About Us
Inspired by camping wild..
We are Adam and Lou, and we moved here in 2012 with our young family. For many years we dreamed of creating simple, unique places to stay in a beautiful location - inspired by summers spent camping surrounded by nature. We love being outdoors and wanted to create a place with minimal impact, made with care and thoughtful design.
As custodians of Llwynbwch, conserving the land for nature is our primary aim. The barn, cabins and shepherds hut are part of our farm and deeply-rooted in the local rural community. The site is kept intentionally small to offer guests privacy, space, and opportunities to be alone in nature.
Sustainable Tourism
We’ve worked hard to minimise our carbon footprint by making informed decisions on energy use, sourcing low-impact building materials locally, and always using renewable energy providers.
Guests are encouraged to compost, recycle, and make use of eco-friendly cleaning products. Laundry is done in-house and air-dried naturally.
“Eco-warriors will be impressed with the green credentials at this former dairy farm which has been dedicated to conservation for the past 20 years.”
Our Impact
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Green Travel
We encourage guests to travel by train, bike, or electric vehicle when possible, offering a booking discount for those who do.
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Carbon Footprint
We are proud that the carbon footprint for their cabins is just 1.0kg CO2e per cabin per night, far below the national average for UK hotels of 14.9kg CO2 per bedroom per night
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Think Local
We always recommend local places to visit, explore, eat and drink - and have an honesty shop that stocks seasonal food products from wonderful local suppliers.
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Sustainably Sourced
All firewood for use in Llwynbwch Barn, Hafan, Derwen cabins, Ty Mawr, and our own home is sustainably sourced from the woodlands at Llwynbwch
Who gives a crap?
We are proud members of Green Key, collaborate with Live Frankly and were awarded Silver Sustainable Tourism Business at the 2018/19 Carmarthenshire Tourism Awards. All toilets on-site use ‘Who Gives a Crap’ toilet paper, and the facilities are Toilet Twinned through the charity Toilet Twinning.
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Who we are
Adam, co-owner and eco-builder
“I’ve been a sound engineer for many years and have long dreamed of living sustainably in a beautiful place with my family. I love meeting guests and sharing tips on places to visit, eat and drink locally. I’ve also loved creating off-grid places to stay here at Llwynbwch - sourcing fallen timber from the land, working with local craftspeople and making sure it all sits lightly on the land. ”
Lou , co-owner and creative inspiration and feeder of ponies
“I’m originally an artist and art educator, taking inspiration from nature and the world around me - so it’s been a dream to design and create beautiful places to stay, prioritising nature, and seeing how much people love it here. Managing the land sustainably gives me huge joy - we have created new habitats and put nature first - and brought far more diversity back than I ever thought possible.”
Thank you / Diolch!
To our amazing friends who’ve helped us on this journey since 2012 - Andy, Hugh and Adam’s cousin Ed for help and knowledge with construction, electrician Nick, plumber Ben and planning advice from Jim and Jason, architectural designs from Mike. While we're at it, heartfelt thanks to Caroline for this beautiful website, with patient technical help from Matthew. Thanks to James, Andy & Lisa and to Adam’s mum Monique for the huge mountains of bedsheet ironing! It’s so very lovely to say that over half of these wonderfully creative friends live in our tiny village! Finally, a huge thank you to Owen Howells for capturing all the stunning photos used on this site. It’s a pleasure to watch him weave his magic!
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