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Lovely November day

We have had some very mixed weather for the past few days: we even had a first dusting of snow on the highest mountains, but it only lasted a few hours and today brought a balmy 15°C along with blue skies and sunshine.

The fuschia in a tub outside the cottage doesn’t seem to have realised it’s autumn yet.

 
Fuschia in November outside the cottage
 

Daf and I enjoyed lunch with friends, Paul and Peter, who were cycling on Route 5 from Holyhead to Bangor, which brought them near Coed y Berclas. It was great to see them and catch up with their news.

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As they cycled up the drive to complete their ride, Daf and I decided the day was too lovely to stay indoors, so we went for a walk along the lane to the lake, where we watched waterfowl while the sun was getting lower in the sky. We walked back home just as daylight was fading into dusk.

This evening I have plans to get some more work done on the two quilted wall hangings I am preparing for the next Cwilt Cymru travelling exhibition – ‘Connection’.

What a lovely day.

Dorothy Russell

12 November 2013

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Moggies and Meesums in the curtains

We have been working so hard getting the Apartment ready for guests, but we haven’t taken our eyes off the Cottage, where we are adding new touches which we’re sure you’ll love. The single bedroom at the front of the Cottage has already had a ‘make-over’ with new curtains, Egyptian cotton bedding, a lovely new duck-egg blue throw and cushions.

A couple of days ago we bought new Egyptian cotton bedding for the other single room and today we went to the market in Llangefni to see if there was any fabric we liked to make new curtains. Amazingly we found the fabric we had seen elsewhere and had set our hearts on.

 
Buying fabric for the cottage and apartment
 

After that we popped into DW Williams and came out with a lovely pale blue throw: the cushions came from Bangor. A successful day. Tomorrow I’ll set about making the curtains, then Daf can photograph our ‘new look’ bedrooms and you’ll see them for yourself on the website.

We have other plans for the cottage, so we’ll keep you in touch with developments!

Dorothy
12th October 2013.

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5 Star Grading for the New Apartment at Coed y Berclas

The new Apartment at Coed y Berclas is now ready to receive guests.

Both the Cottage and the Apartment have been graded this week by one of the inspectors from ‘Visit Wales’, the Welsh Assembly Government’s Tourism Department. The cottage has had 4 stars since we began letting it, some years ago, and we are very pleased to say that the Apartment has been awarded 5 stars (and a lot of compliments on the work we have done). It has been really enjoyable selecting all the furniture and textiles to decorate the Apartment, and watching its personality develop: now what we need is some guests to come and enjoy it.

 
Misty view of Bangor Pier
 

The views are wonderful – I know a lot of holiday websites boast this for their property, but look at the images to see the view from Coed y Berclas and decide for yourself – the sitting/dining room, and one of the two ensuite double bedrooms, look out directly across the Menai Strait, and Bangor Pier, to the Snowdonia Mountain range beyond, and you can lie in bed and watch the sun rise over the mountains.

Each of the rooms also has its own terraced area just outside the French windows.

The view from the cottage is partly occluded by the main house, which is just down hill from it, but opens to its full glory from the orchard, which is used only by cottage guests. We lived in the cottage as our children grew up and I well remember us all standing on the muddy patch (which became the orchard!) at millenium midnight, watching all the bonfires, fireworks and flares across the water. The reflections were wonderful too.

Speaking of fireworks, it’s getting very close to Bonfire Night in Beaumaris (Saturday 2nd November): the cottage is booked, but the Apartment is still available. The fireworks are always spectacular (a very good adjective for fireworks, n’est pas!)

 
Dining/Living room of our new apartment
 

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Dorothy