NEWS, EVENTS & RAMBLINGS
NORTH WALES
North Wales has an abundance of great events, concerts, and activities. Explore the variety of interesting things to do and enjoy – you will be spoilt for choice. Click here for more information about events in North Wales
Eco-Friendly SNOAP
Eco Credentials Every now and then an idea comes along that seems so blindingly obvious that you can’t believe you didn’t think of it yourself. These days we are all so much more conscious of the environment, and changes are being made, maybe not quickly enough, but...
Digital Guestbooks
Digital Guestbooks In these times of automated telephone menus and outsourced call centres, the struggle to find a contact telephone number is real. Even if you locate one, the chances of actually getting through to a human being who is in a position to help you, or...
This is me
Who am I? Hi, I'm Cerys, the creator of Sunsets and Stars holidays. You have probably gathered by now that I have a shepherd's hut and holiday cottage. My partner Emyr is a 5th generation farmer and we live with our twin daughters on the farm where he and his father...
Book Direct Day
February 1st 2023 is Book Direct day! This is the day when holiday accommodation owners like myself and from all over the world try to raise awareness about the benefits of booking holidays direct with accommodation owners rather than through an OTA. Why? Because...
Show Cattle Travels and Travails
Sometimes you have to just go with it The Shepherd's hut and holiday cottage had to take a back seat as winter viruses descended. Of course, it would be the weekend we were away at an agricultural show where we had some show cattle entered. As a rule, we are not a...
Babies and Baubles
Babies and baubles Poorly girls, leading to changing plans, interrupting my own train of thought with visions of Christmas puddings and some crucial questions around the topic of Christmas trees. Topped off with an invitation to consider giving a gift voucher as a...
Holidays and Hampers
Autumn began on the 23rd of September, that seems so long ago now, we are nearly 7 weeks into it and there are 6 weeks still to go before the first day of winter. Halloween is over for another year and bonfire night has just been. As children we always had homemade...
Pickling and Preserves – Chutney, Jam and Pickled Onions
Enjoying the autumnal atmosphere Anyone who has stayed with us knows that I’m all about the food, baking fresh bread, sneaking you extra biscuits making slow-cooked welcome meals. Well, this week has largely been about taking advantage of what Autumn has to offer and...