It has been some time since an update on renovations on Brynteg. This is mainly due to focusing on other projects and wanting to finish off work on the annexe. Although there are minor finishing touches to apply to the annexe, the development has transformed the building from an empty cold shell to a small…
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Advice for local planning authorities Source: Protected species and development: advice for local planning authorities – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The above link has been shared with @angleseycouncil as a reminder of the laws they have broken by allowing planning permission for Land and Lakes to tear up the home of protected species. The following points were…

On Wednesday, 1 February 2023, the Planning and Orders Committee of Anglesey County Council held a virtual live-streamed meeting.
Since moving to Anglesey, we’ve been introduced to something in the garden we rarely see in Warrington…mole hills. My first reaction was to purchase humane items that would deter the moles from the garden, but never got around to it. Mainly because the country is their home as well as ours. So rather than deter…
Penrhos Country Park, an ancient woodland dating back to the 1700s, homes rare and protected wildlife, came under threat of being demolished by Cumbria-based business ‘Lands and Lakes’ (L&L) which had planning permission to build a holiday park on the site. In 2022 Penrhos Country Park won Fields in Trust Award for the UK’s favourite…
A decades-old tradition that drivers from Cheshire and beyond possibly mistook for a noisy tunnel is in fact something else entirely. If you’re travelling from Cheshire to the North Wales coastline, you will most likely have driven down the A55. Known as North Wales’ busiest road, it was originally built to link Chester and Bangor…
It has been a while since I last wrote a blog about the development of Brynteg. We have been rather busy trying to catch up on the year lost to COVID-19 restrictions. News coming soon…
Wood ash is an excellent raw resource that has many benefits and uses.
Below are the benefits of using wood ash in the garden – practical ways of using it for plants and in soil.
A lot of the blogs over the years have been about renovations of the cottage and annexe. Now it is time to write about the land.
What a fantastic month this has been. Despite the circumstances with COVID-19, there has been a vast progression with the renovations with the cottage and annexe.