is the only build on the site. So it is private, quiet (apart, sometimes, from the baaing of sheep and mooing of cattle) and ideal for restful holiday. It is at the heart of the farm and is surrounded by the wonderful area of the southern part of Snowdonia,
You do not need to collect a key. The door is always open, but there is a key for your use hanging on the side of the door.
You can have access at 4 p.m. on the day of your arrival, but at any time after that that suits you. Midnight if necessary.
The cottage stands on a spacious level grass plot, with open-air table and seats. It is completely surrounded by wooden fencing and the surrounding fields by stone wall and hedgegrows making it secure for young children or dogs, always welcome.
There is a lovely view over the farm fields to Bird Rock and the same view can be enjoyed through all the front windows of the cottage.
Breakfast is NOT available.
You do not need to bring bed linen or towels. All is provided.
There is a Microwave. Cooking is by a free-standing electric cooker which has oven, grill and four hot plates. Also, a rayburn in the open plan kitchen/ dining room for slow cooking and heating.
Also, Heating are oil filled radiator and there are electric blankets if required. There is no charge for any gas or electricity used. Unlimited. There is a TV with Sky with a DVD Player with a variety of DVDS for all ages.
You will find leaflets telling about places to visit and some detailed, typed information
Maes y Wennol sleeps 10 adults, and there are 2 cots - one Mothercare and Travel cot. Also 2 high chairs availabel.
Working from one end of the cottage: 1 Super King and ensuite with TV/SKY; One Twin bedroom with TV and video player. A double bed; The last bedroom is a Family Room with double bed, Single bed and an adjoining single bedroom with single bed.
The dining table in the kitchen has a beautiful view with a wonderful selection of books.
Sewage is by mains. The water supply is spring water, as used at the farmhouse, piped into the cottage and tested regularly for purity.
The farm and the cottage are both owned by Ken and is always available to help.
Mobile phones do not work well in the hills, so WiFi allows guests to use their telephone.
Ken runs the farm in so far as the paperwork goes, but all the physical work is done by her son, Ken Markham and family. Ken and I live on a farm called Pennant (remember the gate to Pennant opposite the ruins of Mary Jones’ cottage ruins?). There are 1,400 acres which extend right to the top of our local mountain, Cader Idris (2.927 ft). They have large flocks of Welsh Mountain sheep and a herd of pedigree Welsh Black cattle. It is an organic farm. The views from the top of Cader Idris are wonderful and include the seaside town of Barmouth.
You are asked to leave the cottage by 9 am and arrive after 7 pmso I have time to fit in the cleaning etc.
Please put your used bedlinen in the bath.
Guest access
Maes y Wennol is entirely your home for the duration of your stay.
For 15 years it was our family home. I am sure you'll find it very homely and welcoming.
Other things to note
* WE CAN NOW OFFER A HOT TUB/TUBS TO OUR GUESTS, FRESHLY FILLED, SANITISED AND ALL READY, JUST FOR YOU *
£180 for 3 night stay
£270 for 7 night stay
Why not share the cost between you for a bit of luxurious bubbly fun & relaxation during your stay?! If interested or you want anymore information or to book directly please enquire on the “dyfihottubs” website.
ABOUT TYWYN
As stated, Tywyn is the main shopping town for guests at the The Cader Idris Holiday cottage Starting at the bottom of the High Street and working up the left-hand side, there is an excellent charity shop in aid of the Welsh Air Ambulance. This provides excellent service to all in the mountains and to residents of Tywyn by picking up injured or seriously ill people and taking them to Aberystwyth Hospital. The cost of flights averages £1,000 so the shop justifies good support. The first eating place is Déjà vu. Just before the good Spar food store is their petrol/diesel filling station, the only one, so check your fuel level. As well as the free parking up one side of the High Street Spar has a car park at the rear, up a narrow one-way entrance at the top end of the store. They sell a good variety of food, including fresh vegetables and salad, with a small delicatessen counter with cheese and meats. Flame Lily is a good Health Food shop. Walkers restaurant is noted for its generous portions of fish and chips, and has a large menu of other favourites. They also do take-away.
Dolly’s Café is popular and has outdoor tables along the pavement. Breakfasts, soups, sandwiches etc, tempting cakes, coffee. Popular for take-aways. Pudding Parlour is popular with outdoor tables and a good menu of foods. There is an excellent and helpful Chemist which handles Prescriptions. Turkish Delight specialises in pizzas. Proper Gander does simple but excellent £5 lunches. In evenings they are noted for outstanding dinners, using much fresh fish caught in Aberdyfi and Tywyn, and have a good wine bar. The only bank in Tywyn is Barclays, but the ‘hole in the wall’ handles cards from other banks such as HSBC.
Grandma’s Sweet Shop serves sweets the old-fashioned way from glass jars and has a corner for sweets for diabetics, including chocolate. Nicks Basics is very useful for household necessities of all kinds including batteries.
Back to the bottom of the High Street. On the right-hand side a corner shop sell wines and sweets etc. Advent sells religious books etc and has very good framed photographs taken by the owner of local views which make good souvenirs. Off the street is the local Leisure Centre with swimming pool and all the usual facilities. A comprehensive hardware shop has a huge variety of things for sale and very helpful staff. Wendy’s newsagents has a large stock of papers and magazines, greetings cards (including some in Welsh), stationery and much else. A pet shop provides all the things that dogs need. There is a butcher. At the corner of a road that takes off to the right from the High Street is a Red Cross charity shop. Across the side street, call Neptune Road, is an artisan bakers which is so popular it sells out quickly. Bread, cakes, pork pies, savouries, etc. Next to this is Tywyn Post Office occupying part of a general store. Neptune Road leads to Tywyn Library with the Information Centre and a good Computer department and copying machine. I Iwork there part time on some days.
Carrying on up the High Street you immediately come to the start of a brief one-way road system. At the corner is an excellent book shop called A Likely Story, selling new books including many for children, maps and guide books, and much else from picnic rugs to requirements for painting, framed pictures, photocopies, etc. Several books are by local authors, about farming and kindred subjects.
Here you see Tywyn Parish Church with a square tower. This is a very historic building and has inside a stone bearing the first known written words in the Welsh language. There has been a church here for more than 1,500 years – the first, very primitive, being the first building ever in Tywyn. In the Old Market Hall isClock Tower Books, a bookshop selling an enormous range of second hand books. The owner can get any book you want, via the internet.
Opposite is another very popular restaurant, also specialising in fresh fish, including shellfish, caught locally in Tywyn and Aberdyfi. Called Salt Marsh Kitchen they have a good wine list and, uniquely so far as this writer is concerned, bottles of Dandelion & Burdock. They are soon to open a Bistro opposite, in the Old Market Hall.
Then comes something Tywyn is proud to boast about – it’s Cinema, called “The Magic Lantern”. It has the finest, most advanced projection equipment that money can buy. So much money that there was nothing left to get new seats, but who cares. Not only do they show films, including 3D, but each month they have several shows beamed in from London and Stratford- upon-Avon and even overseas, as from Berlin. Stage plays – Shakespeare, ‘Of Mice and Men’ – and musicals including ‘Miss Saigon’. Also live shows on the stage.
Finally, as you head out of Tywyn, on the right is a turning to an ice cream shop where they make their own ice creams. Tables outdoors and the children love a live Teddy Bear. Further on this road is Pendre Garden & Craft Centre with a good selection of gifts, including some made of Welsh slate, as well as plants. They have a café serving excellent coffee and light snacks. Tables and chairs also outdoors at the back, just feet from the Tal-y-Llyn steam railway,
Carry on the main road and you are soon at Bryncrug and Abergynolwyn and the cottage. Tywyn-Dysynni Valley - Maes y Wennol is about 20 minutes drive.
