And so to waxing lyrical about yurting at Graig Wen…
Graig Wen is a site where you can camp, stay in your caravan or motorhome, hire their holiday cottage or even – as we did – stay in a yurt. It’s not a big place but it is fantastically placed in a very quiet and picturesque location with great views over Afon Mawddach estuary but still near enough to Dolgellau that you can use it as a base to visit much of this part of Wales. Sarah & John who own Graig Wen are very friendly, and as it’s all very new (we were only the third group of people to stay in our yurt!) the facilities are excellent.
We visited Cwm Idwal in Snowdonia, Llechwedd Slate Caverns at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Betws-y-coed, Portmeirion, Harlech Castle and the fantastic beach at Dyffryn Ardudwy. They’re all to the north of Graig Wen, but to the south there’s Corris and Machynlleth to visit too. I really want to go to the Centre for Alternative Technology one day, and using Graig Wen’s yurt as a base certainly appeals.
They have a website which you can get to by clicking here:
and they even have a video!
If you’re thinking of staying in the area I’d recommend Graig Wen, and I’m looking forward to staying there again myself.
Finally, in case you’re wondering, you can find out what a yurt is by clicking here. (Ours was canvas over a local ash frame though – no yak skins for us!)
I want to sleep in a yurt!!!
Absolutely, it was great. In all fairness it was a little further to the toilet block than I’d have liked (in the middle of the night in the rain – during the day it was fine!) but it is camping so I coped!
Everyone should try it!
Oh, I wouldn’t be keen on the trek to the loos myself!
It’s not a trek by any means. It’s just me being picky!
And you can always pee behind a tree…
This is so very true!