The Mill and outdoor kitchen
In the former mill you’ll find few things you may want for your stay, including deckchairs and parasols. In 2020 we added an outdoor kitchen area with pizza oven and barbeque and all the things you’ll need for outdoor dining (in the bright yellow metal cupboard).
Firebowl/barbeque
Wood fired pizza oven
Outdoor dining table (seats 10 + 4 extra chairs in The Mill)
Shepherd’s Hut reading room
If you need to escape for a quiet read, a heart to heart or a sneaky nap you can head over to the Shepherd’s hut (and hope no-one beat you to it). It’s something of a museum piece so we’ve resisted a makeover, you’ll find the original bunks, table and benches and not much else. You’ll also find a quiet sunny spot with sea views and a camp fire.
Small woodburner (adult supervision only)
The beach at Ty Coch
We share the beach with resident oystercatchers, sunbathing cormorants, seals on fishing expeditions, a lot of shore crabs and the odd walker or dog walker from the village. You won’t see (or hear) speed boats or jet skis, there may be the occasional kayaker or paddleboarder but the only boat you’ll see is the local lobster fisherman collecting his pots.
Low tide exposes a large sandbank which makes it a great place for a paddle or a swim. If you are planning some sea swimming we recommend going in an hour of two before high tide as you’ll be swimming over the sandbank. It’s worth checking the tide times or tideschart there’s a tide timetable in the Dairy if you need one, so there’s no excuse for not dipping your toes.
We recommend you wander down in the evening and after a bit of a hunt for beach treasure (pebbles, shells, seaweed) cook something simple on the campfire, open a bottle of something cold and just sit back and watch the sun set over the sea.
The garden
We have done our best to encourage nature to do what nature does best which is select the right things to grow where they feel right. So over the last ten years we have let Ty Coch go wild, with some selective planting, sculpting and a little taming here and there.
Around the cottages requires a bit more order, something approaching gardening but if you are there at the right time feel free to grab a few sprigs from the herb bed and some apples from the tree.
