£338-£780 for 7 Nights

  An Escape for Two in the Undiscovered Cambrian Mountains.

• Romantic Holidays for Two
• 3 Dogs are free.  All breeds are more than welcome!
• Dogs leads and guest dog tags provided
• Free WiFi Internet included
• Plush, cosy dressing gowns and towels 
  
• 4ft x 6ft bed with organic cotton bed linens and Welsh sheep-wool duvet
• Welcome pack including Welsh bread, butter, milk and, of course, Welsh cakes
• Selection of quality teas, freshly ground coffee, hot chocolate, marmalade and jams
• Wood burning stove, with logs included
• Petite kitchenette with single-plate induction hob and mini-fridge
• Cast iron kettle and pots & pans, and all cooking utensils and dinnerware
• Outdoor BBQ with utensils, pots & pans and charcoal provided
  
• Outdoor dining table with benches and chairs
• Private lavatory hut adjacent with hot shower, compost toilet, large thick towels
• Dr Bronner’s liquid soaps and bespoke Tan yr Allt solid soap
• Located in a 2-acre enclosed meadow, perfect for dogs to roam
• Dry stable for bikes and outdoor gear
  
• Private car parking
• Information pack which includes our Driving Routes, Beach Guides, and Dog-friendly Walks from the Hygge Hut

Just arrive, relax and unwind whilst you explore this beautiful little escape which provides everything we think you might possibly wish for when on a self-catering holiday.  The Cwt Cwtshlyd warmly welcomes you, along with your pets, to the peace and tranquility of the beautiful Welsh countryside where song birds chirp, red kites soar overhead, sheep and cows graze in the adjacent pastures, the sea beckons to the west, and the mountains rise in every other direction.  

The Cwt Cwtshlyd sits alone in its very own two–acre meadow, in which you and your dogs can romp to your hearts' content. Beyond are several more acres of pasture and a pretty bluebell copse adjoining a rambling stream.

The interior always surprises with its unexpected space and high ceiling.  (There are inevitable TARDIS references, and although it can seem like a world of your own, we cannot purport to actual time travel.)  

There is a flight of steps up to the Cwt Cwtshlyd, so elevated views of the mountains and valley are to be had of out of the windows on either side and the top-opening stable door.  The dark skies allow amazing celestial panoramas on clear nights.

If you bring your dogs on holiday with you, they will be made as welcome as you are!  Maps are provided to guide you through beautiful dog-friendly walks with no need to get in the car.  

Up to three dogs of any breed are more than welcome, and there are never any additional pet charges.  If your cats enjoy a holiday, you should, by all means, bring them along as well.

Your welcome pack will include Welsh bread, butter, and milk, tea, freshly ground coffee and hot chocolate for perfect hygge. 

The Cwt Cwtshlyd (Hygge Hut) is a replica of an early 20th-century living van, with an aura of the original.  The primary use of living vans was as lodging for road-mending crews whilst building highways.  Living vans are much larger than shepherds' huts, and their wheels are much more substantial, and mounted under the van to withstand being pulled on rough roads.  If you've been to steam rallies, you might have admired them being displayed along with their companion Steam Rollers and Traction Engines!

••• SEE BELOW FOR SOME REASONS YOU MIGHT BE ONE OF THE 3% OF GUESTS WHO DO NOT LOVE STAYING IN THE CWT CWTSHLYD •••

We think you’ll love the Cwt Cwtshlyd/Hygge Hut, but this is why you might not —

At least 96% of our guests absolutely adore the Cwt Cwtshlyd/Hygge Hut, and some have returned year after year. We have more than enough fingers on one hand to count the instances where one or the other of our guests hated it, but it seems important to explain why. When the guests are unhappy, it makes us unhappy! When one guest thinks it’s perfect and the other one is miserable, holidays and relationships are ruined and everyone is miserable. Well, maybe the relationship was in trouble already, but you know what we mean.

The issues we’ve seen:

1) It’s not just like a modern caravan. Yes, there are some "shepherd’s huts" being let to guests which were built last week and have full kitchens with all mod cons. The Cwt Cwtshlyd/Hygge Hut is not one of those. This is a faithful copy of an authentic living van of the sort that were built in the early 1900s to be pulled by steam engines, albeit considerably cosier than the originals. It does have some electricity and lighting, but the refrigerator is very tiny, as is the single hob. You can cook amazing dinners in it, but it’s not a full kitchen.

2) The lavatory really does require going outside into the elements. It’s all yours alone, and right next to the Hygge Hut, and we even provide an umbrella for damp occasions, and there are motion detecting lights to guide one’s way in the dark, but it still involves the outdoors. This once proved too much for a guest in her 8th month of pregnancy, whom apparently no one had told about the realities of those final months before she planned a final romantic holiday before the baby arrived. Getting up and going out hourly turned out to be too much for her, as it might be for anyone so inclined, expecting or otherwise.

3) Your car cannot drive right up to the Cwt Cwtshlyd/Hygge HutHygge Hut. It’s in the middle of about 2 acres of pasture, and the walk from the gate where you park is about 250 feet. We provide a large cart to help you move things, but one guest was miffed to discover it wasn’t fine for them to drive in and park on the meadow grasses.

4) There are open steps up to get into the Cwt Cwtshlyd/Hygge HutHygge Hut. This can be a mobility issue, for both for humans and dogs, particularly elderly ones. Have a look at the photos and decide if it can work for you and your dogs.

5) It is the countryside. One guest was terribly disturbed by the presences of slugs in the pasture grasses and stormed off demanding a full refund. We can guarantee that there will be slugs about in certain types of weather, as well as moles living underground. There can also be spiders, and occasionally midges and even flies, depending upon the weather and what’s going on in the adjacent pastures and fields. It’s not a Disneyland version of rural Britain, it’s the real thing, shared with wildlife of all sorts - not just the picturesque sheep and red kites. 

PLEASE give consideration to these things and ask whether you, or your other half, REALLY wanted to stay in a hotel. We want you to love it here!