We are pleased to list below our Christmas Opening Times, please go easy on our Mince Pies as Paul has been roped into baking them & he doesn’t want to be in the Kitchen all the way until New Year! Christmas Eve: 08:00 to 16:00 Christmas Day: Closed Boxing Day: 10:00 to 17:00 New Years Eve: 08:00 to 16:00 New Years Day: 10:00 to 17:00 All other days open as usual, Merry Xmas & a

On Wednesday I followed up Tuesday’s ‘Speed’ session with taking on the 4th marked Trail run in the Coed y Brenin in the shape of ‘The Long Sarn Helen’. At just over 5 miles this was a great mixture of forest tracks & trails with plenty of ups & downs to test both strength & skills. It was a beautiful but cold early morning with several degrees of frost in the valleys as I was

Hot on the heels of Friday’s run came another glorious day on Saturday & with Dorina’s permission I escaped the Cafe again for an early afternoon jaunt over to Llyn Crafnant & back. The light & scenery was stunning so my mind began working overtime on how I could stay out longer & turn it into a Half Marathon session. It was an invigorating run with the highlights being my managing to run the steep

We have been blessed with some truly glorious weather over the last week or so, I can only hope you have been able to get out & enjoy it as much as I have. On Friday I ran out my front door, up to the Coed y Brenin centre & then set off around their Gold Rush Trail. This promised over 8.5 miles & more than 400 metres of ascent, it proved to be my

After feeling that we loss a bit of focus through a busy Summer season John Rowell, Nick & I felt we aught to add a bit of structure to our programme of events to help pass away those Winter blues. After much debate & discussion this is what we’ve come up with, there will be more thorough details on our Events page over the coming weeks so keep an eye out for that. 27/12 –