Exploring North Wales & Snowdonia
Back in June we spent five days in North Wales, celebrating Chris’ 50 th birthday amid the spectacular scenery in and around Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park. It’s a region we’d long wanted to explore, especially as neither of us had anything other than very sketchy memories of our previous childhood visits. And it was well worth the five-hour drive from Wiltshire. Our trip coincided with one of the few cool spells amid the recent UK heatwaves, and the velvet-green mountains, rolling mists and gushing rivers were a wonderful antidote to the bone-dry fields and relentless temperatures of southern England. We stayed on the northern edge of the national park at Hinterland Cabin – a cosy timber-built hideaway for two, booked through Unique Homestays. It’s done beautifully, with a top-spec interior, an alfresco hot tub, a sauna and an unbeatable location on a remote hillside overlooking the Conwy Valley. Best of all was the ever-changing view, and we loved sitting back to w...