It’s no secret that beautiful North Wales is the perfect adventure playground for loads of different outdoor activities, from climbing to canoeing and sailing to swimming. But we heard news today that is set to make Wales a top UK destination for Mountain Biking – a reputation that is fastgrowing in the biking world. Mountain bikers from…

On a balmy summer’s day the Oakeley Arms beer garden is packed full of happy guests – it’s a sight we love of course, but fast forward six months and the beer garden is full of visitors of a different kind. It’s great to look out of the windows here in the winter months to see…

Regular readers of the Oakeley blog will know that earlier this year we featured a post about the brilliant Tom Jones who performed at the Access All Eirias festival in Colwyn Bay this summer. Well, it’s time for music lovers to hang on to their seats again, as new has just reached us that the…

Welcome to December! The month that’s all about shopping, tree decorating, parties, writing endless cards, cracking open the sherry and all manner of other festive treats (and one or two not so treats….) But, one thing we love about December is sinking our teeth into that first delicious mince pie of the year…. well, we…

So, the battle for the Welsh International Rugby team against the mighty New Zealand All Blacks continues…… sadly, the red dragons didn’t storm home with a win at the weekend, so the wait to beat the All Blacks rumbles on. We’ll get you next time!! But we mustn’t dwell on it as this weekend our attentions…

Hands up who caught the match last Saturday? It was a pretty good result for the boys in red. Well done to the Wales team, they brought home a stonking win against the flying Fijians, winning 17 points to 13. This weekend it’s the turn of the legendary All Blacks to face the mighty dragons.…

So did anyone catch the rugby game on Saturday? The weekend kicked off the 2014 Autumn Internationals, and Wales were all set to defeat the might Australian team, which would see their first win in almost 10 matches against the “Wallabies”. Sadly though, it wasn’t to be. The Welsh team started fantastically, and by half…

Trail Betws So, what are you up to this weekend? Lounging on the sofa, hiding under the duvet, fighting off the winter blues? Well, why not get out and about in our beautiful Snowdonia and try something a little different? The Betws-y-Coed Trail Challenge is running this weekend for it’s second year, and it’s a…

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble! It’s Halloween again; the year’s scariest and spookiest night! Halloween is filled with ghosts, ghouls, witches, wizardy, spells, secrets and……pumpkins! Yes that’s right, Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without the humble pumpkin. But how on earth did this short, round orange vegetable become part of the spooky Halloween tradition? The link…

Walks for little legs… The half term holidays are nearly upon us (again!), and if the holidays mean a frantic week of trying to entertain your little ones with repeats of Peppa Pig and trips to expensive theme parks and adventure playgrounds, then we’ve got just the blog post for you! If you’re a fan…