Slow living in the South Wales mountains; living off the land.

If you intend to send a Christmas card/parcel, PLEASE make sure to include your address so I can send you something back. PO Box 18, Treorchy, CF43 9AQ.

Accosted in Aberdare Park

A day travelling across the mountain into the next valley to explore the market and rediscover Aberdare Park, a place I used to visit as a teenager with family. If you are ever in Aberdare and need a place to eat, check out https://www.instagram.com/delicodeli_/ People I met during this adventures includes… plus a gentleman on […]

Spectacular Welsh Waterfalls

  How to Get to Pen Pych Mountain To find the waterfall and mountain yourself, head to Blaencwm at the head of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales, CF42 5DW. Nearest railway station is Treherbert. The nearest place to stay overnight is https://www.daffodilcottage.wales/ which can be found at the base of Pen Pych Mountain, private […]

Getting Lost in the ForestĀ 

Now that the cats and the house is in some form of order, it was time to venture out for my first ramble through the welsh forestry mountainside but the journey didn’t go according to plan.