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7th - 11th September 09 fforest seacamp Penbyrn, Ceredigion
This was a holiday bought as a present for my 21st. An eco-camping holiday on the Welsh coast. Penbyrn in Ceredigion. We had our own cooking area complete with coolbox, hob, kettle, utensils. The geodesic domes have a double bed and woodburner in aswell as chairs and a beanbag for 2; more upmarket you might say. It had wooden flooring, blinds, solar powered lights and torchs that you had to wind up to work. When we arrived we had planned to get bikes so we wouldn't have to use the car; this didn't work out as planned but we walked everywhere instead. We were a 10 minute stroll from Penbyrn beach, a National Trust beach where you can sight dolphins and other orca's, butterfly havens and other wildlife conservation programmes. We has a mandatory dip in the Irish Sea, with a wetsuit on; half cheating maybe but it was still pretty cold, the waves were pretty big and good for body and skim boarding which we had a go at. Breakfast was provided in the old stables and we noticed the honey provided was from a farm 10 minutes down the road. There was an award winning farm shop on the main road near the campsite which sold purely local produce, the food was really good from there. We went to Aberaeron, the next town up, a quaint town full off seaside georgian style houses all of different colours sitting facing the harbour. We went to an award-winning restaurant called "The Harbourmaster" which had an architecture feafture, a glass front. All of these places are on the visit wales advert which is currently on channel4. I enjoyed this camping experience; I think it would appeal to the customer that I would have in mind when designing. For example, we got talking to another couple who found out about fforest through "Howies", which is based in Cardigan.