Cwmbiga Farm Penfforddlas Powys
High quality,
eco friendly, accommodation on a farm set in
its own beautiful valley in Mid-Wales.
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Bed and Breakfast
We now able to offer guests B&B accommodation in the farmhouse.
Green Tourism Business Scheme - Gold Award
After a comprehensive audit of all aspects of the business, the Green Tourism Business Scheme has given us its Gold Award in recognition of our attempts to reduce the impact of the business on the environment. The GTBS is the only national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK and we will join a select group of only 12 Gold Award winners in Wales.
The award featured in the local press and in an article written by our electricity suppliers, Good Energy.
Cambrian Mountains Initiative
Prince Charles is the patron and founder of the Cambrian Mountains Initiative.
As leaders in the field of sustainable tourism, we have been appointed Tourism Ambassadors for the Initiative and have already met the Prince twice in our new role. We attended a reception hosted by Prince Charles at his home in Wales. We subsequently had a private meeting with him and the other Ambassadors to discuss how best to do our bit to promote the beauty of the Cambrian Mountains and to stimulate the local economy by using the food and crafts produced within the area.
Dick Strawbridge
Dick Strawbridge and his son James ["Its Not Easy Being Green" and other tv shows] were very interested in what we are doing at Cwmbiga. We met them at the Greener Homes Show in Builth Wells and had a lengthy chat.
Sarn Sabrina
We provided Susan's bara brith, tea and coffee to the 100 or so walkers who undertook the Sarn Sabrina walk on 29 May. Cwmbiga is at the midpoint of the 25 mile circuit. Sarn Sabrina continues to grow in popularity very year. An article on last year's walk can be found here.
Winter 2009-10
This was the farmhouse and the cottages (and Afon Biga) in January 2010. Beautiful but cold.
The guests who stayed with us over the New Year had a lovely time
sledging down one of our fields. Fortunately, as the cottages are super-insulated and centrally heated, they were as warm as toast when the returned from the day's activities.
New Years Eve
Susan cooked
a delicious three course meal for all 16 guests on New Year's Eve. It
was served in the oak framed conservatory. Over 2010, we hope to
entertain a lot more guests in this lovely new addition to the farmhouse.
. Other News
A walk near to Cwmbiga that ends with a "100 mile view" featured in "The Times"
Your Horse Adventures now use Cwmbiga as an overnight stop on their Ride Across Wales. We recently accommodated a group of 7 riders and horses led by Karen and Medina from Brandy House Farm.
We were awarded both the "Cyclists Welcome" and "Walkers Welcome" designators by Visit Wales in 2008. For more information about what this means, please visit our Cyclists / Walkers page.
We were very pleased to host a meeting run by Tourism Partnership Mid Wales and a two day meeting run by Coed Lleol and the Small Woods Association: for which we provided the presenters and delegates with meeting and breakout rooms, lovely food and overnight accommodation. Earlier in the year, we also hosted a training day run by Wood Fuel Powys on behalf of Powys County Council - "An Introduction to Modern Wood Fuel Technologies". The Welsh Assembly Government also ran a conference for 30 delegates at Cwmbiga in February. For both events we provided lunch, serving traditional Welsh dishes and locally sourced ingredients.
Two triathletes have also discovered Cwmbiga
is a great place to use as a base for sporting activities: "We loved
our stay at Cwmbiga. It provided the perfect setting for
cycling, running and relaxing! We can't wait to return."
Robin and Megan, Birmingham
Running and Triathlon Club.Four riders from Italy, France & Sweden competing in the World Enduro Championships in the Hafren Forest, together with their Italian mechanics, also used Cwmbiga as a base last July. Their sponsor wrote to us after the event to say, "Very nice place and excellent facilities, well received. We would for sure book again."