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 …
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, …
We had our second wedding at Torrisdale on Saturday. David Macmillan and Janice Macintosh tied the knot on Saturday with a small party of ten. They braved the weather and had the civil ceremony outside, umbrellas went up and Janice’s heel was sinking into the soft ground but there were smiles (and tears) all round …
It was obviously a good evening for hedgehogs to be out and about, on an evening walk we saw an adult on the way to Torrisdale Bay and this tiny little fella on the way back. He looked very happy ambling along on his own.