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Ty Olaf Holiday Cottage

A superb, newly built, woodland, holiday cottage in and Arts and Crafts village in the beautiful Elan Valley at the heart of Wales.

A superb, newly built, woodland, holiday cottage in and Arts and Crafts village in the beautiful Elan Valley at the heart of Wales.

New visitor

24th May 2017 By Peter Hussey

We had just returned from shopping when Maggie spotted this tiny visitor sitting motionless on our patio. My first thought was that it was dead, but its little eyes were taking everything in.  It was the size of one of the larch pine cones that fall into our garden from the stand of larches alongside the house.  We were concerned that a bird would take it as a mid morning snack, so we protected it by putting a metal grid over it.  The spaces in the grid were large enough for it to walk out, or for a parent to come in to direct it.  However after about ten minutes it decided to start exploring  and set off looking quite normal and healthy.  It explored the patio and nibbled at some weeds growing in the edging gravel.  My usual reaction is to let things be, we have a few small mammals that pass through the garden when about their business, and, if they do eat a few strawberries, we should have plenty for all.  However Maggie was keen to know what it was an scooped it into an ice cream box, added a hand-full of weed leaves and took it up the road to Reg, our wild-life advisor.  By the time Maggie had carried the visitor, in its box the hundred yards to Reg’s house the little thing had consumed all the greenery provided for its journey!  While Reg agreed that it had a cuteness quotient many times its size, he said that these little, greedy monsters had striped some new plants that he had just bought from a garden centre, and he recommended that the wee beast be taken for a long walk, anywhere else but near his garden. So our visitor was not with us for long, but I expect that all his brothers, sisters and parents are!

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    The annual Elan Village Bonfire, which takes place right outside our house, was spectacular this year.  An old shed at the Sawmills had collapsed and the wood from it, along with a considerable quantity of pallets had been donated for the fire. The weather was favourable , there was a lot of rain on the […]
  • Garden Coffee Morning

        This Saturday, 4th August, we will be holding the fourth of our coffee mornings in aid of the Bracken Trust.  The Trust is the Llandrindod based charity providing support and treatments for people with cancer.  It is a brilliant operation that has helped cancer suffers and their families throughout mid Wales, including Maggie […]

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About Us

Maggie and Peter retired to the Elan Village after running the Drovers Tea Rooms and Restaurant in Builth Wells for 13 years. Professional standards and a warm welcome have been the basis for their success in the hospitality field.

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