It's really nice to be able to step straight out of the door and start out on a beautiful walk or cycle ride. A few ideas include:

For a short walk just follow the surfaced lane keeping left when you reach the steep hill, all the way to John Roberts' farm ('Caergoff') at the end of the lane. Come back the same way, looking out for wild flowers and hazelnuts in the autumn.
Duration: About 30mins.

The small lane leading up the hill leads onto the "fron" (common land) on top of the hill. Go straight on past the derelict cottage ('Pentre Bach', which incidentally was in the same condition as Tyn-y-llan in 1966), past the hollow tree until you reach a small chapel, turn right and cross the white (Pooh sticks) bridge and follow the lane. After a dip in the road (the old mill house) there is a gravel turn off to the right with a wooden gate. Take this track past a small lake until you join a metalled lane again. Turn left and follow this all the way to the cottage to complete a circular walk of about a one hour walk. If you miss the turn off to the lake you can always walk into Foel, pick up a paper or shopping from the Post Office and return via the main road and lane.
Duration: About 60mins.

For a slightly longer circular walk start off in the same direction, but fork left when you reach the gate before the ruined cottage. This brings you to a cross roads with a metalled lane. Go straight over and follow the lane for about half a mile or so. Then as you descend a hill down to a small brook, look out for a metal gate on the right, with a lane leading down to a road and foot bridge. Take this and follow the lane all the way to the junction just past Pooh sticks bridge, and continue as above.
Duration: About 1hr 30mins.

There are lots of other local walks and here, including on the other side of the valley past the caravan site. The best thing is to use a 1:25,000 map and make up your own walks. The area is also good for cycling, especially mountain biking. Also within walking distance is the village of Foel with it's shop cum post office and a café. Also within easy walking distance is the small Duffryn restaurant which is a few hundred yards to the right on the main road. Alternatively take the short cut, following the track across our field, which is a public right of way (the old main road in fact) down to the (modern) main road.