We have a three-bedroom stone house which is completely private, fenced in nine acres of land with old oak trees and streams, set on the side of the mountain. Amazing views. Fantastic hiking and cycling from the door. The mountain ridge is the Offa’s Dyke Path (the ancient path that divides England and Wales).

The house is full of character, with two fireplaces, big picture windows which encompass the views, and plenty of space. Bring your children and let them roam freely! There is an outdoor barbecue and firepit.

The area is known for the outdoor activities on offer; horse riding in the mountains, canoeing and wild swimming in the River Wye, plenty of activity centres for fun stuff like archery, high ropes courses, Go Ape, paint balling, quad biking. The road cycling and mountain biking is amazing, either on your own planned trips from the house or at a bike park nearby. You can hike the hills to wonderful country pubs for lunch and local cider, without seeing anyone else except sheep and wild ponies!

The nearest towns are Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye, both lovely market towns to explore with a castle each, lots of good independent shops and cafes, and also nearby is our village with a good pub, a fantastic local shop for provisions and a castle.

We can give you recommendations where to eat, where to hire horses, bikes and canoes, and where to walk and wild swim - there are loads of maps and guides in the house but we can give you google map pins etc.

Three hours drive from London, 1.5 hours from Bristol, one hour to Cardiff.

We are lucky to have this as a second home, which is used as a family retreat or occasionally as an Airbnb, so our exchanges can be non-simultaneous. We have done exchanges before (not through Intervac) and the house is set up to be an Airbnb where we are Superhosts.