Barn Annexe, Wales

Name: Barn Annexe, Wales
Address: The Barn Annexe, Cefn-Yr-Allt, Crickadarn, Builth Wells, LD23AJ, GB
Telephone: +441982560726
Price range: $$
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A cosy, smart self-contained stone cottage near Crickadarn, Builth Wells, Powys. Just 3 miles from the main A470 but with a remote, away-from-it-all feeling.
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We're 1000 feet up and the views are brilliant!

15/04/2024

It's that time of year again: daily Lamb Watch. Jo has been busy doing this every day for several weeks now. In rain, rain, and more rain. I (Dave) have shamefully only joined Jo on Lamb Watch occasionally. Anyway, enjoy these pics. And here's hoping for a warm and sunny late spring :-)

15/04/2024

Jo's brother, Jonathan Davies, was cited in the Guardian national newspaper yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/14/the-guardian-view-on-local-councils-they-must-meet-the-needs-of-communities-not-just-whitehall

See the link to Jonathan's "Power to the People?" report:

https://www.compassonline.org.uk/publications/power-to-the-people/

Well done Jonathan! I (Dave) prefer to write about soil erosion, which seems very simple by comparison :-)

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01/10/2022

Some pics from nearby places, taken at various times during 2022. All with a watery theme. Oh, and there's one of bluebells (couldn't resist 'em)!

05/10/2021

We haven't posted anything here for quite a while, sorry! So here are some pics of -- and around -- the Barn Annexe taken during the last year (gosh, has it really been that long?)

24/02/2020

"We all come and go, like ripples in a stream."

So first -- a couple of posts before this, that's the best Facebook could do -- some actual ripples: a video of the stream at the bottom of our field (you can just see the ripples on the left, after couple of seconds after the video starts, if you look closely), then another video which shows the ripples (actually Von Karman vortices, I think) close up.

Then some clouds above our Barn and Barn Annexe, then our two cats Dotty and Kizzy looking at Hay Bluff.

Vortices, stream, clouds, cats, buildings, me and you, Hay Bluff... all ripples in the stream.

24/02/2020

I think these are Karman vortices... anyway, this is a close-up of flow in our stream, one winter's day at the Barn, Cefn-Yr-Allt

24/02/2020

The stream at the Barn, Cefn-Yr-Allt, on a winter's day

22/02/2020

It may be grey here today, rainy and windy and wintry. But it won't always be 🙂

18/02/2020

Windy on Cefn Llwydallt today. And wet, wet, wet underfoot. Here's the view, plus Jo adjusting her socks 😀

https://photos.app.goo.gl/U2TpQdaCHet7iBQCA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vLYxWjNLe7eMo7mh9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jbxgRECUigATs96A8

13/02/2020

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13/02/2020

There was a rainbow with both its ends in our field earlier today. I went to look, but couldn't find a pot of gold at either place... :-(

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sSs7JHCKGwMPZFv26
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1Y6oNMGpLrcJdwbQA

12/02/2020

Snow lingers on Hay Bluff, in the distance on the left, but the early morning frost has left the Barn Annexe, on the right. And did I hear some birdsong?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/QToPAw2j3tkrvj3b8

07/02/2020

The Barn Annexe in February sunshine https://photos.app.goo.gl/iB7YnHMSLai8PFL2A

07/02/2020

A short movie showing the Barn Annexe, Wales, and its surroundings on 25th June 2019. Drone flown by Graeme Evans from Australia (many thanks!)

06/02/2020

Kizzy the cat, surveying her domain https://photos.app.goo.gl/1UGnXuUGK6rZ1spa7

31/01/2020

19/01/2020

Cribyn and Pen-y Fan in the Brecon Beacons in mid-January, wonderful!

18/01/2020

What a sunset we had today!

18/01/2020

Address

The Barn Annexe, Cefn-Yr-Allt, Crickadarn
Builth Wells
LD23AJ

Telephone

+441982560726

Website

http://barnannexe.wales/

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The Barn Annexe, Wales

On the south-facing slope of a peaceful green valley below the hill of Cefn Llwydallt in mid-Wales, there is a cosy stone cottage.

We — Dave and Jo — call it the Barn Annexe, Wales. It has a remote and "get away from it all" feeling, but is just three miles from the main A470 road. The Barn Annexe is 1000 feet up, in a beautiful location at the eastern end of the Mynydd Epynt (the "mountains crossed by horse-paths"). All around are hills and green fields. The views are brilliant!

And the Barn Annexe is perfect for that relaxing break which you've been promising yourself.

Imagine it... you step out of the front door into the clean morning air, and you look westwards along the sparsely populated Sgethwin valley. To your north rises the sheep-grazed common land of Cefn Llwydallt; to the south are the Brecon Beacons, with Hay Bluff, Twmpa and the other Black Mountains as your backdrop; to the east are the Radnorshire hills on the far side of the hidden River Wye.

You might choose to spend your day unwinding, soaking up the tranquillity. Just watching the clouds drifting past until the sun sets in a blaze of colour behind green hills. Now it's time for something to eat. Maybe outside under the stars?

The evening passes and then it is time to fall asleep to the gentle sounds of sheep and the breeze in the trees.

Sleep well!

For more energetic days, there are lots of fine walks. Some start from the front door of the Barn Annexe.

Walk to the top of Cefn Llwydallt to view the magnificent sweep of the main peaks of the Brecon Beacons: Pen y Fan, Corn Du, and Cribyn.

Superb walks on these hills, on the lesser-known Black Mountains, and along the sparkling River Wye, are only a short drive away.

Also close are Hay-on-Wye ("the town of books"), home of the world-renowned Hay Festival. And atmospheric Brecon with its Cathedral and Jazz Festival, Builth Wells for the Royal Welsh Showground, and quaint Talgarth ("the jewel of the Black Mountains").

Other attractions and activities in the area include canoeing on the Wye, horse riding and pony trekking, sheepdog trials, historic sites, art galleries, theatres, and more.

And if you feel that creative urge, then this is a great place for writing, painting, and musical inspiration.

But don't forget to look up from time to time: you'll see pipits, kites, buzzards, maybe even wheatear and crossbill (we have!). And if you've brought your telescope, then you'll love the darkness of our night-time skies.

We love where we live. And we're glad that our guests can also enjoy this wonderful part of the world, along with us and our two cats.

Dave and Jo