We're delighted to have won a fantastic competition run by Alastair Sawday's 'Special Places to Stay' in conjunction with the pottery company Emma Bridgewater. It means we were able to choose lots of lovely Emma Bridgewater goodies for free, including mugs, throws, trays and cushions. Our favourite is the personalised 'Carreg Wen' pink heart teapot (see photo). We've added some additional photos to the website gallery showing some of the new items we've selected for the house. Huge thanks to Sawday's and Emma Bridgewater. We're really pleased with these great additions to Carreg Wen. 

Due to unprecedented demand, we're now fully booked until October 2021. We're very sorry we're not able to offer anything before then. However, if you'd like to book Carreg Wen for later in the year or for 2022, then please do get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. Contact owner Andy via andy@carregwen.com or 07950000261.

A fantastic new art gallery has opened in Solva, directly opposite Carreg Wen! Rookwood Art Gallery specialises in landscape and wildlife art & photography, and has been set up by artist and author of 'African Raptors' Dr Rob Davies (brother of Andy, owner of Carreg Wen!). In the beautiful surroundings of Llanunwas farm, this is a great addition to Pembrokeshire's thriving art scene. Rookwood Studios is also home to a conservation mapping enterprise or GIS lab called Habitat Info and a database on African birds of prey. 

Solva has perhaps come up with the British music festival scene's best kept secret: The Edge. Staged over 3 days in August, this year saw a wonderful sunny festival draw its biggest crowds yet. A celebration of arts, music, sport, and literature, the village was abuzz with activity throughout the weekend. From padde board taster sessions to the increasingly popular open water 'Swim to the Edge', this hugely enjoyable event brings so much more to the summer calendar than just a great music festival. The legendary Andy Fairweather Low & the Low Riders headlined on the Saturday night, but it was the Superskas who got the party well and truly started on Friday. Great beers, great food, great music. Take us the Edge 2018!

Happy 2017 from all at Carreg Wen! We've had a fair few bookings over the winter. We also spent a wonderful week ourselves in the house over Christmas (this accompanying photo was taken on a glorious morning at Whitesands). Bookings coming in for the summer/autumn already and great to see some familiar faces back again. Finally, a big thank you to all our guests last year - we've loved reading every single review. Your comments are hugely appreciated. 

Easter Monday in Solva and where better to spend it than sitting in the sunshine on the banks of the River Solva cheering on plastic ducks! The annual duck race has long been a firm favourite in the calendar and this year the sun brought out big crowds to witness the Easter fundraiser. Each duck is sponsored (funds go towards the running costs of the Solva Memorial Hall) and the 10-15 minute race culminates in a great spectacle beside the harbour car park. We sponsored 4 ducks but didn't get a look in!

Our local shop, the brilliant Bay View Stores, became something of an internet sensation recently when photographs of one of its signs went viral! When Australia were bowled out for 60 runs by England in the fourth Ashes test, Bay View Stores owner Gwyn Price had already pre-empted a collapse with a sign outside the shop advertising: "For Sale, Australian Cricket Bats, Hardly Used"! From Radio 2 to the Lad Bible and an assortment of famous cricketers, the sign got mentions worldwide plus more than 100,000 shares, retweets and favourites. The Western Telegraph featured the story before Gwyn followed up with a sign: "Missing: Welsh Stud, last seen on page 10 of the Western Telegraph"...!

We've just had our first guest review on Trip Advisor - and so far, so good! It's entitled 'Beautiful house in beautiful spot' and reads as follows: "Just returned from New Year here with friends and our two year old. Can't recommend it enough - the house is beautifully designed and appointed and very cosy with incredible views across the fields to the sea beyond. Andy the owner was so nice, too - very helpful and welcoming, with lots of useful advice. Will definitely come again."

What lovely guests!

We've had some fantastic comments in our guest book from our lovely guests this summer. It's very much appreciated. "Truly wonderful" said the Skudder family; "Luxury but homely" commented the Powells and David Siveter called Carreg Wen a "peaceful and beautiful home". But perhaps this was our favourite from the Ross family who live in SW London: "We were blessed with the kind of weather you wish to bottle so we could not fail to enjoy a week in this part of the world. However, we would have enjoyed this house even if it had rained all week. It is very tasteful, practical and well equipped with an attention to detail we truly appreciated having stayed in many holiday cottages previously. Congratulations on creating a haven of luxury".

Thank you all very much and please come again!

The hugely acclaimed travel guide `Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay' has selected Carreg Wen to feature as part of its amazing portfolio of self-catering properties. After an inspection earlier this Spring, Sawday's invited us to join them, with Carreg Wen selected for their `New Places' and `Close to Coast' collections. Here's a snippet of their review: "The old farm malthouse (ex stables, ex tin-topped shack) has become a blissful bolthole by the sea. Carreg Wen, recently and beautifully revived, has it all: a design-led interior but nothing too precious, a glorious ever-changing panorama of the sea, a huge garden that's great for children, and the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path a skip away". For the full review click here.