Archives for July 2020

Lock down

5th July 2020 By Peter Hussey

Well, here we are, after over 100 days we are told that everything is OK out there and we can travel more than the five miles that we have been restricted to. So tomorrow we will poke our noses out, and rather against my better judgement make an expedition to Carmarthen. Maggie wants new towels […]

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 […]
After lockdown
It was safe for us to travel more than 5 miles, the Welsh Government told us, and we set off for a quick visit to our family. As we left the valley, quite early in the morning, our mouths gaped. What was going on? A stream of cars driving in the opposite direction to us. […]
Village Lighting
The Elan Valley became the first privately owned landscape to become part of the Dark Skies initiative. The area was well served as a natural area that could look up to a sky not too badly affected by light pollution. To make it even better our village lighting was changed. The old sulfurous lighting was […]
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 […]

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