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Painting
and drawing *
Horseriding *
Activities *
Challenge Valley
Number Twelve * February 2002
| Welcome……
I feel that there is a touch of Spring so let's hope
that this edition of Advantage
Gower heralds the start of a bright holiday season.
We've had plenty going on at Clyne Farm and this weekend host
nearly 100 young people on a Frontier training weekend and a
youth club visit from Bristol.Our Photo
Gallery has lots of new pictures including Specsavers optician Steve
Jones' surprise fortieth birthday party. |
Valentine Greetings from
the stables and Clyne horses! |
Our attractions
page has proved highly popular and by the Spring we will have more
information from our partner companies to make our website the
information hub for what to do in Swansea and Gower.
We welcome feedback
about Advantage Gower so that we can provide
just the right amount of information to encourage visitors to come to
the area and stay longer once they have arrived.
IN THIS EDITION
Last Minute
Bargains at Clyne Holiday Cottages
Holiday Activities at Clyne Farm Centre
Riding and
Valentines Cards for Horses
Computer
Training
Dump
of the Week
Gong
of the Week
St Valentine's Greetings
- Send an electronic card from Swansea and Gower
Next Edition
What to do at Easter
Last
Minute Bargains - come to Clyne for half term
We've has a bumper booking run in
January with many of the popular weeks being fully booked. With the
February half term being taken over three different weeks we have a few
places left for couple of weeks which are offered at 25% off normal
prices to our regular customers.
At the time of writing the
following are available
Midweek
Monday 18- Friday 22 February
| Byron's Barn (sleeps 4) |
Usual price £140 |
Offer £105 |
| The Old Schoolroom (sleeps
8) |
Usual price £266 |
Offer £199 |
Midweek
Monday 25 Feb - 1 March
| The
Dairy (sleeps 4) |
Usual
price £151 |
Offer
£110 |
| Stables Cottage (sleeps
6) |
Usual price
£202 |
Offer
£150 |
Check our website
for other late booking bargains.
Holiday
Activities at Clyne Farm Centre
FREE TASTER SESSIONS
For 2002 all of our week long self catering bookings will be eligible for a FREE
activity taster session. This offer also applies to guest of our partner
accommodation providers. The only conditions are:
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booking in advance on 01792 403333
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limited to ages eight and upwards
(riding lessons are from four year old upwards)
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limited to guests staying with you for
five days or more
Activities Can include archery,
indoor climbing, orienteering and horseriding
Times Usually Monday
mornings 9.30am to
12.30pm
Our other activity days revolve around our
range of outdoor activities including archery, indoor climbing,
orienteering, horseriding, gorge walking, climbing and abseiling, surfing, rock
hopping, caving, canoeing and
Challenge Valley - the muddiest assault course in the
world!!!!!
There are also special courses in Abseiling and
Climbing, the Local Enviroment and Painting and Drawing.
ACTIVITY
PROGRAMME for
the two weeks beginning Monday 18 February 2002 - why not print out
for you or your guests' information?
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Monday
9.30-12.30
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On-Site Taster
Session Can include archery, indoor climbing, horseriding Ages
eight to adult Cost Free to residents and guests of
partner organisations
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Tuesday
9.00 - 13.00
13.30 - 16.30
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The Clyne Challenge
A morning which can include raftbuilding, archery and indoor
climbing and Challenge Valley in the afternoon. Change of
clothes and packed lunch needed Ages eight to adult Cost
£22 per person Half Day £12 per person, afternoon £10 per
person
Change of clothes a
must!
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Wednesday
9.00-16.30
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Adopt a Pony Spend a
day in the stables learning how to groom, tack up, feed and care
for your pony before riding out across the Great Gower Plains!
Full Day £25,
Half Day £14 6 year old to adult
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Thursday
9.00 - 13.00
13.30 - 16.30
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The Clyne Challenge
A morning which can include raftbuilding, archery and indoor
climbing and Challenge Valley in the afternoon. Change of
clothes and packed lunch needed Ages eight to adult Cost
£22 per person Half Day £12 per person, afternoon £10 per
person
Change of clothes a
must!
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Friday
9.00-16.30
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Adopt a Pony Spend a
day in the stables learning how to groom, tack up, feed and care
for your pony before riding out across the Great Gower Plains!
Full Day £25,
Half Day £14 6 year old to adult
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Saturday
9.00-16.30
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The Clyne Challenge
A morning which can include horseriding, archery and indoor
climbing and Challenge Valley in the afternoon. Change of
clothes and packed lunch needed Ages eight to adult Cost
£22 per person Half Day £12 per person, afternoon £10 per
person
Change of clothes a
must!
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Sunday
09.00 - 16.30
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Waterfall Country
A big buzz day of action gorge walking at the top of the Neath
Valley Full Day £40 per person Ages 8 years to
adult, Transport not included
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Monday 9.30-12.30
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On-Site Taster
Session Can include archery, indoor climbing, horseriding Ages
eight to adult Cost Free to residents and guests of
partner organisations
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Tuesday
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Adopt a Pony Spend a
day in the stables learning how to groom, tack up, feed and care
for your pony before riding out across the Great Gower Plains!
Full Day £25,
Half Day £14 6 year old to adult
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Wednesday
9.30- 16.30
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Waterfall Country
A big buzz day of action gorge walking at the top of the Neath
Valley Full Day £40 per person Ages 8 years to
adult, Transport not included |
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Thursday
Clyne Challenge
9.00 - 13.00
Challenge Valley
14.00
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The Clyne Challenge
A morning which can include horseriding, archery and indoor
climbing and Challenge Valley in the afternoon. Change of
clothes and packed lunch needed Ages eight to adult Cost
£22 per person Half Day £12 per person, afternoon £10 per
person
Change of clothes a
must!
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Friday
9.00-16.30
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The Clyne Challenge
A morning which can include horseriding, archery and indoor
climbing and Challenge Valley in the afternoon. Change of
clothes and packed lunch needed Ages eight to adult Cost
£22 per person Half Day £12 per person
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Saturday
9.00-16.30
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Clyne Coastal Challenge
Climb and abseil at Bracelet followed by a rock hop. In the
afternoon Challenge Valley for the end of an Ultimate Dirty Day
Out! Ages 14 to adult Transport not included Cost
£40 per person (packed lunch required)
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Sunday
09.00 - 16.30
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Waterfall Country
A big buzz day of action gorge walking at the top of the Neath
Valley Full Day £40 per person Ages 8 years to
adult, Transport not included
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All programmes are subject to change due to
weather or other circumstances beyond our control
On Site Days which can include a mix of
archery, indoor climbing riding and Challenge Valley - the muddiest
assault course in the world are available every day - cost £22 per
person
You can find further details of our full
or half day activities (Details)
or our very popular self catering cottages (Details)
on our website. For many peak weeks we quickly become fully booked so would
welcome passing enquiries on to other self catering operators who have
space - please let us know.
Horses
and Valentine Cards 
Clyne Farm Centre is believed to
have the first website offering Valentine's Day cards for horses and
ponies!. The bizarre move came as a suggestion from one of our regular
riders and has taken off in a big way with stable manager Chris involved
in a photocall with shire cross Ginny.
If you want to send a card to your
favourite mare (careful!) or forgotten to send one to your hubby log
onto our electronic postcard
page complete with a romantic piece of background music
Full details of our hacks, lessons and Adopt a Pony Days are on our web
site as well as pictures of the horses and staff.
Computers
I attended a training day for the
Wales Tourist Board Destination Management System (DMS) this week. It
promises to be a comprehensive one stop system for bookings throughout
Wales - if everyone can get their heads around it!
Dump of the
Week
I was reminded
this week about the Mumbles traffic warden who was seen booking a German
tourist who was parked on a double yellow line slap bang in the middle
of twenty local cars sporting orange disabled stickers but decided that
the Boob of the Week must go to the British Tourist Authority who
forgot to include Gower in their overseas marketing package.
Having had
somewhat similar treatment at their offices in Buenos Aires a few years
ago I'm not surprised - Note to Assembly Members - isn't
it time that overseas marketing of Wales came from closer to home?
Gong
of the Week
Castallemare
Restaurant for continue to promote the area with good promotions and
attractions to give visitors a good time throughout the year.
| Did
you know? Challenge Valley has
had a winter facelift designed to allow spectators to watch and
not get their feet quite so muddy! Lots of pictures in our Photo
Gallery |
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Why
not?
-
Take a walk
from Southgate to Three Cliffs Bay - hardly a soul at this time of
year and probably the best views in the country. Return via Pennard
Castle and the footpath alongside the golf course.
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Book
the children in for an activity day
- drop the children off and takle the old man shopping -
he needs new socks!
THE BIG POSTCARD
Our latest offering is The BIG
Postcard site. Not that it's very big at present but we aim to expand it
into a site where you can send pictures by e mail of almost everything
in Swansea and Gower. Forgotten to send a Christmas card? Why not send a
BIG Postcard
NOW!
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NEXT
EDITION
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Have you sent your
Valentine's Card? Touch the heart to start
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Thank you for reading! Please let us know if there is any event or
attraction that you would like us to feature.
Clyne Farm Centre - making a difference to a stay in Swansea and
Gower. Horseriding, activities and Challenge Valley - 70,000 people and You've Been Framed can't be wrong - click here to check out
Challenge Valley
- the muddiest assault course in the world!!!
Geoff Haden
Clyne Farm Centre
Westport Avenue
Mayals
Swansea SA3 5AR
www.clynefarm.com
tel 01792 403333 fax 01792 403339
geoff.haden@clynefarm.com
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