A visit to three Castles; Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle. Almost a thousand years ago the border between England and Wales was definitely view by the English as the ‘Wild West’. The Celts were unruly and dangerous and the border lands, known as the Marches, had to be defended against the Welsh.  Around 1100 the [...]

We have around 80 wines on the list not including Champagne, sparkling and  dessert wines, and I like to include types of wine from around the globe that really show off the best wine offerings and grape varieties. Today I pulled off a sales report from the last four months to see what is moving [...]

I love bikes and with the sun shining for the first time in weeks it was time to seize the moment and ride one of my favorite loops from Gliffaes. This 22 mile loop takes in Llangorse Lake and then a very undulating 10 miles or so into the small village of Talgarth which sits [...]

At the moment a lot of words are written about sourcing of food and how far food has to travel to get to the plate and such like but very little thought has been given over to how we dispose of food waste. Waste has to travel to landfill and then lies in the landfill, [...]