Archives for July 2013

Very welcome visitors

29th July 2013 By Ty Olaf Cottage

Spotted flycatchers, redstarts and wagtails enjoy our garden.

I referred in a recent post, headed “Countryfile”, to “Our garden, which is a rather odd garden worked on, occasionally, by a rather odd gardener.” That reference reflected the way in which I had begun to think of the garden. The central section had, ambitiously, been planned as a forest garden. It is a fairly […]

A big change at Ty Olaf
This is a post from Peter and Maggie, the hosts at Ty Olaf: “We have recently decided that we need to sell Ty Olaf and move on. “Ty Olaf” is the Welsh way of saying “Last House”,and, while that name describes the position of the house in the village, it also indicated that we intended […]
Progress of works
This is an informative letter from Welsh Water about works taking place in the valley.October 2021 Hello Our works in the Elan Valley As you may be aware, we’re currently carrying out essential works in the Elan Valley and we wanted to tell you more about it. In this letter, you will find information about […]
The Welsh Government’s road out of lockdown
Wales sets out a road out of lockdown to open up economySteven Morris, the Guardian The Welsh government has set out a detailed roadmap out of lockdown that it hopes will culminate in the reopening of most of the country’s economy, including indoor hospitality, by the end of May. As long as Covid levels remain […]
Holidays in the Elan Valley
With Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock giving conflicting advice on whether to book summer holidays we are making our situation plain. We have been accepting bookings, our first is in April, in the hope that our friends can come, however we have not been asking for a deposit, and we accept, as do our visitors, […]
Lockdown 2
The Welsh Government, recognising the dangerous situation created by the Covid pandemic’s second phase, have closed down the country for a two week period. We are therefore not able to welcome any visitors for the period 24th October to the 10th November. We feel much safer because of this action. Like all other places of […]

Very welcome visitors

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