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The Holiday Cottage Wales
is approached along a track about 100 yards long through the sand dunes and running parallel to the beach and stands in the Pembrokeshire National Park. The private track goes only to the 5 properties on the beach and there are just the 3 cottages beyond ours. There is a fantastically large sandy beach with lifeguard patrolled bathing area in the summer. Rock pools for the children and lots of room for exercising the dogs or flying your kites. you may see choughs and buzzards over the headland.The Cottage at poppit sands consists of a large lounge with colour television, Sky Freesat and video
player, one end of which is a fitted kitchen with hob/oven, microwave, fridge and freezer. The settee in the lounge converts into a double bed. There is one bedroom with a fitted wardrobe and cupboards and a double bed.
The second bedroom on the front of the property has two single beds. The cottage thus can sleep six people. There is a bathroom, with w.c., shower cubicle and autowasher-drying machine. There are storage heaters which are ample even for the coldest weather. Pets are welcome. There is room for one car to park beside the cottage. The cottage is cleaned between guests. Linen and bedding are provided (excluding towels). The water supply is mains water. The spot is ideal for young children as there is only 10 yds of lawn between the cottage and the sandy beach. There is a pub about half a mile away, and Cardigan town is 4 miles
away with two supermarkets a swimming pool a small theatre and restaurants.
Poppit Sands Holiday Cottage
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| 12/03/2010 |
| Work together to boost online business says tourism chief |
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Visitor attractions and accommodation providers across Mid Wales are being encouraged to work together to increase business by improving their Internet profile. The call comes from Val Hawkins, chief executive of Machynlleth-based Mid Wales Tourism (MWT), which represents around 600 tourism and hospitality businesses in Powys, Ceredigion and Meirionnydd. She says members in both the accommodation and visitor attraction sectors have the potential to generate more bookings by taking advantage of an affiliate marketing scheme offered by MWT. |
| 12/03/2010 |
| Welsh Beekeepers’ Association Convention set to be a hive of activity |
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Beekeepers from across Wales will be heading for Builth Wells this month for the annual Welsh Beekeepers' Association Convention.
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| 12/03/2010 |
| Gwynedd Council opens the door to the next generation |
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The next generation of voters had the opportunity to get first hand experience of how decisions are made by local authorities at a Gwynedd Council event, organised in partnership with Careers Wales.
 Around 50 youngsters from Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor in Pwllheli and Ysgol Tryfan in Bangor attended a Cabinet Workshop at the Dafydd Orwig Chambers in Caernarfon to learn more about the work of Gwynedd Council.  They met senior officers and councillors and had the opportunity to discuss and consider the different challenging matters the Council has to deal with every day. |
| 12/03/2010 |
| Green light for £3 million Abersoch affordable homes project |
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Work is about to get underway on a new affordable homes project which will provide homes for 20 local families in the Abersoch area.
The affordable housing at Abersoch will include a mix of homes for local people to rent and buy. As part of the agreement, improvements will also be undertaken to the nearby Lôn Garmon road with parts of the highway to be widened and upgraded. The £3 million affordable homes project at Abersoch has been made possible through joint working between Gwynedd Council, the North Wales Housing Association, Trinity Welsh Homes and the landowner, with £900,000 secured through the Welsh Assembly Government's Social Housing grant. |
| 12/03/2010 |
| EID Flexibilities explained to Glamorgan Farmers |
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The new rules for the compulsory electronic tagging of sheep were recently explained to NFU Cymru members in Glamorgan in a packed meeting held in Cornelly.
 Richard Isaac, NFU Cymru County Chairman said, "Whilst we all dreaded this regulation, there are flexibilities within it which have made things for most farmers far easier. As a result of successful NFU Cymru lobbying there is a choice of tagging options for lambs born after 31 December 2009 and the approval of central point recording will mean that reading equipment may not have to be purchased by all farmers."  NFU Cymru believes that there will be a significant number of producers who will wish to take advantage of the slaughter derogation, i.e. producers who move lambs, under 12 months of age, either direct from the farm to slaughter or via livestock market direct to slaughter. The slaughter derogation has allowed these producers to move their slaughter lambs under the least cost and least regulatory option.  |
| 12/03/2010 |
| Future of Pembrokeshire quarries subject to national Inquiry |
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A Welsh Assembly Government Inquiry into proposed developments at two North Pembrokeshire quarries will begin on March 16th in Nevern. Planning applications for the extension of two sand quarries at Trefigin and Pantgwyn, in the north of the National Park, were considered and recommended for approval by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority in 2009 but have been called in by the Welsh Assembly for determination. At this Inquiry, representatives of both quarries will provide evidence as to why they need the permission, details of the proposal, the steps they intend to take in mitigation and their final restoration proposals for when the sand has been extracted.
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| 12/03/2010 |
| Heritage Minister wants conversation on Welsh Language Measure |
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Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones, has announced that he will be holding a series of public meetings to allow the people of Wales to give their views on the proposed Welsh Language Measure.
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| 12/03/2010 |
| Guide to Premier Golfing Destinations in Carmarthenshire |
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A new brochure is set to be launched to showcase Carmarthenshire's premiere golfing facilities. |
| 12/03/2010 |
| Work of Glastir Commons Working Group gathers apace |
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Work to successfully facilitate the access of common land into the Welsh Assembly Government's new agri-environment scheme, Glastir is gathering apace, Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, has said. The Glastir Commons Working Group, which was established by the Rural Affairs Minister, met for the first time in February. The last of the four scheduled meetings will take place in June 2010. |
| 11/03/2010 |
| Fancy a bit of star spotting in the Brecon Beacons? |
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Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if you could get a closer view? Well now's your perfect chance. On Saturday 20th March, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority plans to make the most of the remaining dark skylines by hosting its first public star gazing event for 2010 at the National Park Visitor Centre, near Libanus.
 Stars, nebulae, galaxies, clusters, and even a few planets will be at your fingertips when the National Park Visitor Centre is briefly transformed into a mini-observatory on Saturday 20th March. The event will offer keen star gazers a wonderful opportunity to view the night sky, see demonstration models, actual telescopes plus learn about star gazing equipment and astronomy from the Cardiff Astronomical Society. The event runs from 7.00pm until 9.30pm - and due to overwhelming demand booking is essential.  |