A LOTTERY win is helping a Towy Valley guest house owner provide top class accommodation for her live stock.

Heather Johnson, who runs the Black Mountain View Guest House in Gwynfe, scooped £25,000 in People’s Postcode Lottery and has vowed to spend the money on her animals.

Heather, aged 54, plans to use the cash to build new housing for the livestock on the small holding including: geese, ducks, chickens and sheep.

“Winning the lottery is such a lovely experience, I never win anything,” said Heather.

Heather’s postcode SA19 9RF was drawn as a winner in the Saturday Street Prize on March 5. Another player with the same postcode also won £25,000 but was not available to receive their cheque.

Explaining her plans for the windfall Heather said: “I’ve already got planning permission to build a new barn and sheds for the animals so now the building work can actually get underway.

“I have been running the B&B for over a year now and this part of Wales is a hidden gem. I wanted to get some livestock, grow my own food, so that I can be self-sufficient and feed my guests with local produce.”

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson, who travelled to Wales to present the five-figured cheque to Heather, added:

"It was a pleasure to visit such a beautiful part of Wales. The reaction from Heather when she opened the gold envelope with the cheque inside was just fantastic.

“It’s great to meet our players who are making such a huge difference to so many good causes.”

As a charity lottery, People’s Postcode Lottery players have raised over £108.9 Million for good causes across Great Britain and internationally. Supported charities in the Towy Valley include the Llandovery YMCA 5-a-Side Football Team, which received £1,128 to cover hall hire and kit costs, and Amman Valley Railway Society, which was awarded £4,900 to purchase tools to create a new allotment site on derelict land.

Please visit postcodelottery.co.uk for more information and to see how you could be in with a chance of winning just like Heather.