Trwyn Tal Mountain Retreat

Trwyn Tal Mountain Retreat There's more to life than increasing its speed... especially at Trwyn Tal

😍😍😍 No words to do this morning's view justice! Specially when you add in the excitement of ice melting, the feel of sec...
12/01/2025

😍😍😍 No words to do this morning's view justice! Specially when you add in the excitement of ice melting, the feel of secure ground under your wellies and external water pipes flowing for the sheep fields again! 🎊🎉😀

Sunshine, blue sky, snow, ice and an afternoon nearly full moon ☺️
09/01/2025

Sunshine, blue sky, snow, ice and an afternoon nearly full moon ☺️

08/01/2025
08/01/2025

Icy morning, no traffic about... Thought I was just popping down to Capel-y-ffin for a quick walk, but Thomas insisted on coming with!! 🤣🙏🐾

Frosty sunrise at Trwyn Tal 💕 Getting extra hay out to the sheep today in case of snow tonight ❄️
03/01/2025

Frosty sunrise at Trwyn Tal 💕 Getting extra hay out to the sheep today in case of snow tonight ❄️

Hello to you all and to 2025 👋
01/01/2025

Hello to you all and to 2025 👋

20/11/2024

🐾 £1 Wednesday 🐾

Hi everyone.

The cold weather has set in and we are being asked to take more & more cats and kittens, many in need of Veterinary treatment and neutering.
We are drowning in Vet bills but still have so many animals waiting to come in, that need our help.

We have 4,500 incredible followers ❤️

So for less than a pint of milk, if everyone donated just £1, we could get our Vet bills sorted for this month. Can you imagine? Let's do this ‼️🐾

We would be extremely grateful for any help towards this. Thank you to our wonderful supporters, as always. We couldn't continue to help them, without you helping us.

Click here to help us today-

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Well this is getting quite chilly!
20/11/2024

Well this is getting quite chilly!

First ever home grown broccoli, joining home grown chard, roastie spuds, cauli & a slow roast for guests' Anniversary di...
09/07/2024

First ever home grown broccoli, joining home grown chard, roastie spuds, cauli & a slow roast for guests' Anniversary dinner tonight 😊

This week's cottage guests arrived earlier today. They've already walked & enjoyed the sun on the patio - thank you weat...
14/04/2024

This week's cottage guests arrived earlier today. They've already walked & enjoyed the sun on the patio - thank you weather! - and next up, Roastie Dinner 😊

Second lamb yesterday, a tiny ewe lamb to a young, first-time Mum Jet. Jet did not appear to have much of a clue, & opte...
13/04/2024

Second lamb yesterday, a tiny ewe lamb to a young, first-time Mum Jet. Jet did not appear to have much of a clue, & opted to follow her own Mum Cloudberry rather than tend to the little blob she'd just birthed. So, Gran, Mum & lamb got tucked into the barn & thankfully Jet quickly got the gist of licking & feeding her offspring ✅ Today we're trying out Grazing With Your Lamb Afoot. TOTAL fail on first go. Jet just dashed happily onto the grass leaving her lamb bleating in the barn 😳 Um, OK.... so today Jet will be studying the mothering chapter on "Keeping your newborn lamb with you at all times & returning to your lamb immediately if you become separated & it's shouting for you"

10/04/2024

Today I had a numpty moment 🤣 That's not unusual 🤣 But the source of de-numptying was! Thank you so much CJ Gibbons - Neil Powell Butchers 😊😊😊😊 See you again soon! ###

Soay lambs are tiddly, especially twins! And twins are a big demand on the Soay Mum, who'd more normally have resources ...
10/04/2024

Soay lambs are tiddly, especially twins! And twins are a big demand on the Soay Mum, who'd more normally have resources to raise just one. Soays do best lambing outside, as they would on their native island west of the Hebrides. But the weather is wet and windy, a risk to newborn lamblets.

So after much weighing up of options, I chose to bring the family in yesterday afternoon. The quieter black lamb got tucked into my jacket, and the helpfully gobby one held in sight of Mum Ellie, who followed us up to a cosy prepared barn stall. She followed well all the way, but didn't want to go into the stall itself even with her lambs bleating in there! So we had a chat, and when she was calmer, in she went. I wasn't totally sure bringing them in was the right move, as Ellie didn't dive straight in to food there for her 😳 But this morning she's munching fine, & her wee lads are warm and dry. So for now, inside nursery it is. Meet Krispie (light coloured gobby one) and Kale (black) 😊 xx

Start of Trwyn Tal lambing season today! Twin boys this morning 🥰 And lovely to wrap the day up with my favourite meal.....
09/04/2024

Start of Trwyn Tal lambing season today! Twin boys this morning 🥰 And lovely to wrap the day up with my favourite meal... thank you Llanthony Priory Hotel ! xx

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a peaceful, healthy, hug filled year 😊
01/01/2024

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a peaceful, healthy, hug filled year 😊

Cooking for tonight's holiday cottage guest ... farmhouse Chicken & Leek pie with cheesey GF pastry crust, fresh veg & n...
13/11/2023

Cooking for tonight's holiday cottage guest ... farmhouse Chicken & Leek pie with cheesey GF pastry crust, fresh veg & new potatoes with TT mint 😋

Exceptional Autumn walking above Llanthony Priory Hotel today... photos do no justice to the vibrant leaf colours, warmt...
11/11/2023

Exceptional Autumn walking above Llanthony Priory Hotel today... photos do no justice to the vibrant leaf colours, warmth and absolute stillness. Or the pint in the bar afterwards!

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Icy morning, no traffic about... Thought I was just popping down to Capel-y-ffin for a quick walk, but Thomas insisted on coming with!! 🤣🙏🐾

The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys visited the valley back in May 2021 filming for their episode on the Northern Belle (the line crosses the bottom of the valley near Abergavenny). You can see the whole episode online at My 5 (Series 5 episode 3) but here's a cheeky and charmingly amateur snippet of the lovely section featuring Trwyn Tal 😊 They filmed all day, bless, all for these couple of minutes!

It looks like World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys aired the Welsh Borders episode again last night, which has a brief segment on Trwyn Tal. A warm welcome if you're new to this page, & thank you for seeking it out! Here's the beautifully still and quiet morning that's happening right now 😊

Today's action movie is brought to you by Thomas, Head of the Trwyn Tal Sleeping and Napping Department 🤣

Birdsong this morning ... lots of it!!!

😲 Special effects this morning as the sun rose over Offa's Dyke! Mmmmm.... smokey 😊

This is a fairly typical welcome back after popping in to Hay for supplies ... 🤣🤣

This morning's peaceful mountains 💛

It's planting time! This basket is lined with Trwyn Tal woven hazel bendy-twigs and Soay wool, planted with Nemesia Easter Bonnet and French Lavender, and soulfully accompanied by a kind evening Blackbird song 💛

Saturday Story. Meet the first two lambs born earlier this year, Spike and Idris. They're 6 weeks old now, and their Mum, Mischief, is 3. When Mischief was a lamb, she fell ill with the sheepy equivalent of meningitis. Sod's law, she collapsed in the field on the one night that I was away for work, so she owes her life to my neighbour who was looking after the sheep for me. Neighbour spotted Mischief, brought her in to shelter and managed to keep her going with dribbles of lamb milk till I got home. I screeched down to Hay vet with a very, very poorly Mischief. Her head was thrown right back, she was barely conscious... I didn't expect to hear good news. The vet was realistic that her chances were low, but confirmed that her limbs were still responsive so we could try a big dose of intravenous meds. So we did that... and she was already starting to lift her head by the time I'd brought her home! Much nursing followed, small and frequent feeds. But she gradually gained strength and was soon standing and meeting my other bottle lamb, Mouse. Mischief appeared to have lost a lot of her sight and perhaps some hearing from the fever. But she got around just found, following Mouse with a charmingly wobbly gait. She made a full recovery. Such a full recovery that, well *embarrassed cough* she had an accidental Welsh White Mountain sheep before she was even 1 year old 😳😳 Big whoops! She took the next year off as I really hadn't meant her to lamb that young... shocking behaviour!! But this season, she joined the little group of ewes sharing a field with Mr Digit, a handsome blonde soay ram, and the result is sweet little Spike and Idris. They will be pet lads (wethers) here or to a very good home!

Good morning! Here's a little tour of upstairs in the Trwyn Tal holiday cottage. New guests arriving today for the Hay Festival ☀️ I'd love to welcome you here! Full details on https://www.airbnb.com/h/trwyntalcottage

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