Stay and Gaze
Celebrating Dark Skies Week
There’s nothing more romantic than wrapping up warm and gazing up at the stars. February is the perfect time of year to watch the sunset over the sea. The crisp winter weather affords stunning sunsets unique to this time of year. Once the sun goes down the sky alights with the most exceptional dark skies that you can imagine. With no light pollution the Trefeddian is ideally located for star gazers and romantic couples wrapped up warm to gaze at the blanket of stars above.
Welsh Dark Skies Week runs from February 9th – February 18th. This will be the fourth year that Wales has held its own dark skies week & many events are held throughout Wales to commemorate this week. Star gazing, storytelling, organized walks and dark sky activities. This initiative brings together all of the designated landscapes in Wales and unites the three National Parks of Eryri, Bannau Brycheiniog and Pembrokeshire along with five areas of outstanding national beauty across Wales
Dark Skies Week aims to raise awareness about reducing light pollution, the role of dark skies in biodiversity, human health, energy conservation, heritage prevention and astronomy. Dark skies are also intended to protect wildlife and the climate. There are many events being held this week both on-site and online across all eight locations.
At the Trefeddian as we are blessed with very low levels of light pollution. On a clear night you can see a sky full of stars, when planets align, they are very visible and we were very lucky twice last year by being treated to an amazing Aurora Borealis in Aberdyfi as shown in some fantastic photos taken by our staff!
So, pack you woolly jumpers and bobble hats and get set for a romantic night on your balcony or on the terrace to gaze up above to enjoy a journey of peace and tranquillity on those stary stay nights!
