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Wildlife Project
Who’s that living in our gardens? With just our grounds teams on site during the various lockdowns, we had a few visitors sneaking into our gorgeous valley garden. Lured out by the calm and silence, or possibly attracted to Phil’s packed lunches, we had visits from deer, hedgehogs, kingfishers and a buzzard that took up…
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Cyber Essentials (from the National Cyber Security Centre) is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help protect our organisation against a wide range of the most common cyber attacks. Cyber attacks come in many shapes and sizes, but the vast majority are very basic in nature, carried out by relatively unskilled individuals.…
Read MoreThe Ancient Woods of the Helford River
The Helford River is a place of wonder and delight: one of the very few places in England where ancient woodland meets the sea. This is oak country, and the oaks have the surprising variety of size and shape that only Cornwall and Devon oaks can offer. Smooth wooded hillsides, subtly mottled with the different…
Read MoreVirginia Woolf
With its sprawling sub-tropical gardens and woodland views, its unique position beside the Helford River and its peaceful seclusion from urban life, Budock Vean has long been an admired beauty spot. But, it is also home to a rich and varied history which spans the worship of medieval saints to the popular holiday retreat of…
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