“We had a really lovely week here.”
The cottage was every bit as appealing as it appeared in the advertisement. It was quaint, cosy with plenty of room and lots of essential equipment. The garden was lovely and contained which was great for our 1 year old. I am not sure why the owners express it as only sleeping 5 as there is plenty of room for 6 - a couple in one room and a family of four in the other. we brought a travel cot for the baby, but actually, she slept in the single bed (with additional bedding making it safe) and her older sister slept in the single bed above the double where her Mum and Dad slept. The log burner was an added bonus and there were loads of games and details of walks nearby. I would have liked to know if there were things like and iron and ironing board and bar-b-q, both of which they do have but I had to ring the owner to find out about the bar-b-q which was an old one left by a previous owner, and was stored in the outside box at the side of the house. We were also very confused about the refuse and recycling. We are avid recyclers but could not find a food bin to empty the kitchen food bin into, neither could we find the trolley which all other neighbours seemed to possess to carry the boxes down to the collection point. In the end we just threw the food waste away and left the recycling in the boxes by the house in the hopes that they could still be collected.
You definitely need a car for this cottage, unless you have a lot of provisions with you and are extremely fit! The beaches are amazing, and the countryside beautiful. We found loads to do, a ride on the Ffestiniog Railway, Harlech Castle, the Slate Mine with farm attached and the fair at Barmouth. All in all, a brilliant holiday, only wish we had longer than a week. Apologies for not writing in the visitors book, we completely forgot in our effort to depart on time. Thank you very much. We hope to be back one day and will strongly recommend this property.
