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This lockdown life and other musings

April 25, 2020

It’s now week four of our lockdown, so how is life at Ednovean farm, now that Luxury Bed and Breakfast is most definitely “Orff”.  Well, after a brief period of feeling redundant and superfluous to society’s needs, it’s surprising how the amount of work has expanded to fill the time available! They do say nature abhors a vacuum.

Lockdown projects to fill the days

The completed potager - a lockdown project
The finished layout – with a salvaged gate and donated bark paths

As I mentioned in my last blog Spring sends her love letter to the World Charles had a partial knee replacement just before lock-down. His recovery has been spent working on his long cherished dream of building a potager within one of the empty rooms of the Italian Garden.

Potager garden at Ednoean Farm
Twin obolisks add some height and finally we’ve set a terracotta pot at the centre

Two and a half tons of top soil has been barrowed to him through the gardens to organise in the raised beds.

I finally got the barrow journey down to seven minutes! Now all that is needed is a daily pilgrimage to check for new green shoots!

I spent each day barrowing the materials down to the potager

Finally the paths were finished with a “Corona virus economy” of chipped bark, rather than the planned gravel. The chips were left behind by the tree surgeons clearing electric wires on the farm and around the village so easily obtianed and free.

This equestrian life

Silver white stallion beside daffodil field
The glorious countryside around West Penwith Photo credit N. Groves

Then there’s always our other life spent in the stables to keep us occupied. Danni or Danilon to give him his full name is our Pura Raza Espanola stallion. Well he has never looked so well this spring, basking in our nearly full attention.

Here’s a snapshot of his life!

Working in hand to improve his collection and suppleness

Training spanish stallion in hand - Ednovean Farm
The car park makes a great training ground for in hand training. The whip is held like an épée – Here Danilon is making the extremely collected trot in place Piaffe
Horse stretching
Danni taught himself this stretch – very yoga if I’m not mistaken!

Danni’s days enjoying the countryside


“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!” So Danni enjoys exploring the cornish countryside as much as I do.

Ancient bridepaths decked with spring flowers - west Cornwall in springtime
Ancient bridepaths decked with spring flowers – west Cornwall in springtime – photo credit Niki Groves
Blacksmith or farrier at work hot shoeing
The farrier brings his mobile forge to the farm to shoe Danni every month. Our guests often stop to watch this traditional craftman at work

Venturing out – the supermarket run

To start with each visit was spent peering glumly at the empty shelves and felt almost post apocalyptic. Now there appears to be an ordered calm, multi coloured tape on the floor and a nice man spraying my trolley with disinfectant before I use it.

Local shops

It must be said that the village shop has come up trumps, delivering organic bread and local farm milk. I also spotted great butcher from St Just, who delivers local sausages to make Charles swoon. These locally made suasages will be added to our breakfast menu as soon as we are able to reopen our Dining Room.

Thursday night is clapping night

Waiting to clap the NHS - lockdown ritual on Thursdays at 8.00pm
Spud and Chalres in position ready to clap the NHS (or bang saucepan!)

Our big night out tends to be clapping or the NHS each week. If we’re lucky the church bells ring in the village below and whoops and holoas ring around the valley. Somebody asked “Can Spud can clap?” So any cat-training tips to confound our social media fans would be very much appreciated!!

The april lockdown and the irises are in flower

Just chatting

This week in the fourth week of our social shutdown my blog is an unashamed chat about life at Ednovean Farm. But isn’t it curious how we’ve started to  chat to we people we’ve never met? Well to put it more precisely bellowing across at least a ten foot gap, that has now the social norm. I’ve enjoyed exchanging chatty e-mails, with friends and watched my inbox ready to enjoy their gossip in return.
Stay safe and well and we’ll see you soon!

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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