Category Archives: Blog

Our Lovely guest Neville was here again this week.  Vince is very fond of him and he regularly takes Neville on one of our woodland walks.  But sometimes Vince exhibits his “can be wilful” streak.  He did that with Neville.  If … Continue reading →

Vince and the new Gorilla! Vince has just had  a lovely week with Mike & Gina, who usually visit him (and Tor Cottage!) twice a year.  Mike collects Vince at 7:30 each morning and takes Vince through our woods for … Continue reading →

Blackberries Autumn is now here and after a wonderful final weekend of hot sunny weather we had to close down our swimming pool for the winter. The trees are changing colour and our woodland walks offer new vistas, berries, fungi … Continue reading →

Birthday Party Last week the Guide Dog Association had an 80th Birthday Party in Exeter.  Vince met all his relatives and the puppies in training, but he wasn’t allowed a piece of the enormous birthday cake!  However he had lots … Continue reading →

Autumn Breaks September has ended with a glorious heatwave and as our pool was still open & heated to 28C our guests had a wonderful time.  I couldn’t resist taking Pimms No.1 down to the pool – we all enjoyed … Continue reading →

A New Restaurant in Tavistock Peter Gorton, who was the masterchef at the Horn of Plenty until it recently changed hands.  Peter has taken over what used to be “Christophers” Restaurant in Tavistock.  It only seats 24 so is quite intimate … Continue reading →

Americas Cup There is so much happening around us at the moment.  The group of Tour de France Cyclists are attracting a lot of interest on Dartmoor.  Starting this Saturday we have The Americas Cup in Plymouth.  The Hoe overlooking … Continue reading →

Cyclists We had an exciting view of Hot Air Balloons over our valley and this coming weekend we have many of the Tour de France cyclists coming across Dartmoor. I like to take Vince on Dartmoor but I don’t think … Continue reading →

Balloon Festival Over the August Bank Holiday weekend the Balloon festival takes place in Tavistock (6 miles from us). The hot air balloons sometimes appear on the horizon above our valley.  Vince is intriges – he saw some last year … Continue reading →

Lots of Events in Devon during the past few weeks and Vince has been to some of them. We had the National Fireworks competition in Plymouth – a spectacular show of fireworks from Plymouth Hoe with the sea as a … Continue reading →