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What fantastic sport and incredible weather at the moment. For nearly two weeks we have been to the beach every day for a walk, Pendine just down the road, Wiseman's Bridge, Coppet Hall and Saundersfoot have been our most frequented beaches. Most evenings have included a stroll to Dylan Thomas's writing shed along the foreshore and up the steps. We couldn't be having a better summer. Our last gues...

Despite not having undertaken any NHS work for a couple of years, Suzanne has finally retired from the NHS, having commenced in the early 1980s. In the last couple of years I have accompanied three guests to A and E, the most recent this month, due to the fantastic service the guests have received, we have decided to offer a 10% discount to any NHS staff or retired NHS staff (proof will be request...

We think that the best bit of running The Cwtch at Forge Cottage, have been the people we have met who have enhanced our lives. Other than running a small business, we have learnt a lot from them. A lovely couple who stayed here, are orchid experts, who left early, to ensure their orchids at home were okay during a very hot week. It is illegal to pick wild orchids, but once you have seen one, we a...

For the first time in ages, I went away for a night and had two requests for bookings to start on the same day. I hadn't taken my laptop and couldn't recall the password for the log in to this site so had to say please wait until I get home, but advised if we have a booking through another site I can't do anything about it. The first request was from a mother and daughter wanting 3 nights, the sec...

When we first researched holiday letting I read multiple owners saying that your guests aren't your friends, but how lucky we've been that over the years we can definitely say some of our guests are now friends.  This year has been our quietest yet, but what lovely guests we've had, one an orchid expert, given us one of his orchids and book on orchids, having discovered that Laugharne has 15 diffe...