Camping at Dolbryn's
by Tanya
Wow
I am loving Welsh week and am so pleased that Suzanne has done it and
it is nice to see that so many of you are loving it too. I am hoping
that it may encourage many of you to visit and then hopefully I will get
the added bonus of meeting you. I am so glad that Suzanne and her
husband liked Wales when they visited earlier in the year. We are
currently enjoying some sunny weather here so it would be great if you
packed your bags and visited now. Wales is known for its rainy weather
so this is very unusual.
Most
of you know that another of my passions is caravanning and we are lucky
enough to do this on a regular basis as neither of our jobs involved us
being at our work place during the weekend and marking books is always
nicer sat outside the caravan with a small glass of wine! Mind you I
suppose now that I no longer work it’s even nicer sat out with a reading
book and a glass of ‘coffee’.
There
are a few sites we like to visit regular and one of them is situated in
West Wales which is one of our favourite areas in Wales. The site is
called Dolbryn and it is situated in Newcastle Emlyn near to Cenarth. We have been visiting the site at least yearly for the last 13 years and
seen it undergo many changes. It is a great family site where the
children are encouraged to feed the animals in the morning and take the
pigs for a walk. We have been there for “stews and stars” where you
hopefully get to watch the meteor shower and enjoy a bowlful of cawl
(Welsh lamb stew) at around 10 pm at
night. We are lucky in that my parents now keep their caravan on the
site and we recently went down for Easter where the girls partook in egg
rolling and Greg and a friend had a go at the egg throwing and catching
competition.
If
you are ever looking for a friendly site you don’t need to look any
further, everyone is approachable and regulars and newcomers seem to
love the site often revisiting regularly. I often recommend it and
thankfully no one has been disappointed. Bev and Dave, the owners, have
been there for around 12 years and we have seen their children grow up
and likewise with ours. Their passion for the site always makes me want
to own my own campsite with sticky club for the children and crafts for
the adults.
From
the site you can visit many seaside towns including New Quay, where we
enjoy ice-creams, Aberporth and Mwnt which are very scenic. From these
seaside beaches you are sometimes lucky enough to spot dolphins in the
sea and we have often sat and watched them for hours. Further afield
you have Aberystwyth, I will be writing a review about soaps produced
here later in the week. About 45 minutes drive you have my favourite
seaside towns of Tenby and Saundersfoot, these hold many romantic and
fond memories for my husband and I as we spent a lot of time there prior
to the children and even our first wedding anniversary.
Look at Dolbryn’s web page as they have some pods for hire. http://www.dolbryn.co.uk/
First, lovely pictures! I love your chickens. :)
ReplyDeleteMy sister did a study abroad in Wales a few years ago and my other sister and I visited her there. It was beautiful. I'd love to go again some day.
Thank you for your lovely comment :). I would love to see more of the Welsh countryside, I can't wait to go back to see more of Wales as well.
DeleteThat is a photo of my eldest daughter feeding the chickens at the campsite.
DeleteYeahy for the mention of Aberystwyth (where my dad was born and some of my family live). I have fond memories of childhood holidays there staying in the b&b's my dad's aunt and cousin ran :)
ReplyDeleteHave just written a rewiew for soaps made in Aberwytwyth
DeleteWill keep an eye out for it. Yeeeeahy Aber! :) x
DeleteThis post reminds me of my childhood staying caravans in Wales. We had a great time, usually close to the beach.
ReplyDeleteLoving Welsh week. Thanks, Amanda.
There are some great welsh caravan sites.
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