A National Treasure One of Snowdonia’s most famous literary figures, Hedd Wyn, became a hero when he was killed during the First World War. Ellis Humprhey Evans, or Hedd Wyn, his pen name as he was better known, was born in Trawsfynydd; just a stone’s throw from us here at the Oakeley Arms Hotel. Last week saw the…

Classy Carriage! This week has been an exciting one for the Snowdon Mountain Railway – one of the area’s most popular attractions, and just a short hop from the Oakeley Arms Hotel. The railway has taken delivery of some shiny new railway carriages – the first new carriages in almost 100 years! The Snowdon Mountain Railway or Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa has…

Stay Warm, Stay Safe So, winter is definitely here in Snowdonia. It’s suddenly come upon us like a blizzard from nowhere. Although it’s brrrrrr cold, we’re not complaining because the view here from the Oakeley Arms Hotel across the hills and mountains is a beautiful winter wonderland. It got us to thinking about a spot of…

Run, Run, Run! Last weekend was a pretty tiring one for us here at the Oakeley Arms. It was the 30th Snowdonia Marathon on Saturday (27th October), and just watching those runners run by was enough to make us gasp for breath and reach for the bar. 2012 was a record year for the event, which was…

Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble…… It’s that time of year again. Time to dig out the scary mask from the box in the attic (it’s a shame trick-or-treaters don’t call first thing in the morning, there may be less call for a goulish mask then….), don a spooky cape and terrify the neighbourhood; well, at least make them…

Celebrate Ceefax Who among the regular Oakeley Arms blog readers is old enough to remember when British television was ruled by a squeaky gofer in a broom cupboard, Les Dawson chortling through the blanks and Frank Spencer screeching about “Betteeeyyyyy” every thirty eight seconds? If you can remember all that, then chances are you’ll remember the time when a good…

Dr No You don’t look a day over, well 50…… is that really what we’d say if we happened to bump into Bond, James Bond, over the weekend? Ummmm no, probably not! Although the chances of him wandering into the Oakeley Arms on Saturday night are pretty slim. Not impossible tho; you never know! October 2012…

British Egg Week 2012 Are you ready for a blog post filled with egg-uendos and egg-straordinarily (sorry) bad egg puns? We hope so, because this one’s all about the fabulous egg. This week is British Egg Week (1st – 7th October) so what better time to celebrate the humble egg? Here at the Oakeley Arms, we LOVE eggs!…

Awesome Autumn Here in Snowdonia, the relentless summer showers have finally given way to beautiful late September days. There’s no denying that Autumn is well and truly on it’s way – there’s a chill in the evening air and sometimes a sprinkling of frost on the Oakeley lawns first thing. We snapped this picture of the beautiful mountains…

On your Art; get set; GO! It turns out that September is a pretty special month here in North Wales, and today’s blog post is a celebration of the fabulous Helfa Gelf (Art Trail) that is taking place in artist’s studios and galleries across North Wales. Every weekend this month, Welsh artists give you the chance…