Max and Dolly enjoying a magical snowy Hafren Forest ❄️
A snowy Cwmbiga ❄️
4 years ago today we moved to this very special place.
A dream that was a long time in the making and involved a number of sacrifices. It wasn’t an easy journey by any means, but we got here and we couldn’t be happier.
Thank you to all our guests, past, present and future and to all our Social Media followers for all your support and ongoing encouragement.
Although Dogs Love Holidays is our livelihood, the pleasure we get from seeing so many fearful and anxious dogs enjoying the freedom this place gives and seeing them chill and relax before our eyes is priceless and is why we do what we do. The ‘Cwmbiga effect’ as it has now become known amongst guests, is very real 💝
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Lovely to welcome back the gorgeous Max for his 2nd visit 🥰
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This week’s guest Bruce has been here before and knew exactly what was waiting here for him 😍
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This morning we packed up Squid’s Squid and said our goodbyes 😔
Thank you Squid. For the cuddles, the laughs, the ‘grrrr’ moments, forever hanging around waiting for you to decide to eventually move and making us take time out to just breathe and enjoy the peace and simplicity around us ❤️
Back home now where he belongs with @nosilayessun and @docblues68 ❤️
We love you sweetheart 💕💕💕
Morning walk in Hafren Forest followed by a game of ‘where’s Squid’s squid?’.
Then after the cottage changeover we all enjoyed a peaceful sunny afternoon in our paddocks before this week’s guest arrived.
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A lick of the Greek yogurt pot to start the day then an early morning peaceful Autumnal walk in the Forest.
Rhyd-y-Benwch car park is less than 5 minutes drive from the cottage and today we did the Severn Break its Neck waterfall walk. Appx an hour with an extra 20 minutes added on for the boardwalk.
While it can get very busy here especially in peak season and at weekends, if you time it right you may be lucky enough not to see anyone. Today we felt like we had the whole Forest to ourselves 💕
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A walk in Hafren Forest, paddling in the River Severn, afternoon snoozing on the sofa with Uncle Mick, paddling in Mick’s Dingle, snifflin’ in our Barns, raiding the recycling bin, second dinner of raw steak. Busy day for Squiddly Diddley! Took himself off to bed early-he does have his very own double bed in our spare room but obviously prefers ours 🙄
What a stunning display of the Aurora Borealis here in Mid Wales last night! So spectacular you could see them without the need to look through a camera!
Thank you to our lovely neighbours Sarah and Darren from @hafrenforesthideaway for being so accommodating and for the beer, hot drinks, fresh trout and great company 😘
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Squiddley Diddley Widdley’s day out at the beach 🏖️
Please bear in mind the following whilst watching:
1) the camera adds about 10 inches 👃
2) when attempting to leave the beach there was no ‘pointering’ or hunting going on, nor were there any 🐁 to be seen - this was pure unadulterated Squiddley stubbornness
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The lovely Ruby walked in the forest every day from the cottage and only saw 2 people all week! She had a blast. She’d already got booked in for next year before her first visit this week! See you next Summer sweetheart 🥰
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Good morning from Squid 🥰
We’ve had alot of new followers recently so for those of you don’t know Squid, he is a 12 year old German Short Haired Pointer. Squid is a huuuge sweet, gentle goofball of a dog who likes nothing better than snuggling with you on the sofa. Oh and walks. And food. And pretty much every single person he meets 🥰
Squid (aka Squiddles or Squiddly Diddly Widdly) belonged to a very good friend of mine Anna, who adopted him from Dogs Trust. Along with her cats, Squid was her whole world. Anna tragically passed away in 2020 and Squid and her cats now live in London with Anna’s parents. Squid has visited us here a number of times over the last few years. He very much enjoys the peace and quiet of his holidays in the forest and as you can see his holiday mode has already been activated 😍
All our guests over the next 5 weeks have been informed of him staying and reassured that their dogs won’t come into contact with Squid during their stay. The cottage and land is set up in such a way that there is no need for the dogs to ever meet or see each other.
Squid is a quiet old man who rarely barks and isn’t interested in other dogs anyway.
Realistically this is most likely going to be Squid’s last visit with us, so we are going to relish every precious moment 💕
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The River Severn is the longest river in the UK. When you stay with us you are able to walk to The Source of the Severn direct from the cottage - a 3 hour round trip. Here is Pancho enjoying the view with The Source (which is actually just a very big puddle 😄) in the background.
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This week’s guest Pancho enjoying Cwmbiga’s on-site water facilities 🥰
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We are now fully booked for 2025.
It was all a little bit crazy this morning! We had nearly 50 enquiries that all came in at 9.01am. We have had over 200 enquiries in total and more are still coming in.
Inevitably we know there are going to be a lot of disappointed people who, despite submitting enquires immediately we opened, have been unsuccessful. Sadly we just do not have enough weeks for everyone 😔
If you were unsuccessful please keep an eye on our Social Media and Newsletter as we may release a few more weeks next year as well as any cancellations that may come in.
We still have Saturday 12th October available this year if anyone is interested. £1490 for 7 nights.
Introducing this week’s guest, the gorgeous Kiwi 🥰 who couldn’t give two hoots about the very wet weather here.
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Email: contact@dogsloveholidays.com for more information and to book
Get ready for our 2025 booking calendar which is being released on Sunday 15th September at 9am! All this can be yours for the week without even having to leave site 😍
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