We are emerging slowly after a long and very wet winter. It has really been very mild but we have still been VERY grateful for the addition of central heating in the castle for the first time in it’s 200 year history. Niall’s new baby bio-mass boiler is doing a sterling job of heating not …
Everything is different! Hannah has now left Torrisdale to follow her heart but has left a big gaping hole in all our lives. And a blog to be updated! As Niall’s wife and laundry assistant to his mother, I will do my best to keep up the good work. We are clinging on to summer …
It’s been ages since I wrote a blog, and I’m blaming it entirely on that great British summer which has turned Torrisdale into a holiday paradise, hot sunshine, cool, clear water and secluded beaches, what more could you want?! Even better – the midges don’t like it this hot. Instead of midges this year it’s …
Blue sky and a perfect summery day yesterday, good to be working in a t-shirt again without a cloud in the sky. The walled garden is the perfect sun trap and even though the midges made an appearance they’re not quite biting yet. Unfortunately the sun didn’t last and the rain’s returned with a vengeance, …