by Wil Allan | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The word ’boutique’ originates from the French, meaning a small shop selling fashionable clothing and accessories. More recently it has also come to mean a small company that offers highly specialised services in a specific area. It...
by Wil Allan | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
What Makes A Boutique Business Retreat? I believe that houses choose their owners. In 1991 Graig Ddu chose me. You can find that story here: https://tinyurl.com/ydyz5wp3 But back to the present. After leaving an out of character foray into...
by Wil Allan | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
When we observe and preserve an alert watchfulness over life, we can see the unfolding and enfolding evolution of everything – constant change. It may seem banal, but this also includes holiday cottages. I moved to Graig Ddu in 1991 – you can read...
by Wil Allan | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’ll be three years ago this summer that I began restructuring the garden at Graig Ddu. Many of the small shrubs were over 30 years old and reaching the end of their lives, and some were diseased. It was in the ensuing chain-sawing, uprooting and burning...
by Wil Allan | Nov 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reason No 1 – Get Away From Your Work Environment When we separate ourselves from the white noise or our work environment, relinquishing the digital gadgetry that props us up, curious and wonderful things happen. Reason No 2 – Get A Triple A Pass...
