Ardtornish Autumn Newsletter 2014
Ardtornish Autumn Newsletter 2014
Ardtornish Summer Newsletter 2014
Ardtornish Summer Newsletter 2014
The Kitchen Garden…work begins
Soon after Richard was appointed...the real work began. This included, cutting back, weeding and mulching of flower beds, reclaiming, marking out and rotivating 10 new outdoor veg beds. This process took several weeks and included the rather smelly task of transferring 10 tons of ripe manure from the old stable block and included a visit from the lab coats who [...]
“The sheer pleasure of fishing these rivers and lochs is intense”
“The sheer pleasure of fishing these rivers and lochs is intense.” So found the highly prestigious Conde Nast Traveller when visiting Ardtornish last year. Thank you to Justin Cartwright and Oli Pilcher for their lovely six-page article. It’s always fascinating for us to read about Ardtornish as seen through others’ eyes. We’re delighted they liked it so much. You can [...]
Peninsular Communities Get Ferry Fare Respite
Residents of Morvern and Ardnamurchan can at last claim some respite, as a threatened 13% increase in fares for the Corran Ferry have been deferred. Highland Council has climbed down on the original plans for fare rises on the Corran Ferry and voted through a 2% increase for one year only. This despite transport officials pushing for a 13% rise [...]
Meet Richard, our new Kitchen Gardener
I am delighted to announce that I have been appointed as the new Kitchen gardener. For those of you who visited the gardens earlier this year, you will appreciate the scale of the project ahead of me. Whilst this will be a very physically demanding position, the reward of restoring this once thriving enterprise is like enticing a horse with [...]
