Property News · March 17, 2017

Let’s move to Rhayader & the Elan valley, Powys: sublime natural beauty


Don’t come for mod cons or fleshpots. Come for reflective quiet and red kitesWhat’s going for it? “Follow the artists”, canny home hunters always say, “they’re always a step ahead.” I beg to differ. Follow the monks. Monks, after all, were the original downshifters. Tired of the hullabaloo and poor work-pray balance of 14th-century life (and who wouldn’t be?), they had a knack of rooting out the most delightful and away-from-it-all spots on God’s Earth. Spots so lovely, one would be quite content to spend the rest of one’s life there without being tempted back to medieval Sodoms or Gomorrahs. Spots like Rhayader and the Elan valley. The landscape round here is crisscrossed by monks’ trods, holy motorways of commerce and communication between mid-Wales abbeys like Strata Florida. Centuries on, you can see the attraction of the “Welsh Lake District”. Don’t come for mod cons or fleshpots. Come for reflective quiet and sublime natural beauty. Come for red kites. Though judging from the wholefood shops, organic farms and high per capita pub ratio hereabouts, it’s more craft beer spelt-eaters than spiritual gurus the valley’s attracting these days.The case against Wet: bring gills. Converging trunk roads can turn Rhayader into Piccadilly Circus (ish). Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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