It is certainly true that beautiful Snowdon is most visited mountain in Wales, and with good reason. The highest peak in Wales attracts over half a million walkers, climbers and trekkers every year – who use the mountain’s numerous and well trodden paths to reach the summit, along with a well deserved sense of achievement…

Well, are you ready for some rugby??? Finally, it’s that time of year again – almost the start of the RBS Six Nations 2016, and we are pretty excited! We know we bang on about it all the time, but we just love the energy, excitement, passion and drama of a good rugby match. Even more…

So, what kind of things made it on to your New Year’s Resolution list? Get fit, eat fewer custard creams, drink more water…… yes, us too, haha! But one thing that we think should be top of the list in 2016 is to come and join us here in Wales for the action packed Wales Year…

Our local university this week announced plans to take part in the brand new “Capturing our Coast” project. The nationwide project aims to boost our understanding of the UK coastline and all the marine wildlife that lives along it. It’s hoped that more than 3,000 volunteers across Britain will be trained to go out and…

By now, the groundbreaking technology behind Google Street View isn’t particularly new or groundbreaking. We’re all so used to being able to pound the streets of Rio, explore the highways of America or take a trip around the Arc de Triomphe and explore streets, roads and motorways in cities and towns across the world, all in…

We, like much of the nation, have been watching the news with dismay these last few nights. We were saddened to see the devastating effects of the flooding, not just in Wales, but in Cumbria too, and our thoughts go out to all of those involved. The Met Office have today (Thursday 10th December) issued…

It’s another first for our brilliant little country this week! As honey fans (we’ve got some historic bee-boles in the Oakeley Arms garden…read more about that here), we were excited to hear that scientists at Cardiff University have discovered a honey that comes from Gwynedd bees that could be as powerful and as potent as…

Of course, you know by now that we LOVE Snowdonia. Here at the Oakeley Arms, we believe it’s a pretty special place, and we love sharing our passion and enthusiasm for beautiful Snowdonia with all of our guests and customers. So, we were thrilled to hear that Snowdonia National Park was recently awarded yet another…

Today was a special day in the nation’s calendar. It’s Remembrance Sunday – a day that marks and commemorates the contribution of British (and Commonwealth) military servicemen and women to the two World Wars, and later conflicts. It’s always held on the closest Sunday to the 11th November – Armistice Day, or the end of…

Remember, remember, the 5th of November….. Does anyone know how the rest of that poem goes?? No, us neither…. Anyway, in case you’ve forgotten it’s Bonfire night next Thursday; time to celebrate all the things that go wheeeeeee, fizzzzzzz, pOp, and BANG! And rather than faffing about with a dodgy supermarket box of fireworks in…