The weather was kind, warm sun brought out swallows and swifts in great numbers for their early morning swirl above the lawn. One “twitcher” had come specifically to find the Half-collared Kingfisher. Bingo, three on one pond, and interacting for nearly an hour. A pair of Yellow-throated Woodland-Warblers was another bonus, supposedly common but always […]
Our Forest Retreat Spa is one of our favourite spaces at The Cavern; we find ourselves many an afternoon practising quality control, particularly on the massage menu. One friend who is well ‘spa’ travelled informed us, they have never experienced such a relaxing facial in all the earth as at The Cavern. And her husband
There are incredibly special people that come in and out of our lives and Mam Es is one of those ladies. Just scroll through our social media videos and find our team dancing “Jerusalema” and in the middle Mam Es makes a gorgeous appearance. Dancing outside Room 66 with that special spring in her step
From our Wine Cellar to your Dining Room table Remember back when Cyril announced Level 5 lockdown would begin in 2 days? It was all rather pandemonium, everyone securing groceries, wine purchases and enough loo paper to survive a year of lockdown! We were told for 3 weeks. In fact, it wasn’t was it? House
A new bird, not quite qualifying for the Cavern list, is the Banded Martin. It’s easily seen perched on the roadside fence about a kilometre beyond the Cavern entrance. Otherwise birding was fairly quiet with one exception; the Red-chested Cuckoo did not let us down. It’s quite late in the season to hear it –
