Draig's Cottage

06/09/2024

07/08/2024

Check out the new Abergavenny Food Festival map!!

Here’s our site map which shows you all the markets and event venues for this year’s Festival. The sites are all situated close together

03/08/2024

We love a bit of The Black Rat Effect at Kings Arms Hotel

🎸🎤🎼Well it’s that time of the month again where lose 50% of the band and go all acoustic. join us at the Kings Arms Hotel for Sunday sessions this weekend 5-7 pm,

this is where the rule book gets thrown out of the window and we attempt to play all manner of stuff we don’t normally try.

☀️😎If the weathers great we will be out the front so let’s all pray for summer to continue for this weekend

31/05/2024

Your weekend Little Dragon Pizza Van timings for

📣 Congratulations Carole Haywood you are this week's competition winner. Please come up to the van this weekend to collect your prize 📣

‼️ Dont forget we are back open tonight.‼️

📍 Llangynidr Moor

🍗 Back by popular demand our Chicken Tikka special will be here for the weekend.

🍰 Cheesecake jars available.

💵 Cash & Card available

🍃 Vegan option available

22/04/2024

“The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
And we grow old? No, they die too.
Their yearly trick of looking new
Is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every May.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.”

Happy , folks 🌍

05/04/2024

Did you know that there are TEN fabulous restaurants in and around in the - with 2 x Michelin Stars and 2 x Green Stars amongst them!

Starred restaurants, Bib Gourmand and all the MICHELIN restaurants in Abergavenny on the MICHELIN Guide's official website. MICHELIN inspector reviews and insights

03/04/2024

Delighted to see that Mel Moon Comedy has made a hit song about Welsh - you go girl!!

15/03/2024

To be fair!! We do love it!

09/03/2024

Ohh look Abergavenny Food Festival now open!

02/03/2024

02/03/2024

A firm favourite a hot bowl of cawl with a hunk of bread and a lump of cheese! - clearly meat free options are available 😎

Cawl - The National Dish of Wales.

Cawl is a broth that is recognised as a national dish of Wales. It is usually served as a single course and most often contains lamb and leeks, due to their association with Welsh culture, and a selection of favourite vegetables.

The word cawl is first recorded as a recipe in the 14th century and is thought to come from the Latin caulis, meaning the stalk of a plant or a cabbage. Historically the most common recipes included salted bacon or beef with swedes, carrots and other seasonal vegetables as well as potatoes after their introduction to Europe in the latter half of the 16th century.

01/03/2024

This …. dydd gŵyl dewi hapus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌼

12/02/2024

Just saying peeps … don’t forget to keep your dogs on a lead during lambing season when near sheep

28/01/2024

Oh my! Little Dragon Pizza Van are back up - today until 5pm!! 🚐 🍕 ⛰️

28/01/2024

To be fair! Best Anthem and best flag! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Irish anthem not even getting a mention? 🇮🇪☘️

25/01/2024

Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day - Wales' Patron Saint of Lovers. Saint Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers. The daughter of legendary king Brychan Brycheiniog who ruled Brycheiniog (Breconshire) in South Wales, Saint Dwynwen was a 5th-century princess, whose tragic experience in love, led her to dedicate her life to god, and lovers everywhere.

01/12/2023

Wales is believed to have more castles per square mile than any other country in the world.

Caerphilly Castle is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Europe.
Chepstow Castle is Britain's oldest surviving castle made of stone. Its construction began in 1067.

Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey is generally considered the finest example of a concentric castle in Europe. It has been a World Heritage site since 1986.

The ruined Flint Castle is the only British castle with two donjons. It is famous for having the thickest walls (7 m / 23 ft) of any other castle.

Powis Castle possesses Britain's oldest, and one of the last, true formal baroque gardens and is the most visited National Trust property in Wales.

The castles and town walls of Caernarfon and Conwy, and the castles of Harlech and Beaumaris were granted World Heritage Status in 1986. They were chosen as they were considered to be among the 'finest examples of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe'.

Ruthin Castle was the first castle attacked by Owain Glyndwr during his uprising against the rule of Henty IV of England in 1400.

Thanks to The History of Wales for this information.

All credit to Huw Aaron (www.huwaaron.com) for this superb illustration.

26/10/2023

Wow! named 4th best place to visit in the World for in 2024 by Lonely Planet

Spain, Ecuador, Hokkaido in Japan, and Greenland were among the top 10 best sustainable places to visit alongside Wales

12/09/2023

Literally the Emma Bridgewater herself will be at the awesome Cooks Galley in for the Abergavenny Food Festival this Saturday! Yeah!!!

We’re super excited to confirm that Emma Bridgewater herself will be making an appearance at Cooks Galley, this Saturday at 11am!

We will be offering fans, avid collectors and addicts of Emma Bridgewater Pottery a chance to pop in and meet Emma in person!

I repeat, This Saturday 16th September, at 11am, Emma Bridgewater will be in Cooks Galley!

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01/09/2023

We love the Abergavenny Food Festival so much!! ♥️♥️♥️

Photo: Tim Woodier ©AFF AFF 2023 - 16 & 17 September buy tickets online now Photo: Tim Woodier ©AFF Meet bright lights of the food world cwrdd â goleuadau llachar y byd bwyd Photo: Tim Woodier ©AFF browse, buy, savour pori, prynu, blasu Photo: Tim Woodier ©AFF Fire up your culinary know-how tan...

27/08/2023

15/08/2023

Cool stuff coming to the Borough Theatre-Abergavenny

10/08/2023

Keep an eye out for the coming to Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park over the next few nights

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Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of nights as the sky comes alive!
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the brightest and most active celestial events in the astronomer's calendar, with up to 200 meteors or 'shooting stars' an hour expected. Although it started nearly a month ago, this week the shower reaches its peak.

If you want to catch this amazing show in the sky then you need to look to the North-East between 1am and before the onset of dawn. Don’t forget to give yourself around 20 minutes in the dark for your eyes to adjust

06/07/2023

Abergavenny Food Festival line up looks amazing this year!

The full line up for Abergavenny Food Festival’s 25th Anniversary has been announced, showcasing a range of fantastic workshops and masterclasses, along with some very special guests.

02/07/2023

Don’t miss the World Bog Snorkelling Championship at Waen Rhydd bog located about a mile outside Llanwrtyd Wells - 27 August 2023

From ferret racing to shinkicking, we round up some of the country’s most eccentric sporting events. Oddly, cricket isn’t among them …

30/06/2023

Beautiful photo of from above the castle by https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct0yiyTMUoT/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

18/04/2023

Check out how to say the new name Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

17/04/2023

The Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park has changed its name so that it is now officially known by its Welsh name 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 From today - the 66th anniversary of the area being designated a national park - it will be known as Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, or 'the Bannau' for short.

Full story: https://bit.ly/3KFF1iw

14/04/2023

Fancy something different then Pen-Y-Crug might be just what you need!

📍Pen y Crug.

A locals favourite and definitely a quieter trig to catch a sunset with the Central Beacons, the Black Mountains and the Usk Valley on the horizon.

Have you visited this iron age hill fort before? If not it's definitely worth putting on your list! It's a much shorter walk compared to other trigs in the National Park but gives you amazing views with minimal effort.

Find our more here https://www.breconbeacons.org/blog/pen-y-crug-walk-brecon

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BreconBeacons

11/04/2023

Great piece from our neighbours Kings Arms Hotel about the amazing Monmouthshire & Brecon canal