News from Torrisdale’s grounds team Our estate team has grown over the past few months and we’ve now added a part-time Ranger (Steve) and a full-time WWOOFer (Rona) to our ranks. Steve joins us from an estate on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border where he worked as Deputy Head of the Grounds & Forestry Department. He also …
Having suffered weeks and weeks of unseasonably cold and wet weather, it was almost reassuring when this summer was branded “the worst summer in thirty years”, by those that know about these things. Fortunately nobody holidays in Scotland for the wall-to-wall sunshine and our guests have been very tolerant of the inclement conditions. We have …
It’s that time of year again already. The temperatures are cooling, the wind is getting up and there is a distinct yellow tinge to some of the trees. You can almost smell autumn! “Summer’s lease hath all to short a date” so said Shakespeare (get me) and he wasn’t wrong. Especially here in Scotland. The …
What a fabulous summer we are having! Last week our lucky guests (and ourselves of course) were treated to 5 days of wall-to-wall sunshine and temperatures in the high twenties.There is no better place to be than Scotland when the weather is like this and our wee hideaway is proving to be a popular destination. …