Come on in…..the water’s lovely. “Wild swimming’ is meant to be all the rage right now but to my mind nothing has changed, it is still just a lovely refreshing swim with in the wild, same as it ever was. No crowds, no chlorine, no ‘heavy petting’ and no bombing. Even though the river Usk [...]

It is with a huge sense of sadness that I have to write about the very sudden and tragic death of Nick Brabner, who died of a stroke on Wednesday 6th July at only 72. It was Nick’s parents who started Gliffaes in 1948  and from then on Gliffaes was home for him. After 15 [...]

Fresh and local, that’s how we like our meat at Gliffaes. When we can we like to get a whole carcass and do the butchering ourselves. We can’t manage a cow but lamb, small pigs and roe or fallow deer we can. It means we  hang the meat for the right amount of time and [...]

Sat Nav warning: If you want to use your Sat Nav beware that using our postcode (NP8 1RH) can deliver you on the wrong side of the river and several miles form the hotel. If you want to use Sat Nav set it to take you to the town of Crickhowell, then follow the directions [...]