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Maggie gets poetic about the village

15th March 2013 By Ty Olaf Cottage

Even though the chestnut trees have gone from the Elan Village the Spring is bringing out the colours and the river banks are recovering, ready for visitors to enjoy.

Coffee morning for the Bracken Trust at Ty Olaf, 3rd August 2019
What a brilliantly successful day! The culmination of two months of preparation and hard work. For Peter and Maggie Hussey, owners of Ty Olaf, it coincides with the harvesting of fruit from the garden, jam making and post Mid Summer hedge and garden tidying and pruning. For the Bracken Trust Social Committee it is […]
After a late start the Jam making gets underway
Normally fruit picking, mainly, to start, strawberries, making would be well underway by the second week in June. This year it was a rather late start when we produced our first 10 jars of jam, initially of blackcurrant. The tiny wild and alpine strawberries managed a showing, which will continue throughout the summer, and a […]
The Berghaus Dragon’s Back race at Ty Olaf
All sorts of busyness outside Ty Olaf this morning. We were reminded of the time a group of guys were unloading a van beyond the Visitor’s Centre. We were inquisitive and asked what was going on. “I can’t tell you” one of the workers said, “but its going to be epic. And it was. The […]
The antique French campaign bed
It has been a long job but, at last, the French bed is looking ready! We bought the bed in an auction, and couldn’t believe our luck in getting it for such a price. It is made of oak and created in such a way that it is a very early flat pack, made generations […]
Drama at Penygarreg

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