The cottage sleeps 5, with a Double Bedroom,  a Twin Bedroom and a Single Bedroom. Guests usually comment on the exceptional comfort of the beds and the good sleep they experience here.

The Double Bedroom is downstairs, next to the lounge, with the other two bedrooms upstairs along with the bathroom. All linen is provided for guests including bedding and towels.

The living-room is very welcoming after a day's exploration in the area. Settle down in comfort to share experiences of the day, or use the selection of brochures and information to plan out ideas for the next day's adventure. There is a coffee-table, a games table and comfortable chairs with luxurious cushions to sink into after your long day.

There is a nice selection of books to enjoy, with a good variety of authors and subject matter, whether you are in the mood for novels and fiction or if you feel like browsing through books on travel or humour or nature or cookery, there should be something to your liking here.

You have a small selection of music available on CD,  (bring along all those CDs or DVDs that you have, but have never had enough time to listen to or watch, and do your catching up as part of your holiday), and there are plenty of radio stations if you want a change from watching TV ( which has a full selection of Sky Freeview channels).

There is a wide variety of board games available as well, so there are plenty of replies if the question: "what can I do?" arises,  so share some quality time in the evenings or on rainy days and take some indoor photos of people laughing, and take away some very special memories of your time in the holiday cottage in Wales, nestling beneath the Black Mountain.

Wireless broadbandis available, so take your laptop along and log on to check your emails, update your blog holiday entries and upload your travel photos to share with distant friends.

If you don't usually have good associations with washing up after a meal, you may find a new experience here as there is a lovely picture window above the sink, looking out across the long garden towards the sheep-scattered Welsh hills which you may very well have wandered up earlier in the day with a flask of tea and sandwiches to share with the view on the way.

If the weather was hot you may have taken time to splash around in the little river that winds round the bottom of the hills, or you may just have enjoyed the refreshing sound of the little stream that runs down the hill amongst the trees at the side of the path. Or you may have put fresh birdfeed out on the bird-table on the out-house wall, or scattered it on the flagstones near the barbecue, and you may be getting to know some of the feathered visitors by name already. This is a favourite with many people, watching the local birds that are in abundance here, so bring some binoculars and keep an eye open for the resident hedge-hog, and make sure you don't close her into the shed by mistake.

The bathroom window looks out towards the hills and you may want to leave the window wide open for the view on a warm summer day, ( I don't believe that the sheep have access to binoculars) and there is a wide window-seat here with a lovely view of the sunset over the hills, so take a glass of wine, or a hot mug of cocoa to the bathroom and toast the setting sun.

The cottage has a long narrow garden which stretches out behind it with a tranquil view of hills in the Amman Valley. Originally built at the end of the 19th Century as a miner's cottage (in the days when this area was full of coal mines), the long garden would have been used by the mining family to grow vegetables etc.

There is a very pleasant terrace with a barbecue which is ideal for long summer afternoons. Outdoor furniture is provided and kept in the outhouse. Closer to the cottage there is a convenient patio area which is lovely for outdoor eating as it is close to the kitchen entrance and has a lovely view towards the hills. The birdlife here is very entertaining with lots of birdsong and plenty of peckish visitors to the bird feeders.

There is a big wooden farm gate at the end of the garden which prevents the sheep that graze on the hillsides from wandering into the garden which they have done on occasion. I personally find the prospect of sheep grazing on the front lawn quite quaint and rustic, but they have an uncanny ability of making their way into the neighbouring garden which is immaculately kept with row upon row of vegetables and flowers, and they are understandably not particularly welcomed there.

There is an outhouse close to the kitchen where you can keep bicycles dry and locked up. There is also the old original outside toilet (still in the process of renovation) which has a tap which you can use to wash off any mud and dirt from boots or feet etc before coming back into the cottage.

There is a tumble-drier as mentioned above to dry wet clothes and plenty of radiators to hang damp clothes over to dry off. The floor in the kitchen/dining-room is stone tiled and easy to clean so you can leave your boots and outdoor shoes here ready to get into on your way out. The rest of the interior is carpeted and kind to bare feet if your other shoes are drying off.