Ellesmere Riding Centre - Trail Ride Holidays in the UK.

Black Mountains Trail Rides - Accommodation & Restaurants
Throughout your holiday, you will stay at, and eat in some of the finest establishments in the area, which have all been selected by Myfanwy for their facilities, candle-lit ambience, fine food, excellent wines and quality of service. All the selected accommodation offer a large choice of breakfasts, including juices, cereals, kedgeree and cooked breakfasts with toast and home-made jams and marmalades. Vegetarians and special dietary needs can readily be catered for. Single rooms are available for a small supplement of £5.00 per night.
The Travellers Rest - Talybont-on-Usk
The Travellers Rest is a very comfortable inn located in the best-kept village in Powys. Owned and run by Joy and Doug. it is situated adjaent to the Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal, and on long summer evenings you can watch the barges chug by drinking one of the fine real ales on tap. The inn offers excellent service and Doug runs a very good restaurant using local produce. The bedrooms are very stylish and well-appointed, and for those chillier autumn evenings, there is the roaring open fire around which to sit.

Pen-y-dre Farm - Llanfihangel Crucorney
Your hosts are Gwenllian and Idris, who welcome you to their working farm with a refreshing afternoon tea and some of Gwenllian's renowned homemade cakes. You stay in a their beautiful farmhouse, parts of which dates back to the 17th Century. It is full of character with great oak beams and stone walls. Breakfast is taken in their large, traditional Welsh farmhouse kitchen, dominated by the large oak dresser and the incredible oak dining table, around which everyone sits. From the farm, you have an excellent view of The Skirrid mountain, whilst just down the road, is the Skirrid Inn, where you may feel like stopping at for a final drink drink before retiring for the night.

Gaer Farm - Cwmyoy
Sally and John welcome you to their farm high on a remote hillside with homemade tea and biscuits in their comfortable sitting room. Gaer Farm is the perfect retreat after a hard day's riding and is a comfortable period farmhouse with traditional features. The "Wool Loft", in which we usually stay, has a private sitting room and rayburn to encourage complete relaxation. The farm has stunning views, which can be enjoyed at their best on warm summer mornings, whilst sitting outside eating breakfast in Sally's glorious garden.

The Carpenters Arms - Walterstone
A very cosy hostelry tucked away down a very small lane below Offa's Dyke. Now run by Vera, the inn has been in the same family for generations, ans seems hardly changed for hundreds of years. You enter through an ancient studded oak door which used to be in the local church. Once inside, the stone-flagged floor, low beams, Victorian range and oak settles retain the unchanged character of this old building. The food provided is wonderfully prepared and cooked traditional country cuisine sourced locally. We always have requests to return during the trail ride!!

The Park Hotel- Pandy
A new discovery for this year - from the outside it looks like a Georgian house, but once in the dining room, you would would you had been transported to a Bavarian hunting lodge. When gazing at the fascinating interior, remember to look up at the amazing antler chandelier. A wide variety of food is on offer, with the choices on excellent game menu at the top of most people's list.

The Skirrid Mountain Inn - Llanfihangel Crucorney
Renowned as the oldest inn in Wales, you enter across the cobbled forecourt with old stone mounting block, used by many a prince of Wales in the past. The main doorway and many of the windows are mediaeval and the oak beams, many of which are made from ship timbers, are amongst the finest in Britain. The pannelling in the dining room is reputed to come from an Elizabethan man o' war and who knows, may well have been viewed by Sir Francis Drake or Sir Walter Raleigh! With its wonderful inglenook fireplace, the Skirrid offers fine food, ales and wine.