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Victoria’s blog – Christmas at Sea
Posted on by Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson https://poets.org/poem/christmas-sea A poem at Christmas needs to have a good narrative drive and not be too full of itself as a poem. Epiphany is the time for the tragedy of TS Eliot’s The Journey of the Magi, but on Christmas Day I think Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, full […]
The Great Stink – Victoria’s blog – November 2020
Posted on by “Gentility of speech is at an end—it stinks, and whoso once inhales the stink can never forget it and can count himself lucky if he lives to remember it”. Never, ever, underestimate the value of drains just because you’ve never properly looked down them. Civilisation is built on decent sanitation. It would be nice if […]
Life is full of impossible projects – Victoria’s blog
Posted on by In preparation for our very own Whitsun Wedding, and while we were still lashed by the perpetual rain, darkness and storms of winter 2019/2020, some vital and of course impossible gardening fantasies were fostered. The first was that the parking for the great event would be in the field called Dohea at the back of […]
Covis19 June Update
Posted on by The Trelowarren Safe Summer – Covid19 June Update With our fingers crossed for fair winds and following seas, we are taking bookings for the Holiday Cottages with the view of being open from the 4th July. Customers will be sent a detailed letter about the Trelowarren Safe Summer. We are very sorry but The swimming […]
The Naming of Parts – Victoria’s blog
Posted on by The Naming of Parts – with salutations and apologies to Henry Reed https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/naming-of-parts/ Today we have the changing of the tyres. Last week we had the unblocking of the dishwasher and next week we will have the cleaning and mending of the gutters. But today, today we have the changing of the tyres. I like […]
Covoid-19 update
Posted on by To prevent the spread of Covid-19 the UK Government on March 23rd instructed everyone to remain in their Primary Residences and not make anything except essential journeys. Until this instruction is lifted, visitors are not able to come to Trelowaren.
Trelowarren estate is currently closed
Posted on by Trelowarren Estate is Closed We are adhering to the movement rules as set out by the Government to contain the spread of Covid-19. As soon as we have a clearer idea of how long the lockdown will be in place we will contact all of our customers. Stay Home and Stay Safe
Compliance – is not designed for exceptions – Victoria Vyvyan’s Blog
Posted on by ‘When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions’ (Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V) Compliance – is not designed for exceptions February is open season for Compliance. It’s those long dark days and endless storms. Half way through January Compliance look at each other and say, ‘Something must be done’ and they pick […]
Difficult Questions for 2020 – Victoria’s blog – Jan 2020
Posted on by In the 1960s a theoretical statistician, hence someone with theoretically no skin in the game, suggested that if a large % of an available population give an answer to a simple question, the answer they give, however unlikely it seems to another group, is probably correct. The available population in our garden is two. Should […]
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Water outside – Water inside – December blog by Victoria Vyvyan
Posted on by We’ve had a wet autumn. The rain has come from all of the cardinal points. It has drifted sideways in veils; it has poured down vertically in sheets; it has battered the windows so hard that some just gave up and blew out; it has come in gusts and flurries making the scaffolding groan like […]