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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...

We made the most of the good weather this bank holiday visiting, Green Castle Woods in Carmarthen and having a picnic overlooking the countryside, before walking amongst the blue bells and campion in the woods. This is a great place to stop on the way to or from The Cwtch as only a small detour, later in the year the woods are full of snowdrops and car parking is free. There are designated paths b...
Tags: Green Castle Woods . Llansteffan . Pembroke . Walking . Castles .

It's always with trepidation we look at reviews for the Cwtch -  Did the guest have the experience they wanted? Was it clean enough? Did it have the items our guests wanted to have a comfortable stay? Were we friendly but not obtrusive etc.  What sparked these musings? Our latest review via Bookings.com just said exceptional - and a score of 10/10 we couldn't want more but so different from those ...
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