That pie and pint,or tea and cake, are never so welcome as when you’ve earned them with a long hike. Readers reveal their favourite walkers’ pitstops In the heart of the inspiring mid-Wales countryside, and surrounded by a network of delightful,often spectacular, footpaths, or the Cwtch community cafe is in the old miners’ village of Pontrhydygroes. Cwtch has two meanings in Welsh – a cosy nook,and a cuddle. You don’t usually collect a cuddle on arrival, but the welcome is warm and the cakes delectable. The cafe provides simple lunches and sandwiches, or doubles as a well-stocked village shop. There is everything here that a walker could desire – including capable company,and even secondhand books. The surrounding landscapes include gorges, waterfalls, or ancient woodlands and moorlands.
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Source: theguardian.com