Treworgey News
2011-12 RNLI Charity Raffle - Win a Break at Treworgey!
November 2011
This year's Treworgey charity raffle is in support of the Looe RNLI Lifeboats who do essential and extraordinary work rescuing locals and visitors alike. They really are an excellent cause - you always hope that you won't need them, but their volunteers are there to rescue you and me, should we get into difficulties around our coast.
With talk of closures of coastguard stations and particularly with the tragic loss of our local MP's fisherman husband at sea, the Lifeboats and the work they do are particularly poignant this year. The Lifeboats at Looe need to raise £5,500 this year to fund special new search and rescue lifejackets for their fully-trained volunteer crew, the design of which will improve both their safety and their ability to move better and thus aid in their rescue missions.
What's more you could win yourself a relaxing 3 night spring or winter break for two at Treworgey. And we'll even throw in a delicious three course supper for two from Coombe Kitchen.
If you would like to enter, please visit www.justgiving.com/TreworgeyRNLI and donate £5 to receive two raffle ticket entries or £10 will give you 5 tickets. Or of course you can donate more for more tickets - or just make a donation to this excellent cause. Please make sure you leave your contact details if you would like to enter the raffle. The draw will be on 20.2.11
Thank you.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Entrants must be 18 years or over. There can only be one winner and the prize is not transferable. The short break is for two people for up to three nights during the normal short break period (the months of January, February, March, November and December - excluding school holiday periods). The short break is subject to availability. The prize includes linen, towels, heating, electricity, logs for a roaring fire, fresh flowers and 3 course dinner for two from Coombe Kitchen on your arrival night (excepting Wednesdays). It does not include riding or any optional extras. The winner's name will be published. The prize must be completed by 7th February 2013. The winner will be drawn on Monday 20th February 2012.
Our Latest Animal Arrivals
October 2011
Trouble and Strife - two very naughty little black and white Pygmy goats, brought to Treworgey from a home that could no longer care for them, to the delight of many of our younger guests.
9 rescue ducks on the pond at Coombe - awaiting your bread scraps!
Jo and Alec's new Shepherd's Hut
July 2011
Jo and Alec open their new shepherd’s hut!
Tucked away on a secluded part of the farm, the Shepherd's Hut offers an altogether wilder experience. The traditional hut has a full-size real double bed with crisp cotton linen and a pocket-sprung mattress, a gas-ring cooker, table and chairs, pretty squishy cushions and a log burner to keep you toasty. Your separate shower hut has your fridge, waterless loo, basins and large shower with instant gas hot water and another cosy log burner. Like with a cottage, you have a lovely view from your hut and fresh flowers and local goodies to greet you. If you fancy something different and would like to find out more please visit www.hideawayhuts.co.uk
New! Treworgey Postcards -
Enter our Design a Postcard Competition?
23rd April 2011
For the first time we now have Treworgey postcards! You will find one on your tea tray when you arrive on your next visit, and there are three more designs available with the usual honesty box system at the Infor Room. The postcards were designed using our own photographs - please let us know what you think.
In fact, why not enter our Design a Postcard Competition and be the creator of our next design? Photographs, drawings, imagination and all ages welcome to enter. As well as having your postcard printed in our next collection, the winner will also receive a Coombe Kitchen voucher to the value of £40 to spend on their next visit on any of their delicious menu from cakes and teas to three course suppers.
How to Enter:
By post: Please send us your
design on an A4 piece of paper along with your name and address, telephone
and email address. If you are under 18 please give us your age and ask
your parent to enclose and sign a letter giving their permission with
your entry. Please send to 'Design a Postcard Competition, Treworgey Cottages,
Duloe, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 4PP'
By email: Please send us your design along with your name and address,
telephone and email address. If you are under 18 please give us your age
and ask your parent to give their permission with your entry. Please make
photgraphs or scanned pictures as high resolution as possible. Please
send your entry to stay@cornishdreamcottages.co.uk and put 'Design a Postcard
Competition' in the subject line.
Closing date, 30.08.2011. The winner and their design will be contacted by us after the closing date and then published here and in a newsletter later this year.
New! Animal Feed Ups and Children's Club
5th April 2011
This Easter holiday we are going to start regular Animal Feed-Ups at 8.30 every weekday morning. All welcome - please meet at the stable yard if you would like to join in.
In addition to our school holiday Pony Club Afternoons, we are going to try Children's Club this Easter. Activities from animal care, games, crafts, Easter Egg hunts and more and the chance for parents to enjoy an hour or two of peace! Ages 5-16 welcome. Let us know your thoughts and if this is a popular activity we will continue for the summer holidays too.
Bye Bye Lucy
31st March 2011
Today was a sad day for us at Treworgey because Lucy our Manager has left us after very many years. Lucy first worked for Linda's parents as a teenager and she has been at Treworgey on and off since before Jo, Holly and Alistair can remember. She has been invaluable to us all, has infinite knowledge about Treworgey (among other things) stored in her head and will be greatly missed by us and visitors alike. Photos of Lucy's Treworgey years can be seen at www.facebook.com/Treworgey
Lucy's next chapter is to open a cafe in East Looe. We have no doubt that it will be a huge success and are all looking forward to sampling her delicous cakes, fish and other tasty treats. We will keep you posted as soon as she opens!..
Wireless Internet now in ALL Cottages!
25th March 2011
As of today, we now have wireless internet access in all the cottages here at Treworgey. Wireless and our computer with internet are also still available in our cosy information house with log burner if you decide a holiday without the laptop is more peaceful!
Charity Raffle - Win a Break at Treworgey
7th February 2011
CONGRATULATIONS to Julie Wiggin from Shropshire who has won this year's Cornwall Air Ambulance Charity Raffle. She will be enjoying her break and a delcious supper from Coombe Kitchen very soon!
THANK YOU so so much to all the generous people who donated and entered. You have raised a total of £530 for the Cornwall Air Ambulance. Added to this is over £100 more from jam and eggs sold and other visitors donations in the office. THANK YOU we are thrilled to have raised so much for such an excellent cause.
30th December 2010
This year's Treworgey charity
raffle is in support of the Cornwall Air Ambulance who do essential and
extraordinary work rescuing locals and visitors alike. They really are
an excellent cause - you always hope that you won't have to see the famous
red helicopter but never know if you might be the one to need them next.
This year we had an Air Ambulance visit here at Treworgey when our neighbour
had a quad bike accident whilst checking his cattle. The team were friendly,
fast and efficient. Luckily the worst of Michael's injuries turned out
to be a badly broken wrist but his family were re-assured by the speedy
turnaround and how quickly he made it to hospital. In the narrow and winding
Cornish lanes a road ambulance often just takes too long and the sight
of the red helicopter in the sky has literally been a lifesaver to many.
Long may it continue.
What's more you could win yourself a relaxing 3 night spring or winter
break for two at Treworgey. And we'll even throw in a delicious three
course supper for two from Coombe Kitchen. If you would like to enter,
please donate £5 to receive two raffle ticket entries or £10
will give you 5 tickets. Or of course you can donate more for more tickets
- or just make a donation to this excellent cause. Please make sure you
leave your contact details if you would like to enter the raffle. www.justgiving.co.uk/Treworgey
Good Luck!
Terms and Conditions: Entrants must be 18 years or over. There can only be one winner and the prize is not transferable. The short break is for two people for up to three nights during the normal short break period (the months of January, February, March, November and December - excluding school holiday periods). The short break is subject to availability. The prize includes linen, towels, heating, electricity, logs for a roaring fire, fresh flowers and 3 course dinner for two from Coombe Kitchen on your arrival night. It does not include riding or any optional extras. The winner's name will be published. The prize must be completed by 20th December 2011.
Closing date now extended to Monday 7th February 2011!
New Arrival - Demelza the Kune Kune pig
9th September 2010.
Our very latest arrival is Demelza – Jo's birthday present in September. Demelza is a very adorable, very greedy and very vocal black and white Kune Kune pig. She is never more content than when she is eating your apple and carrot peelings (although please don't feed her anything else!) or when she is being scratched on the tummy with her legs waggling in the air. Grunting bliss. Pics of Demelza at www.facebook.com/Treworgey
Family News
23rd November 2010.
Linda's account of Jo and Alec's Wedding:
I have
written an account of Jo and Alec's celebrations for family and friends
who were unable to join us or for Treworgey friends and family who have
asked how we managed to have a wedding here in a shed!
Jo and Alec had very definite ideas of what they wanted for their wedding
day and we all tried hard to achieve a unique and happy one. We think
and hope you agree that we all succeeded! Bevis and I certainly had a
wonderful time at the wedding on May 15th here at Treworgey and going
by the constant beaming smiles on Jo and Alec's faces, so did they.
The weather was glorious. Although the church is ancient and somewhat
neglected,it was beautiful and serene. It was surrounded by millions of
primroses and other wild flowers. I'm sure everyone was charmed by the
ceremony from the warm and friendly vicar to the chorus from the Jackdaws
who not only added their views on the sermon, but also decided to leave
their nest sight in the belfrey, to fly above the congregation to get
a birds eye view of the bride and groom.......
We were certainly blessed that day. The lane to Treworgey was a picture
of bluebells and wild garlic. The scent after the rain was heady. Hence
the drive through golden sunshine from the church to the barn reception
was stunning. Jo and Alec were very lucky to make that drive chauffer
driven by Alec's godparents in a wonderful open top Rolls Royce. Back
home, we were all greeted by two canny scots fully kilted and bagpiped.
They sounded and looked great as they piped us in under a blue sky with
both a Cornish flag and Scottish flag flying above them. Outside the farm
shed were tables chairs and sun umbrellas, lots of spring flowers and
our glorious view down to the Looe river. It was our intention to theme
the reception as a Cornish Fete. Hence also outside we had a paddling
pool with plastic ducks for children to 'hook the duck', a coconut shy
with lots of coconuts, splat the rat, giant jenga and two very appealing
lambs in a pen for 'guess the weight of the lamb.' Incidentally about
70 people had a go at the 'guess the weight of the lamb' and guess who
tied for first place? Alec and his farmer friend Rob! A bit disappointing
to all those people who wrote in asking for the result and saying this
was a very important part of their day and they really hoped they had
won! ...... they will all think it was a fix! Hopefully they don't like
sherbet or strawberry lollypops anyway so wouldn't have wanted the prize!
Speaking of Strawberries, guests were welcomed inside and outside the
'shed' with champagne and a traditional cornish high tea of assorted bone
china tea cups and teapots, tiny sandwiches, tarts, cakes and clotted
cream and scones with homemade strawberry jam ....... This proved to be
a great hit. We have had lots of letters even from French guests, who
are now hooked on clotted cream, homemade strawberry jam and scones! We
were very proud of our shed. It was a truly combined effort over several
weeks to turn the muck and tractor filled farm shed, into a unique wedding
venue. It started with Les laying the hedge before spring in front of
the shed and cutting window holes in the trees for the wonderful view.
For weeks, friends and family would roll up at weekends and evenings and
slave away painting luminous paint on thousands of buds of leafless branches
or building a stage,dismantling stables, painting about 20 sheets of plywood
white ready for murals, hiding a vast store of logs under luminous tree
branches, making a bar out of slates from a snooker table and oil drums,
feeding cables around, laying water pipes, erecting flag poles and painting
old milk churns and walls.
A few months before the wedding Jo, Hol and Linda went shopping for wedding
attire and discovered that the only dresses that they really liked had
to be ordered months in advance - more than the time we had to the wedding........
and cost megga bucks. Linda's sister Jane turned up trumps and amazingly
volunteered to make Jo's wedding dress together with the children's bridesmaids
dresses and capes. What an amazing achievement, Jo had the dress of dreams
and she and the bridesmaids looked a million dollars on the day. Jane
was so generous with her time and talent. What a fantastic achievement.
A few weeks before the wedding friends Greg and Sue came for a weekend
and together with Alec, began the long process of installing cabling all
around the barn for lighting and sound not to mention setting up a big
screen on the wall together with cables and projector for a planned and
highly successful rolling slide show for the big day of Jo and Alec's
life so far.
The week before the wedding all hands were on deck. Literally in the case
of the besailed boat which was painted with luminous paint and lifted
above the bar to hold ice for the champagne and wine. Bevis's sister Jenny
arrived from Tasmania and was an absolute wonder. She transformed about
20 white sheets of plywood into fantastic murals all related to Jo and
Alec's life. Without Jenny's paintings, the shed would have looked like
any other decorated shed. They were and are fantastic pictures. Jenny
spent endless highly creative hours not only producing her murals but
also a mass of signs for the wedding and the fete. Her input transformed
the walls of the building into something truly unique. After the wedding
we scratched our heads as to how we could preserve Jenny's amazing artistic
gift and came up with the idea of mounting all her murals onto the walls
of the playrooms. They look fantastic. We are really awestruck by Jenny's
legacy. Her brief industrious visit will surround us every day. Although
it was a very busy and exhausting time, we hope she enjoyed the constant
buzz of happy industrious good natured people to-ing and fro-ing as much
as we did.
Three days before the wedding, friends Sue and Greg arrived and worked
tirelessly. Greg who normally manages the technical side of BBC tv broadcasts,
was responsible for a fantastic professional lighting and sound system
here which would have done the Albert Hall credit on the big day. We were
all in awe of his achievements. Alec's sister Emma and mother Panny arrived
from Kenya and Scotland and were great fun and an enormous help as well
in so many ways. Holly managed to take a few days holiday from her new
job and arrived full of energy. The barn was systematically bedecked with
a mass of spring greenery and leaves, vast amounts of bunting and fairy
lights, carpets and tables and chairs. The day before the wedding, Holly's
friend Jane joined Hol and together they took over our kitchen and made,
iced and decorated 270 cup cakes. A cup cake wedding cake was created
sitting on a huge stand made by Alec. They looked and tasted delicious.
I expect you can imagine the state of the kitchen for a while though!
The evening before the big day we all gathered bluebells and campion in
the pouring rain. We filled masses and masses of jam jars tied with raffita.
They looked so pretty on all the tables and the shed smelt wonderful!
Many hands lifted Bevis' grand piano and carried it out of the house to
the road where it was loaded into the horsebox. It was driven slowly to
the shed and equally carefully carried and wheeled out of the trailer
to the new smart band stand by many strong arms. The piano took pride
of place on the stage where it was soon retuned by the tuner who arrived
and left in rain mumbling that we were all mad and 'how did we expect
the poor piano to stay in tune in a shed surrounded by pouring rain.'
The piano did stay in tune and was played all that sunny afternoon of
the wedding day by a very talented pianist Johnathan Delbridge, who was
also the excellent organist for the wedding. Johnathan's playing created
a unique ambiance inside the shed that happy day as we munched our cream
teas, sipped champagne and conversed with so many friends and family.
The day progressed into an evening of music, eating and dancing. Jo and
Alec decided on a hog roast for evening sustenance which was provided
very successfully by a local farmer's son. Linda's sister Jane's daughter
Hanna, who is a great cook. She just rustled up some yummy salads for
over 200 people no stress just as if it was Sunday supper for a family
of 4! Everyone certainly made merry. After indulging thoroughly on the
food and local cider front, the Scots really got the evening off to a
swing with some reeling (scottish dancing to us English). An awful lot
of whooping, clapping and whirling about was enjoyed. How we English wished
we knew how to do it 'proper'. It is such good fun. Even the 80s and soul
band looked as if they were dying to join in whilst setting up for the
evening. A local band, they played well into the night - far longer than
they were meant to. THey were so good that noone would let them go home.
They seemed to enjoy their enthusiastic crowd of dancers and audience
and kept up their encores until they said they really would have to stop
as they had run out of songs that they hadn't already sung!
In a way it was lucky that the evening grew cold because everyone was
having such fun that we may have had no sleep at all that night. People
cooled down somewhat when the dancing stopped, so thankfully we turned
in soon after 3am.
Jo and Alec slipped away to sleep in our cosy little hut in the woods
which Holly, Clova and I had deked with wild flowers earlier in the day
ready for them. They were also left a champagne breakfast package!
On the Sunday friends joined us for a BBQ in and out of the barn. We didn't
have the lovely sunny day of the wedding but it didn't rain. Alec's homemade
oil drum BBQs were brilliant. We munched yummy Logie burgers from Alec's
mothers cattle and our local butcher Joe's bangers (at Pelynt stores).
Hanna came up trumps with more of her tasty salads. This was polished
off with more local cider and local farm ice cream. It was nice to have
more time on the sunday to talk to family and friends. Jo and Alec looked
a little tired but really really happy. They certainly make a striking
couple.
After Jo and Alec left at the crack of dawn on the Monday for their Honeymoon
in Spain, we were surprised and delighted to find Panny, Alec's mother
and Emma his sister together with lots of friends and local family had
stayed to help us with the big clear up. They say many hands make light
work and certainly that was the case over the next couple of days. If
any of you fantastic helpers read this - thank you thank you. What a difference
you all made to what could have been a very daunting few days. By the
middle of the week I walked into the barn and wondered if it had all been
a dream. It seemed sad to think that the music and merriment set off by
wonderful greenery and hundreds of jars of sweet scented bluebells were
no more. We do still have the memory in Jenny's wonderful pictures which
will always remind us of that very special day.
I will give you the link to the wedding photos. If you have a moment you
might want to flick through a few and see how pretty the church and our
shed looked - not to mention the bride and groom!
There are hundreds so don't be bored by them just pick out a few to see
people you know or for instance all our jam jars of bluebells, the traditional
cornish cream tea, the beautiful dresses my sister made for the bride
and all the bridesmaids.
Very best wishes,
Bevis, Linda and us all at Treworgey
Here are the links to view Jo and Alec's wedding........
www.studiomag.co.uk This is
the photographer's home page and you may see she has put a nice pic of
Jo and Hol on her rolling pics.
http://www.photoboxgallery.com/studiomag/collection?album_id=386925672
This is the link from the main site via 'client area' to Jo and Alec
You can also view a few pics on Facebook. Please go to www.facebook.com/Treworgey
9th August 2010.
It's been quite an eventful year so far in our family. In April after 32 weeks of gruelling training Alistair (who was 22 in July) passed out as a Royal Marine. He had two weeks leave conveniently timed to come to Jo and Alec's wedding and has spent the past three months training in America. He is loving it.
In April we also had the first ever Wedding at Treworgey. Some previous guests booked all the cottages and had a marquee for around 100 guests on the barbeque area at the end of the riding arena. They were married at Talland Church and came back to have their photos at Treworgey before a beautifully designed reception in a flower-filled clear-fronted marquee so that they could enjoy the view down to the river. The night before the wedding we all went along to a fantastic rustic 'stag and hen' in the marquee - with a star performance by the Wurzels!
The early part of the year was jam-packed with preparations for Jo and Alec's Wedding on May 15th in Duloe Church with the reception up in the big shed by the tennis court which is now back to log and machinery store and the indoor beach! We had masses of bluebells and bunting, village fete style games, a Cornish tea with splits, scones, jam and cream, pasties, Cornish Orchards delicious sparkling cider and a tasty hog roast. With guests from as far afield as Scotland (Alec's family - lots of kilts!), Tanzania and Tasmania it was a fantastic day for us all. Thank you to all the lovely people who sent their kind wishes.
The only sad news has been the loss of Meg, our 17 year old collie whom many of you knew well. She had a fantastic, long and fun-filled life and in human terms she would have been 119 so she had done very well. Meggie is missed by us all, and it's not the same without avoiding her in the road or finding her curled up asleep in doorways. If anyone has any pictures of Meggie that they would like to share please do at our facebook page www.facebook.com/Treworgey
Secret Garden's new extension is complete!
26th March 2010.
Today Secret Garden re-opened with its fabulous new garden room extension. The spacious room is full of light and extends into the garden from the kitchen. It is set up as a dining room with a comfy arm chair in the corner to sit in peace with a book and admire the view. The extension has underfloor heating and is lovely itself but also makes the sitting room far bigger so that we now have an extra sofa so the whole family can cosy up round the open fire. Secret is now back to the top of the popularity list and booking up fast for next year already!
Welcome to Rhianydd and Ellen at the Riding School
10th March 2010.
Welcome to Rhianydd and Ellen, our two new riding instructors at the Treworgey Riding School. We are sure they will be hugely popular and a great success.
Coombe Kitchen
10th March 2010.
A huge welcome to Linda's sister Jane and her daughter Hanna who have taken over the reins at Coombe Kitchen. With years of experience running their own restaurant, Jane and Hanna make a formidable team with their delicious, reasonably priced, home-cooked food that they deliver to your door - or even your fridge. They have a new menu - please have a look under the drop-down menu 'Food' on this site - of mouthwatering meals and a new range of home-baked tea-time treats as well as introducing new dishes for the whole family to share. Their special Afternoon Tea is an indulgence not to be missed!
Have a look at their new menu: www.cornishdreamcottages.co.uk/meals.htm
Our best wishes to Iain as he leaves us after over two years at Coombe Kitchen for his new project at Blue Plate restauant at Downderry. Opened this year to rave reviews, we wish Iain and Blue Plate every success for the future.
Cornwall Tourism Awards 2009
We have been awarded the Silver award for Self Catering Establishment of the Year - well done everyone! (October 2009)
We are now on Tripadvisor and on Facebook ! Links are on the homepage of this site - please fell free to write us a review on tripadvisor or post pictures and comments on facebook, and see what we've all been up to.
Wireless Internet Connection
Free wireless internet is already available to all in our cosy information room at Treworgey. There is also a computer for guests to use.
Coombe Farmhouse, Stable cottage, Orchard cottage and Hollyhock cottage have free wireless access in the cottages.
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Treworgey Times
Newsletter Jan 2009
What
an eventful year 2008 was! This was our 31st year, and the most
dreary summer weather to date. Maybe that is why everyone spent more time
here than ever, enjoying Treworgey. A great time was had by all from swimming,
riding, pony club, indoor games and tennis, to picnics and walks in our
meadows, in sunshine and in rain.
Coombe Kitchen passed into the very capable hands of Iain and Nick last March. Their meals are a huge success, which is no surprise to us - we know their culinary skills from their distinguished past! Feedback has been excellent. Ian's two and three course delicious meals are excellent value too. Janice expanded her organic fruit, vegetables, meat and goodies stall beside the Information Room this summer. As well as enjoying her home produced sausages and local cheeses, we have had numerous guests buying up her lovely home made jams and pickles etc to take home as gifts.
Following our current green efforts, we were invited to sign up to the ‘Green Tourism Scheme’ for 2008. It was very exciting to be awarded their highest Gold Award. Again Treworgey reaped the Caradonin Bloom award for ‘Best Gardens’ - surprising as the unannounced judges splashed around for ages in the rain! Jenny and Grant (family from Oz) visited for 3 months over the summer again. Their artistic and creative skills have resulted in the fabulous mural of Looe in the playroom. Jenny has also drawn up wonderful maps and quiz games for children (of all ages!) to enjoy here next summer.
Some of the team have created a delightful short walk
around Treworgey. Paths lead through the bluebell wood, through gates,
over styles and down to the stream. A picnic spot has been created in
an idyllic setting beside a shallow pool. Along the lane past
the riding arena, another picnic area has been fenced with Treworgey’s
very special views. Jenny has incorporated lots of fascinating information
on our wildlife into a hunt and quiz. Next visit be prepared for
brain teasing, wildlife and fun! Our new (summer only) marquee above
the tennis court, complete with table tennis, proved to be a great success.
Congratulations to Cheryl who has decided to retrain
as a social worker. Thus sadly she is leaving the riding school this autumn.
Miranda’s hugely popular lessons and pony club will be developed
to make up for less hacking, which will now be available for beginners
and children on a lead rein, or really experienced riders, at our discretion
on a limited basis. Especially during peak school holidays, the riding
lessons in the arena are becoming increasingly popular.
The trusty Treworgey team continue as usual with Richard,
Carolyn and Ingrid, (office & accounts) and Phil Gooders, Les and
Dave (gardens, maintenance & improvements). Julie and her assistants,
Chris & Ann, keep our cottages lovely, along with their team of wonderful
ladies. Miranda and her new assistant, Shallan (Cheryl’s daughter),
run the very popular riding school. Lucy who started
labouring along with us 25 years ago with trowel in one hand and paint
brush in the other, is our very busy Cottages Manager. Linda’s
assistant, Sarah,who joined us last March, is kept busy with tasks varying
from cottage maintenance and gardening to breaking in young horses and
teaching in the riding school if Miranda is very busy! (Sarah is an event
rider in her spare time!)
That just leaves us. Bevis in his 60s, is supposed
to be doing less. It hasn’t happened yet! We wonder how it
takes so many of us to look after Treworgey when there is never enough
time in a day to achieve all that we wish! Maybe the following comment,
entered recently in a visitors’ book, sums it up? ‘Treworgey
never stands still. There is always something new and standards
continue to rise’.
Our three children are busy working
afar. They love to come home to refresh their batteries. Maybe one
day one of them will return to their roots and let us start to slow down.
£5 could win you a fabulous romantic winter/
spring break for 2 in one of our cottages, with one of Iain’s
delicious candlelit dinners for 2. Raffle tickets make great Christmas
gifts too! All proceeds go to this year’s chosen charity, ‘Precious
Lives’ - a new Cornish children's hospice. If you would like
to take part, please make your cheque out for £5 or more to
‘Precious Lives’. The draw will be on Jan 20th.
A big thank you to all who make Treworgey what it is
..... especially to you, our guests, who hopefully enjoy sharing
this magical spot with us. We do hope to see you again before too
long. Why not come and see our new primrose woodland walk opening
in early spring.
Special Offers and Short Breaks. Our romantic short breaks are now available until Easter (excluding school holidays). Spoil yourselves, forget the credit crunch, stay in the UK in 2009 & you’’ll earn double brownie points by helping Cornwall’s economy and saving CO2! Where could be nicer for a post Christmas or spring break - or an idyllic summer country holiday for all ages. Why not give your loved one a break for a gift? We can provide gift cards / vouchers for Christmas and birthdays.
Trelawney - New Three Bedroom cottage Opened May 2008
In May 2008 we opened our new Trelawney cottage to sleep 6. It has fabulous views from the master bedroom, sittingroom and garden down to the Looe river. This lovely 5 star cottage has three double bedrooms and three bathrooms. Please see full details of Trelawney on our website under 3 and 4 bedroom cottages.
THE TREWORGEY TIMES
2007 / 2008.
We, Bevis and Linda, wrote this newsletter from Australia in December.
It did wing it's way home in time to wish everyone a very happy Christmas
and New Year. We were about to return to a Treworgey Christmas with our
children, Jo, Holly, and Alistair, having spent a few weeks visiting Bevis'
92 year old mother and his sister and her family in Tasmania. Linda hadn’t
been there for 13 years. It was interesting to see how the country and
its society has changed and developed in that time.
We wrote ......
Here we are in shorts and ‘T’ shirts in hot sunny December,
with Christmas music and Christmas decorations all around us! Very sad
to leave the family here, and Tasmania, but lovely to be going home
to Treworgey for the festivities as they should be - in winter!
TREWORGEY
NEWS TREWORGEY
NEWSrewTREWORGEY NEWS
2007 at Treworgey was a year of real progress, along
with its highs and lows. Yet again we experienced a wonderfully busy year
with so many familiar happy faces. After a warm and sunny spring, we had
a summer of mixed weather. Yet again all our cottages were awarded 5 stars
by Visit Briain.
Lots of changes made in 2007 were well received. In particular, Treworgey
Guests gave us a big thumbs up for Jasmine's new kitchen and new downstairs
shower room. A transformation.
The new information room has been a big hit too. It is colourful
and fun with lots of holiday ideas to entice you while relaxing on a cosy
sofa. The DVD and games library continually expands. After one or two
teething problems, the new wireless internet and computer installed at
Christmas 2006. is working well, and has proved very popular. While 'surfing
the net ' or DVD choosing, few can resist our new locally grown organic
mini shop selling Killigorick Farm home produced sausages,soups, chutneys,
jams and eggs. Chris from Treworgey’s meal service, leaves her cakes
and buns for the weak willed too - if we in the office haven't crept in
and beaten everyone to it!
Another new service, www.food-4-your-holiday.co.uk, started this year.
If you haven't tried it yet, have a look, you might well want to give
it a go on your next visit. Together with Chris' meals and the organic
stall here, food at Treworgey just gets more and more exciting!
Our big push to go greener hasn't been plain sailing. Our big
excitement for going green in 2007 was the instillation of our new Proven
wind turbine at Treworgey. It was installed in September, sailed magnificently
into production, only to sadly stop sailing two months later because of
a breakdown! We are told a new part won’t be arriving until early
January!
On the solar front, we now have very expensive, professionally installed,
solar tubes on Jasmine roof. The hot water produced is fantastic - the
occasional air locks are not! An inadequate plumbing design is to be modified
this winter. Doubting the experts, we have installed ourselves a DIY solar
tube system to boost River Barn's heat pump, and we have replaced the
pool’s ineffective system for a big bank of DIY solar tubes. The
benefit should be significant.
Recycling is going well and we compost where possible. While early efforts
produced a revolting slime, our composting skills are now improving!
WIN A FREE ROMANTIC BREAK AT TREWORGEY..........
What could be nicer than winning
a three night out-of-season break at Treworgey for two with a log fire
and welcome tray and champagne - as well as crisp white linen, central
heating and fresh flowers. Gift cards are available.
to show our appreciation for Cornwall’s Air Ambulance, we are supporting
them as our chosen charity this year for our usual Christmas and New Year
raffle.
We do hope that lots of you will support us. You never know, one of your
family may need them one day when you are in Cornwall on holiday! They
frequently attend serious car accidents, for example.
Please make cheques out to “Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust”
for £5. If you are a tax payer, please endorse the back of the cheque
with “I am a UK tax payer and want Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
to treat this donation as a Gift Aid Donation”, signed and dated.
These cheques will go into our raffle hat and be drawn on January 27th,
2008. Last year, lots of people gave raffle tickets as gifts. What could
be nicer than winning a three night out-of-season break at Treworgey for
two with a log fire, a welcome tray and champagne? Gift cards are available.
Late summer and autumn 2007 brought wonderful weather. Once again it was
a lovely surprise for Treworgey to receive two Caradon in Bloom awards
for our gardens. Les collected our two shields - one was for
best gardens and one for best kept gardens, which he justly deserved to
receive.
Also this autumn, Miranda took over from Katie (a hard act to follow)
in the riding school and has proved a big hit with her pupils. Katie's
well and expecting her baby in March. Miranda is full of lots of fun riding
and pony care ideas to introduce for children in the spring of 2008.
Lucy, now coming up to the end of her first year as cottages manager,has
found it a real challenge this winter to find long enough unoccupied slots
in the cottages to redecorate and refurbish ready for 2008.
For 2008, Trelawney cottages opens in place of our bed and breakfast suites.
This cottage with fabulous views to the river will sleep 6.
Longer term plans for 2008 include the extension of our outdoor facilities
for families (Lucy and Linda have some fun ideas), and to expand the wireless
internet to some individual cottages at a time. Watch this space.
We are finishing this newsletter at Reading station, waiting for our train
home to Cornwall. We long for a good nights sleep without big hunter spiders
on the ceiling or under the bed! .... and no more snakes!
We say a BIG thank you to the Treworgey team who made it possible for
us to visit our Tasmania family after so long. Special thanks to Lucy
who has coped brilliantly in our absence and overall in her first year
as cottages manager, & Richard who has taken over from Carolyn as
office manager. We look forward to seeing all our regular guests in 2008.
Hopefully lots of new guests will find this website among the millions
of other sites and would like to join our regular Treworgey addicts, some
of whom are still coming to Treworgey since our first season in 1978 -
30 years! We have lots of guests who have been coming for 20 years
including honeymoon couples that now bring their children along ....and
the grandparents - and children that now come as adults with their partners
- and parents who are now grandparents that come back with the dog!........
Why not squeeze in a few days at Treworgey for a full de-stress, laced
with romance, nostalgia, good food, and true comfort, before Easter. Do
get in touch. It is very special for us to share Treworgey with so many
friends and familiar faces and new faces are always so welcome too of
course.
Website: www.cornishdreamcottages.co.uk Email: treworgey@btconnect.com
Tel: 01503-262730
Best wishes from Linda and Bevis, Lucy and the Treworgey team
Happy 2008 to everyone!
Spotted flowering at Treworgey Jan 1st 2008 -
Several camellias, odd daffodils, snowdrops, lots of periwinkles and 6
primroses!
2007 Treworgey Times.
Phew - the christmas and New
Year rush is behind us and we can all catch up with life again!
Spring seams to be here in the middle of winter this year! We have the
first snowdrops and lots of camelias flowering already in the beginning
of January! Last winter was the coldest we have experienced for several
years. The coming of last spring, however, brought with it the usual magnificent
carpet of bluebells in our woods, and the lanes filled with campion, primroses,
ferns and the aroma of wild garlic. Spring turned into a glorious
summer, with lots of long, hot sunny days from mid-May well into September.
Guests spent many happy days riding or swimming in the heated pool.
O ur major project of 2006 - the opening of River Barn on 22nd June -
was achieved comfortably - we had at least an hour to spare! Bevis'
sister, Jenny, and husband, Grant, and Bevis' very active 91 year old
mother, flew over from Tasmania and helped all of us get River Barn finished
on time. Bevis' mother, Lois (often known as Gamma), beavered away non
stop, painting this, cleaning that, polishing the other! We went
to endless lengths to insulate River Barn and Lois' Cottage really well,
while doing our best to maintain the vernacular architecture of the barn.
To further our green interests for Treworgey, we installed a ground source
heat pump for both River Barn and Lois' Cottage. These new technologies
caused a lot of head scratching, but eventually we got there.
T reworgey's drive to turn more green continues: recycling bins
are in place, and plans for a wind turbine and more solar panels are afoot.
An additional project for this winter is to provide, instead of night
storage heating, central heating for Coombe, Stable and Orchard, which
will eventually be fired by a woodchip boiler. New kitchens were
installed this spring in Well and Willow, and the bathroom in Orchard
was replaced. Other proposals for this winter include a
ground-floor shower room for Jasmine, and a new bathroom for Well, along
with a new kitchen in Stable. Some cottages are having controllable
electrical Eco heating installed
Wireless Broadband comes to Treworgey.............. A new cosy Information
Room openend for Christmas 2006, to house where-to-go and what-to-do info,
along with videos, DVDs, Lots of board games, tennis raquets and balls
etc and wireless broadband (bring your laptop or use the computer provided).
We have had lots of takers already.
Guests can now look up the weather, see what's on at the Eden project
or the local cinemas and theatres, or check the tide! ..... Or if
you can't relax all the time you are here, catch up on some work or study.
Having decided not to enter for any tourisum awards last summer,
we had a surprise one day in late summer when there was a firm rap, tap,
tap at our front door. We were just about to leave for an appointment
in town. Bevis answered the door only to be confronted by a group
of ladies with clip boards. “We've come to inspect your gardens!”
Bevis' patience was already strained trying to get away. “Well,
have you made an appointment?” “We don't makhought
this must be some spot inspection by the Tourist Board.Not ideal when
you are in a tearing hurry and late for an appointment “Well,
who are you please?” “We're the judges for the Caradon
in Bloom competition.” “We haven't entered any competitions.”
“No, but you have been nominated anone appointments.”
Bevis tymously.” “Oh, I see … !”
“Linda,” Bevis calls out, “I think you
had better show these good ladies some gardens!” After this faux
pas we were astounded to receive a phone call one evening, “Your
gardens have won the best commercial garden prize and the best overall
gardens!” We were stunned, and delighted, especially for Les who
works so hard with his various helpers on our gardens week in week out.
Congratulations Les, and all involved! Again this year we
achieved a 5 star rating from Visit Britain .
O ur guests here now are marvelling at the bliss of our fabulous
views outside, and peace, warmth and luxury inside. In January you can
enjoy snowdrops and camelias here, cliff walks, great food, shopping &
Eden. Cornwall is famous for spring gardens. From late February you can
enjoy over 65 wonderful Cornish gardens within the National Gardens Scheme,
not to mention the Eden Project, the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the famous
National Trust Gardens in Cornwall. Do look on www.ngs.org.uk or telephone
01483-211535.
A great present idea for loved ones ……Our winter and spring
breaks are excellent value and very popular. Gift cards are available.
Short Break Raffle Last year we raffled a short break at Treworgey
in aid of the Send-a-Cow charity. Due to the high response, two short
breaks were won. The winners were the Riley's, from Essex, & the Airey's
from Hertfordshire. In all, we raised sufficient to purchase goats, numerous
chickens, sheep, fruit trees, fishing nets and training for several families.
Thank you so much for your support! We are offering a similar raffle
for a winter short break for two this year, with all proceeds being donated
to SAUK, a charity with which we have close connections. Many of you know
our daughter, Jo, now 25, who lives a very healthy and un-inhibited life,
walking, riding and skiing whenever she can. At 13, Jo underwent very
major spinal surgery to correct her scoliosis. SAUK provides wonderful
support to families and raises funds for scoliosis research. All monies
raised will be sent to SAUK. Thank you all.
F or entry to this year's raffle, please forward your cheque, made payable
to SAUK for £5, to arrive by the draw date on Saturday, January
27th. We will notify winners shortly afterwards. Thank you in anticipation
of your support - could this be the Christmas present idea you have been
looking for? During 2006 our busy chickens raised £125 from their
eggs to sponsor Richard on his Great South Run for Macmillan Cancer Support.
£500 in total was raised for Richard's run. Thank you, thank you
to all who supported him in financial and "in person" terms!
Happy 2007, everyone!
Best
wishes, Linda and Bevis, Lucy and the Treworgey team
2006 Treworgey Times
Dear All,
Treworgey Cottages are still the highest 5***** star, awarded after inspection
by the ETC. In addition, Treworgey has just received a silver award for
Excellence in Tourism by the Cornish Tourist Board!
Our resolution for 2006 is to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
This includes new recycling points, and new alternative energy sources
.
The major development at Treworgey last year was the opening of Lois's
(Gamma's) new cottage (just for 2 people). It has proved startlingly popular.
We are now very busy making sure that the new River Barn cottage (for
6), which opens June, 2006, is just as stunning. We are attempting to
combine environmentally friendly building practice (high insulation, double
glazing, underfloor heating etc) with traditional craftsmanship, and maintain
the vernacular architecture of the building which has a green oak pegged
roof, and thick uneven stone walls. This lovly cottage is progressing
well. The garden and patio are nearly finished and looking great - and
oh that view!
Last November 25th, Cornwall was carpeted in snow. During October we experienced
mud slides in our lane, and very heavy rain, the like of which we have
never seen in 28 years at Treworgey, and in November more snow than we
have seen since Jo was four - she is now 24! On the 25th, Linda spent
much of the afternoon rescuing stranded children and teachers from the
village school in our Landrover. Richard took the Treworgey team home
in his 4 x 4, and Bevis towed stuck vehicles and fed all the animals with
the tractor. The snow on our hill was incredibly beautiful. Next morning
some of us downed tools and went tobogganiing in the fields below. Sadly
the snow had disappeared by the evening. What a pity we didn't have lots
of children here - just all us older 'children', and a few mad guests!
We had such fun snow balling and whizzing through the snow on our tummies
on straw filled fertiliser bags, collapsing with laughter in heaps at
the bottom of each run.
It all seems so long ago now that all the primroses and blue bells
are in full flower.The gardens and hedgerows are looking fantastic now
we are in early May.
Best wishes
Linda and Bevis.