With stunning views across North Wales and the Irish Sea, it is no wonder the Thomas family have farmed the Aran Mountains for generations.
Indeed Maldwyn Thomas is the tenth generation at Cwm Onnen Farm, where he and his wife Margaret have a successful organic lamb business - which has now scooped first prize in the Welsh stage of the NFU Farming Excellence Awards in the category Great British Food.
Aran Lamb now go forward to the UK finals to slug it out against other food producers from across the UK for the prestigious NFU Great British Food award.
"We farm one third of the Aran Mountains and the very nature of our farming methods meant options gained from adding chemicals to our steep angled acreage was an impossible consideration," says Maldwyn.
"We have always practiced traditional hill farming which has been 'organic' by the nature of our geographic location."
Like all Welsh hill farmers the Thomases have known tough times at their 134 hectare holding, but have turned their long-held commitment to the Welsh Mountain Sheep breed into a business which supplies customers "direct to their kitchen door".
Realising that Welsh hill farmers must adapt to survive, the Thomases devised an action plan for the farm which revolved around attaining organic status for the small Welsh Mountain lambs which were ideal for private sale.
Added to this were a new stock control system, and concentrating on the characteristics of the original Cwm Onnen flock, as well as developing a website which includes a 'Virtual Hill Farm'.
"With small head, feet and short leg shanks they have always provided the dress-out advantage above other breeds. In the last five years I have seen my original Cwm Onnen stock characteristics showing strongly," says Maldwyn.
But it has been a challenge. "Taking our unchanged, timeless eighteenth century North Wales hill farm and establishing a high tech method for production and marketing of 'Aran-Lambs' has not been easy.
"As hill farmers we have needed to grasp and apply complete and accurate stock rotation systems, walk-in refrigeration, cutting rooms, refrigerated vans, computerised accountancy, on-going web-site development, plus effective communication with our customers throughout Britain."
If that were not enough for many farmers, the couple have other plans in the pipeline, including the launch of a new website, the control in-house of the entire production and sales process.
They have their eye on sporting opportunities too with rally driving sponsorship and this year will introduced a sports event on their land – The Aran Fell Running Race which will be the final race of the North Wales Series.
Meanwhile in the long-term they hope to open their own 'export licensed' butchering and slaughtering facility in the upper Dee Valley, to boost employment in the area.
"In the next decade we will ensure that this small hill farm, with more mountain pasture than lush green meadow, will develop itself into a 'national product brand," says Maldwyn.
