Self-Catering for Softies

08/04/2017

The complimentary hamper at Cefnmeurig this week, all ready for the guests' arrival.

21/03/2017

The new unedited view from the apartment of Tenby harbour and Carmarthen Bay ,after the trees were chopped down.

13/03/2017

Daffodils lighting the way on the track up to Cefnmeurig.

09/05/2016

The beautiful bluebell oak woodland at Cefnmeurig.

16/11/2015

Planting Welsh apple and plums trees in the orchard at Llysmeurig.

23/09/2015

We have an Open Day at Llysmeurig Villa on Saturday (26 Sept) 12pm - 4pm when we will be conducting tours of the house and there will also be an opportunity to buy the book - "The Triumph of Hope over Adversity" - The Family Letters of William Phillips 1937 - 1940. All proceeds donated to the charity PAPYRUS - Prevention of Young Su***de. (Llysmeurig, Bethlehem Rd, Pwll Trap, St Clears SA33 4AN).

11/07/2015

Goodbye drafts, rattles and jammed fingers; hello new windows, designed to match the old exactly.

09/06/2015

The wildflower meadow at Cefnmeurig yesterday.

09/06/2015

Cefnmeurig yesterday.

16/05/2015

Great Tit feeding its young in the old water pump by the back door at Cefnmeurig and the oak woodland starting to show a display of bluebells.

24/04/2015

May is the best month to visit Skomer. Take the boat from St Martin's Haven.

A grand total of 21,229 Puffins were counted on Skomer yesterday evening, a record count! That's a lot of clicking, phew! West Coast Birdwatching Love Pembrokeshire Visit Pembrokeshire BBC Springwatch

22/04/2015

Lovely Spring flowers at Cefnmeurig and Llysmeurig.

22/04/2015

Photos from the Open Day at Llysmeurig on Saturday all propped up and ready to go before the guests arrived. Thanks to all for coming and to Richard Owen for being the excellent tour guide.

07/04/2015

I'm so pleased with the outdoor furniture we received this week, made by Celtic Forest of Gowerton. Each of the benches has an inscription dedicated to a Welsh surname. The look and the feel of the wood suits Cefnmeurig perfectly.

26/03/2015

We love spring time in Wales.

A selection of your pictures from around Wales

26/03/2015

Congratulations to Clydey Cottages Pembrokeshire who won the award for Best Self-catering business in Wales at last night's Visit Wales award ceremony. We won the same award in 2007 but the evening was ruined because young Mrs Softie was the only female winner not to get a kiss from the lovely Huw Edwards, who was presenting the awards. :)
In revenge I have posted the least flattering photo of Huw I can find. http://i3.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article7580294.ece/alternates/s615/huw.jpg

21/03/2015

No, this isn't a tropical rainforest, these strange sights were snapped on a half hour walk in the ancient woodlands of Cefnmeurig.

14/03/2015

A very muddy Keith (Young Mr Softie) yesterday, on a hedge planting and woodland management course in the Brecon Beacons organised by the Woodlands Trust. Skills we hope to use at Cefnmeurig and Llysmeurig.

12/03/2015

Paul from South and West Wales Wildlife Trust with his delightful children giving us help planning the woodland trails at Cefnmeurig, at the weekend.

02/03/2015

New video of Cefnmeurig Cottage giving a flavour of the house and its surroundings.

01/03/2015

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day!
St David was no Softy, he believed that we should all abstain from seeking any sensual pleasures of the mind and body and avoid all meat and beer. Cold showers were compulsory. I dont think he would have at the front of the queue booking a holiday with us.
He preferred very simple and basis self-catering accommodation in west Wales as reconstructed below.

12/02/2015

Photos taken at Cefnmeurig this week - after tree felling a new door on an outbuilding revealed, the cottage from the secret garden with native trees ready for hedge laying and two of my favourite hedgerow flowers.

25/01/2015

Happy Santes Dwynwen Day. Hapus Dydd Santes Dwynwen. The Welsh patron of love and lovers. Photo taken in the Romantic Bedroom at Cefnmeurig Cottage.

22/01/2015

Pembrokeshire Falconry

14/01/2015

The view from Softies HQ early this morning. (with kind permission from the Softie in Chief, who was still in bed at the time)

02/01/2015

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda. Happy New Year, to all our past and future guests. We look forward to welcoming you to west Wales in 2015. In a few weeks time these Cefnmeurig sheep will have given birth to their lambs, the countryside will start to burst into life and the Llysmeurig garden will being showing the first shoots of spring. We cant wait. See you soon.

05/12/2014

The view from Softies HQ this afternoon.

05/12/2014

Dusk at Cefnmeurig. Moon in waxing gibbous phase and sheep in looking contemptuous phase.

30/11/2014

Cefnmeurig late Friday afternoon taken from the start of the track. The Family History Research Centre is the white building on the right. You cant see the cottage from this point.

24/11/2014

We give you over 30 food items in your complimentary hamper when you stay at our properties, but are we giving you what you really want? What would be in your perfect holiday hamper? There will always be tea, coffee (instant and ground), milk, sugar, bread, butter.