Fron Haul is a large seafront house overlooking the Dovey estuary. The home of Reeve and Suzie Warlock – and their two young children, Oliver and Abby – it has two ground floor letting rooms, suitably titles Fore and Aft. We stayed in the front bedroom (Fore), which has lovely views from the large bay window across to the boats moored in the tidal mouth of the river (it’s easy to ignore the small car-park between you and the water!). The room is simple and contemporary and the bathroom, with under-floor heating and king-size shower (large enough to share!) is clean and crisp. Aberdovey has a number of good places to stay - the Llety Bodfor, Sea Breeze, Penhelig Arms, plus a host of quaint self-catering cottages – but at £65 a night (room only – they don’t serve breakfast, but there are plenty of places in the village that do), the Fron Haul represents excellent value for money.
Aberdovey has been described by the Sunday Times as the ‘the Welsh equivalent to Rock’ – referring to... more