Excellent timber framing and other courses for eco...

Excellent timber framing and other courses for ecological building.

Carwyn Jones, the tutor of the timber framing course, is beyond doubt one of the best teachers I have ever come across, being both knowledgeable, supportive, patient and humble despite all of his professional achievements.

We very much enjoyed our three day stay in the on site accommodations and enjoyed the delicious vegetarian and vegan food. The cooks go to great lengths to make special and flavourful dishes.

The CAT site hosts a large number of imaginative and eco friendly buildings to inspire anyone interested in architecture or building, especially building tiny houses. Children will enjoy the many playful but informative displays and smaller play structures. The site is stunningly beautiful with many old and moss covered trees as well as a view of an old slate quarry with a small waterfall.
There is a gift shop on site that has a well curated selection of building related books as well as honey, jam, tea, organic soaps, calendars, etc.

In terms of courses, the program of CAT has just been significantly extended and they now offer a course on how to make your own wind turbine, on creative writing and others.

Last but not least, being only a 10 minute taxi drive away from Minffordd Path (a UK nature reserve) to take you to the top of the famed Cadair Idris Mountain with its lakes (6 hour round trip) is the cherry on top.

Highly recommended for all ages and a top destination in the UK for anyone interested in sustainable living and eco building.