Hello Mike,
I have just looked at your very nice
site, and would like to ask if you stayed in Rowen? The reason I
ask is because I have a very beloved little cottage there which I
rent out for most of the year (except May, when I visit it). I
especially intended it for hill climbers and people like yourself
who take to the hills and enjoy them. It only has one big bedroom
(double bed plus single bed plus all the bedroom furniture, and a
view over the rooftops of the village below me). So it is not
suitable for more than a couple. I have night storage heaters which
are great, plus a convection heater in each room, so no reason to be
cold. It is number 6 Rose Gerlan Cottages, Rowen, and is in a row of
terraced cottages which used to be for the miners when there was
mining up in the hills. The original solid granite walls are about
a foot thick. Only one of the other cottages is lived in year
round, all the others are "week-ender" private second homes.
I have modernised the kitchen and
bathroom, and the sitting room has an open fireplace. The sun porch
at the back looks out onto the hills. There's a washer and dryer,
and at the back there is a minute patio. At the front is a small
garden.
Anyway, if this is of any interest to
you or any others you may know who like the countryside and the
hills, please visit the site of my agent, North Wales Holiday
Cottages.
I live overseas so they deal with
everything. And yes, I have authorised short lets, like a weekend,
because I want people to enjoy what I love, sharing makes everything
worthwhile. It's a lovely little cottage, and the hill walks are
amazing all around that area. I used to live in Llanbedr y Cennin,
just a few miles away.
For some reason or other, people like to
go to the cottage over Christmas and New Year's, as well as the
summer. I like to think it is because it is a welcoming cottage; it
is certianly cosy.
May I wish you many more happy days of
exploration with your bike. You are lucky to be so enduring - I can
only manage a few miles a day with my own two feet! Then it's nice
to come back to the peace and serenity of my cottage.
