Busman’s Holiday at Gliffaes The hotel has re-opened after a four week closure, everyone is back rested and rearing to go. Painting, tiling, electrical testing, deep cleaning, new computer servers installed, tarmacking and general repairs finished….well almost. Maintaining an old building is on-going and we are already working out the next priorities, the first of [...]

More Specimen tress at Gliffaes With the planting of a further 17 specimen trees yesterday it rounded off nicely a year in which Susie and I started to really make more of the spectacular trees we have at Gliffaes. Starting three or four centuries ago past inhabitants of Gliffaes have taken a long term view [...]

As I went to let my ducks out a couple of mornings ago I saw the first snow on the Brecon Beacons. It seems very early to see a sprinkling of icing on my favourite hills, but it was a beautiful crisp Autumn morning and the trees looked magnificent lit by the November sun against [...]

Guided Autumn Tree Walks and FREE Lunch Yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch – now and again. But you have to earn this one, although I hope you will not find it too much of a hardship. Gliffaes has long been known for its collection of magnificent trees, a superb collection [...]