Vicarage Wood

The woodland paths through Vicarage Wood near Llandeilo are proper worth a morning's ramble if you're camping or glamping in the Towy Valley. It's a straightforward forest walk rather than anything dramatic - mixed deciduous trees, some decent shade, and the kind of quiet that makes you remember why you came to Wales in the first place.

You're looking at easy terrain underfoot, which means this suits families with younger kids far better than it does serious hikers hunting for views. The trees themselves are nothing extraordinary, but the calm is. On a weekday you might not see another soul, which is either precisely what you want or entirely the point of staying at somewhere like Ravenscroft Retreats or Towy Valley Caravan Park just down the road.

Allow an hour or so if you're taking it gently, longer if you're the type who stops to identify birdsong. There's no charge to visit - it's open access woodland. Autumn is when it's most worth your time, when the leaf cover changes and the paths feel less sticky underfoot.

It won't dominate your holiday plans, and that's rather the appeal. Use it as a gentle interlude between proper attractions or as somewhere to burn off energy before heading to Llandeilo's market town amenities. The woods do their job without pretending to be something they're not.