Visit Wales 4 Star, rural bungalow - Sauna, jacuzzi, play area and Free Wi-fi

Thank you so much Donna for your lovely review. We are so happy that you enjoyed your stay with us. Such a lovely family

Thank you for your kind review. Hope that you will come back and stay with us again.

Thank you for your lovely review, for being such lovely guests and for taking such good care of Blackthorn Lodge. Hope to see you all again, Julia and Joe

Hi glad that you enjoyed your stay. You are correct in saying that there are no shops within walking distance in the rural village of Coed y Paen but the ‘Cwmbran Shopping’ retail area is less than a 7 to 10 minute drive away. Also the local supermarkets including Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Iceland and Tesco all deliver to Blackthorn Meadow so guests often arrange a delivery on their arrival day. . The other holiday let is Hawthorn Lodge which we also own. Guests often book both lodges so that friends or family can go on holiday together but both have some time alone.

Thanks for your review however, all of our mattresses are 'Doze Luca' mattresses' from 'Dreams'. Had you let us know that you weren't happy, we could have given you a travel cot instead. Travel cot mattresses are firmer but your 2 yr. old may have felt more secure in one and settled better. Our Jacuzzi Spa Hot Tub and Red Cedar sauna are located in our private lockable garden area which is to the side and the rear of the bungalow. Hot tubs are not recommended for children under the age of 6 as they cannot control their body temp and as they can prove a health and safety issue when accessed by children without adult supervision most holiday let insurance companies - including ours - insist that they are securely fenced in to prevent unauthorised use and can only be accessed via a lockable gate. We always ask our guests whether they have experience of using log and/or multi-fuel stoves and we were given the impression that you had. Despite this we still provided step-by-step visual instructions on how to use the multi-fuel wood burner which runs the central heating and we were always on hand to answer any queries when we replenished your logs, anthracite etc. daily or via the Vrbo message service. The dial labelled 0 to 5 on the side of the fire controls the level of heat produced once the fire has established. Had the anthracite been stoked up inside the fire and the dial set to 3 at night the cast iron fire would have continued to give off a steady heat during the night.

Hi Wendy so glad that you enjoyed your stay at Blackthorn Lodge. With regards to the wasps - as our saunas are red cedar barrel saunas which are outside in the private garden area and our lodges are in a rural area - we did mention to you prior to your arrival that you should check before entering whether the intense heat of the sauna had woken up any hibernating wasps. I am a little confused though as your husband told us that - after using the sauna 3 times a day every day - he had dispatched a few very drowsy wasps but continued to use the sauna 3 times a day right up until the night before your departure. Most of our guests only use the saunas once a day so the additional hours of intense heat must have made the poor things think that summer had returned early. 😂 Thanks for the lovely review though.

Hi Ann, thank you for your lovely review of our property. I just want to clarify one thing, I’m the host for both Blackthorn and Hawthorn Lodge - it’s my business. My lovely husband Joe restocks the fuel for multi fuel fires and occasionally checks the Jacuzzi chemicals (under my supervision) when I’m busy doing other tasks like cleaning, laundry, taxes and other administrative tasks. or - given that both our lodges have been in great demand ever since we came out of lockdown - I need a bit of a break. .Hope you have a great Christmas, we look forward to seeing you again in January 2022