4-star holiday cottage near Malvern, Worcestershire

News

  • Brochure improvements

    We have added more pictures to the Rhydd Barn Brochure and updated a few of the existing ones. Also made a few minor changes in layout and to the map on the back. You can download a copy of the brochure in PDF format from the link at the top of the sidebar to the right. It may take up to 30 seconds to download depending on the speed of your internet connection. The brochure is a summary of all the information on this site including the pictures.

    We are also adding more pictures to the site itself over the next few weeks and a few more new features will appear soon after.

  • Removal of ash tree

    Sadly, we have had to remove an ash tree which has been growing in ‘the dingle’ behind the barn. It was growing so close to the barn that it needed cutting back regularly to avoid branches touching the bedroom window and overhanging the roof.

    The tree was cut down, section by section, by the son of one of Rosemary’s cousins. Most of the timber will be used for firewood. Some branches were carefully stacked to one side of the dingle to make a habitat for invertebrates such as beetles.

    Having removed the tree, the whole space behind the barn is opened out and much lighter.

  • New washing machine

    A new washing machine was installed in the barn on Friday 13 November.

    It was bought from DAR (Malvern) Ltd., 101-105 Worcester Road, Link Top, Malvern,  WR14 1EP. They were very helpful: helping us to choose an appropriate machine and also installing it in the barn and taking the old machine machine. It is a Bosch WAA24171GB model which is exclusive to independent shops like DAR and also John Lewis.

  • Washing machine not working

    Our news pages are just so thrilling! It seems the washing machine in the barn is broken down and would cost as much to repair as buying a new one. In the meantime, alternative arrangements have been put in place so that washing can be done in another machine in a nearby building on the site. We hope to fit a new machine in November.

  • New website for Rhydd Barn

    We have now finished uploading and testing this new website for Rhydd Barn. It is still a work in progress but the main content from the old site is now all included. This  new site went ‘live’ on Tuesday, 20 October 2009.

    We have installed WordPress to run the site which gives us a lot more functionality. The old site was basically a hand coded ‘home page’ of the type common in the earlier days of the web. We can now more easily edit the site, add news items and pictures and have our own availability calendar. We would love, in time, to add pages about the history and reconstruction of Rhydd Barn and much more local information, including our favourite walks and places to visit.

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