Nō te whānau o Lord Newborough te whare o Rhug Manor i Te Tai Tokerau o Wales mai i te rautau iwa, engari i whakatau ia ki te mahi i ngā mea i tētahi atu huarahi.
I tētahi ata paki o Hepetema i Corvin, Te Tai Tokerau o Wales, me āna truffles Labrador tiakarete e arahina ana, whai muri i te tuku i te kōse me te rarauhe ki te tihi o te maunga, kei te whakaahua a Lord Newborough i te tirohanga paripari kei mua i a mātou. 'Ko Di Gu tēnei. Kei mua tonu i te toa pāmu, kei reira ngā Maunga Berwyn. I mua i te wā i honoa ai te whenua ki tētahi wāhanga whenua i te takutai, e 86,000 eka te rahi, engari nā ngā mahi a te waina, ngā wāhine, me te hunga mate i wehewehea ai.
E whitu tekau mā tahi ngā tau o Lord Newborough me tōna whānau. He kūtai kikokore rātou. He kākahu ōkawa, he hāte kōwhai me te huruhuru hipi ō rātou. He kākahu ōkawa ō rātou. I noho rātou ki Rhug (e kīia ana ko Reeg) Manor. Engari ko tētahi o ngā huringa tino hurihanga i puta i te tau 1998, i te wā i tīmata ai a Lord Newborough (Lord Newborough) ki te huri i tōna taonga tuku iho hei taonga tuku iho tūturu i te wā i riro mai ai i a ia te taitara i muri i te matenga o tōna matua, he mea tino rerekē i taua wā. neke.
I ēnei rā, ko ngā mīti rauropi toa a Rhug ("he nui te whakanui i a mātou e Michelin") ko te mīti kau, te reme, te tia me te pīson, ā, e paingia ana e ngā kaimahi tunu kai tae atu ki a Raymond Blanc rāua ko Marcus Wareing. Mai i River Coffee Mai i te whare ki Clarence, he tino reka ngā tēpu kai i ngā wāhi katoa. Heoi, ko te pīson me te Sika (he momo tia Hapanihi ataahua e 70) te mea pea ka whakaoho i tōna kaha tipu: "Ko te tia me te pīson te mīti o te heke mai - he mīti whero "hauora" he kikokore ake i te ika, i te heihei rānei. He nui ngā kohuke nui, he iti hoki te ngako. He kai tino pai, ā, he tino whai hua."
Me i kite tōna pāpā i tēnei wā, e kore ia e mōhio. "Ko te tikanga, he mīti kau me he hipi tēnei. He mahi ahuwhenua iti te whakauru, iti te hua, engari he pai ki a ia te whakamahi i te nui rawa o ngā matū. Me i kī atu ahau ki a ia e hiahia ana ahau ki ngā rauropi, tera pea ka tangohia e ia i ahau. Te tuku iho."
He kaiārahi tonu a Lord Newborough, engari i ohorere ia i tana haerenga hou. Kei te tata ia ki te uru atu ki te mākete ataahua. I ngā tau e rua kua pahure ake nei, he nui ake taku kirīmi i pania ki tōku mata i tōku ao.
He hua tiaki kiri me te tinana rauropi kounga teitei a Wild Beauty. Tekau mā toru ngā hua, tae atu ki ngā putiputi tonic me te stevia, tae atu ki te hinu kaukau bergamot me te ongaonga - 50% o ngā kai o tēnei raupapa nō te whenua.
I mea ia: "I ahu mai i te whenua o konei, me te whakaaro ki ngā mea ka taea e tātou te mahi ki te whare rangatira." "He maha aku haerenga, ā, kei te wheako ahau i te whakaaro kore-taake, "Kei hea te kōrero i konei? Kei hea ngā pūtake o ēnei hua? "Koinei ō mātou whakaaro mō te whakamahinga o te mīti. Ki taku whakaaro he mea nui tēnei, ā, ka pā anō hoki ngā mātāpono ōrite ki te tiaki kiri."
He kai huawhenua, he halal, ā, kāore he kuruteni kei roto i te whānuitanga. I mea ia, "E hiahia ana ahau kia pono, nā te mea ki taku whakaaro he nui te tinihanga i reira." I ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, kua rangahauhia e au he maha ngā hua, engari kāore anō kia kitea he hua e rite ana ki te maha o ngā tiwhikete kua riro mai i a mātou."
I kōrero mai a Iain Russell, te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere a Rogge, he tangata hihiko ia, he tangata kaha, ā, he āhua kore e ngenge. I ia rā ka ara ake ia i te 5.45 i te ata ("Ka whakautu ahau ki tētahi i te 6 i te ata nei, e pātai ana mēnā ka taea e rātou te hoko i ā mātou hua i Rānana"), kātahi ka whakahaere i tana mīhini oma. Ko tana hua hou ko te miihini whakaputa hāora e £4,000 te utu, e whakamahia ana e ia e rua i te rā. I mea ia: "E oati ana ahau: koinei katoa tētahi wāhanga o te rapunga mō te taiohitanga mutunga kore."
I tana tango i te whenua, e iwa noa iho ngā kaimahi, e 2500 eka te rahi, ā, ināianei e 12,500 eka te rahi (tae atu ki tētahi toa, he wharekai, he kai tango me te tereina - koinei te pāmu tuatahi o Peretānia), e 100 ā rātou kaimahi. I mea ia, i roto i ngā tau 12 kua pahure ake nei, kua piki ake tā mātou moni whiwhi mai i te 1.5 miriona pāuna ki te 10 miriona pāuna. 'He pakihi e tipu haere ana tēnei, engari he pakihi kanorau ake. Kāore te ahuwhenua e whiwhi moni, nō reira ko te tāpiri uara me te kai rawa i ngā wāhi katoa e taea ana he huarahi hei whakarite i te haumaru o ngā rawa o muri mai.'
Ki a Richard Prideaux, te kaiahuwhenua matua, i ahu mai tēnei i te pakihi kai mohoao i whakahaerehia e ia i te whare rangatira i mua, i whanake mai i te hoko whenua hei hoko kai mā ngā wharekai rongonui o Rānana ki Wild Beauty. "Ko te mea tuatahi me mahi e tātou ko te pānui i ngā tuhinga rangahau me te kī koinei te tipu o te whenua e mōhiotia ana e tātou, kātahi ka titiro whakamuri ki te whakatau mēnā kei te noho tonu, he aha te mea o nāianei, ā, he aha atu anō?"
I te nuinga o te wā, e waru marama te roa o te wā e tatari ana mō te hua, ā, i runga i te āhua o te wā e kohia ana, ko te whakamahere i mua te mea nui. I whakamārama a Lord Newborough: "I te tīmatanga, i kitea e te kaihanga he uaua ki te pupuri i te hinengaro mārama i ngā wā katoa." I pātai ia, "Ka taea e au te mau i te gorse, ka taea e au te mau i te heather?" I mea a Richard, "Kāo, kāore e taea e koe te noho ki reira i ngā wā katoa."
"Kei te whakamahere ahau i te maramataka mō te tīmatanga o Pēpuere kia mōhio ai he nui te wā hei kohikohi i ēnei kai," te tāpiri a Prideaux. He pukapuka rātaka huarere tā mātou; e hiahia ana mātou ki te mōhio me pēhea te whakataurite ki tērā tau."
Nā te iti o te mahi, e waru hāora te roa o te mahi a Prideaux ahakoa te āhua o te rangi, e kohi ana i ngā mea katoa mai i te kōhatu ki te ongaonga.
He nui ake te tūranga o Prideaux i te ao, ko te kaupapa o tēnei tau "He tangata rongonui ahau… tukua ahau kia puta atu i konei!" "He arataki ora me te kaitohutohu, nā te Covid (Covid), i whakakapia a Ahitereiria e te kamupene ki a Abgeele Castle (Abgeele). Kua tata ia te kimi kai mai i te whānautanga.
"He kaiahuwhenua ōku mātua e mahi ana i tēnei whenua. Kāore rātou e mārama ki ngā tipu katoa o te taiepa rakau, o te mara rānei, kāore hoki rātou e mōhio ki tōna whakamahinga me tōna reka. He mea tino onge tēnei. Kāore au i mōhio ki tēnā tae noa ki taku haerenga ki te kura. Kāore te katoa e whiwhi ana i te mātauranga ōrite."
I tēnei ata, i haere ia ki te kaukau me ōna turi e hohonu ana i roto i te awa, e kohi ana i ngā pīti mai i te tarutaru, he momo tipu e tupu pai ana i te taha o te tarutaru tawhito. "Ko tā mātou whāinga he kohi i te kotahi ki te rua kirokaramu o ngā hua maroke - te āhua nei kei roto i ēnei tipu te 85% ki te 98% o te wai. Ko taku tikanga kohi kai ko te whakapau i te rā kotahi ki te hikoi ki uta, engari kua kite anō mātou i te tiaki i ngā tipu. Ngā tikanga ka taea te mahi i te wā kotahi me te taupori. He tino pakari ngā ture me ngā tikanga kohi: me tuku katoa ngā mea ki te whakahaere oneone."
Ko Meadowsweet te pūtake matua o te waikawa salicylic (he kai e whakamahia ana i roto i te aspirin) me te astringent, e whakaatuhia ana i roto i ngā horoi, ngā serum me ngā kirimi kanohi a Wild Beauty. "E mōhio ana ahau ki ōna pānga rongoā me te whakamamae, engari ko tōna whakamahinga i roto i te tiaki kiri he mea whakamiharo ki ahau," te kī a Prideaux, me te homai i tētahi rau hei kuru. He reka te reka o te marshmallow/kūkama. I mea ia: "Ina maroke tēnei makuku i roto i tō mātou tari, ko tētahi o ngā kakara pai ake." "Me matua tīmata mātou. He ngāwari ki te kī "Haere ki te kohi ongaonga", engari ko te whakatau me pēhea te penapena me te nui e hiahiatia ana. I tūtaki ia ki ētahi wā kino i te huarahi.
He rite ia huruhuru i te taha raro o te rau ongaonga ki te werohanga wai kua whakakīia ki te waikawa formic, he tino mamae. I te wā i maroke ai, kāore i ranea hei memenge i aua huruhuru, nō reira i tā mātou whakamātautau tuatahi, i whakatuwheratia e au te tatau o te whakamaroke, ā, i hongihia e au te kapua o ēnei huruhuru. Kua werohia ahau e te trachea me te pukahukahu. I te wā e whai ake nei ka mau ahau i te kopare, i ngā karapu me ngā mōhiti kanohi. I whānau mai a Lord Newborough i te whare rangatira. Ko tana tamarikitanga he hī ika i roto i ēnei awa me te eke hoiho me ōna tuahine tokorua. He ahua marino, engari kua whakamatau ia i a ia anō mai i tōna tamarikitanga.
"He tino kino tōku pāpā ki a mātou. Kāore i tino pai aku tumanakohanga mōna," tana kī mai ki ahau. "I a au e toru tau te pakeke, i hoea ahau ki waenganui o te Moana-a-Mēnai me te kore e hoe, ā, i kīia mai kia hoki mai ahau me taku ake whakaaro - ko te wetewete i te raro o te poti. Ka whakamahia te papa hei hoe."
Mai anō i tōna tamarikitanga, i kiia ia he kaiahuwhenua pērā i tōna matua. "Me mahi tātou katoa i te pāmu. I taraiwa ahau i tētahi tarakihana i ahau e tekau tau te pakeke." Engari, e ai ki tāna, "ehara i te mea pai rawa atu āna akoranga i te ao." Whai muri i tana peia atu i tētahi kura whakarite mō te whawhai, te whiu pinepine me te oma, ka ako ia i te Kāreti Ahuwhenua, ā, ka tukuna ki Ahitereiria.
I homai e tōku pāpā he tīkiti kotahi te ara ki ahau, i mea mai kia kaua ahau e haere mai mō ētahi atu marama 12, kātahi ka haere ki te hoko i taku ake tīkiti. I muri i tana hokinga ki te kāinga, i whakahaere ia i tētahi kamupene riihi waka rererangi me tētahi papa hikohiko hanga hiko, ā, i muri mai ka tirotirohia e ia tētahi mahere tiaki hī ika i Sierra Leone, i reira i ora ai ia i ngā hurihanga e toru. "I puta mai ahau i te wā e mura ana te pū, ehara i te wāhi pai. I taua wā, kua koroheke tōku pāpā, ā, i whakaaro ahau me hoki ahau ki te kāinga ki te āwhina."
Ahakoa kua maha ngā tau e kai ana ia i ngā kai waro, nō te whiwhinga mai i te whenua i whakatau ai a Lord Newborough ki te hanga anō. "He wā tuatahi tēnei kua whakakotahihia māua e te waro. Ko taku wahine, ko Su (e 32 tau rāua e moe ana, ā, he tamāhine tā te katoa nō tētahi marena o mua) i akiaki tonu i ahau kia haere i tēnei ara, ā, mai i taua wā tonu, kua noho te mahi ahuwhenua hei mea ngahau."
Engari i te tīmatanga, he uaua te mahi. He maha ngā tīma pāmu (tae atu ki te hepara me te kaiwhakahaere matua o ngā kēmu) kua mahi mā tōna matua mō ngā tau neke atu i te 30, ā, kua whakatūria he whakaaro hōhonu. I mea a Lord Newborough: "I whakaaro rātou he porangi rawa ahau, engari i haria rātou e mātou ki Highgrove, kei reira tētahi kaiwhakahaere pāmu whakahihiri. Kia kite mātou i a ia e mahi ana i reira, ka tika. Kāore mātou e titiro whakamuri anō."
Ko te Piriniha o Wales te tino tangata matua i roto i te haerenga a Rhug ki te ao tūroa. "I haere mai ia ki konei ki te toro atu ki te pāmu. Ko tōna mōhiotanga ki te mahi ahuwhenua tūroa, tōna aro ki te taiao, tōna ingoa pumau me tōna pono pono, he wāhanga nui tēnei o tō mātou hihiri. Ka mārama ia. Hei taiepa rakau e tino matatau ana ia ki te mahi, ka taea e te piriniha te tuku atu i ōna mōhiotanga tuatahi. Nā ngā ara matomato o Rogge, te hazel, te pungarehu, te ōki me te tataramoa pango i whakarerekē te tipu me te kararehe mohoao o te whare rangatira, ā, i kite i te hokinga mai o ngā rāpeti, ngā hēki, ngā manu tītī me te whenua tarutaru. I kī a Lord Newborough: "Ka hutia e tōku pāpā te taiepa ka tukuna ki raro - ko tā mātou mahi he rerekē."
Ko tētahi atu kaiārahi me te hoa ko Carole Bamford, nāna i whakatū te waitohu toa pāmu rauropi Daylesford, ā, i whakatū hoki i a Bamford, he momo kākahu me ngā hua ataahua. I kī a Lord Newborough: "Mō te pāmu rauropi, he nui ake tā mātou tauine i a Carole, engari he mea whakamiharo tonu ki ahau ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e ia. He mea whakamiharo ki ahau ngā whakaaro kei muri i tana takai me tōna ingoa pumau. Ā, kei te utu ahau i tētahi tangata e mahi ana i ngā hua tiaki kiri Bamford hei kaitohutohu māku."
I te tīmatanga, i whakaroahia e te Covid te tukunga o Wild Beauty mai i te puna. Kua tino pāngia ngā whenua e tēnei mate urutā, ā, ko ngā pakihi hokohoko te hunga tino pāngia. I mea ia me te pouri: "Ko te Aranga te wā tino pukumahi. Ka tū mātou i te tatau, ka tatari kia pahemo te waka." I mea ia, nā te mea kua tata te putanga mai o Brexit, me kaha tātou ki te whawhai i ngā hongere hokohoko katoa. Kia kite tātou i a tātou i tēnei wā. "Engari kāore mātou e whakawhirinaki ki a Ūropi (20% o te mīti ka kaweake ki tāwāhi - Hong Kong, Singapore me Macau, Dubai, Abu Dhabi me Qatar), nō reira he kupenga haumaru tēnei. Ki taku whakaaro he mea nui te haumaru o te kaha ki te kaweake ki ēnei mākete whai rawa mō te heke mai."
Mō te mate urutā Covid, kāore ia e manukanuka ana mō tōna hauora: "Ka ara ake ahau i ia ata ki te whakakorikori tinana, ā, ki te mate ahau, ka mate ahau." Ko tāna e tino manukanuka ana ko ngā kararehe pāmu. "Me whāngai ngā kararehe, ā, e manukanuka ana mātou mō te pānga o te mate urutā Covid ki ngā kaimahi pāmu." Waimarie, ehara tēnei i te mea e tika ana kia aro atu rātou.
Kāore ia i te makona ki te tū noa. Nā tōna kaha ki te mahi (te taonga tuku iho o tōna tamarikitanga uaua) ka ara ake ia i ia rā, ka whakaaro mō te mahi e whai ake nei? Nō reira, kei hea te taonga tuku iho? "He mea tino nui kia haere tonu te whakawhanake i te raina hua Wild Beauty - kei te ako mātou i te hopi horoi makawe, te whakangawari makawe, te ārai rā - engari e hiahia ana hoki ahau ki te hanga i tētahi waitohu ā-ao, ā, kei te kōrero mātou ki ngā kaituku i Hapani, te Rawhiti Tawhiti me te Rawhiti Waenganui." Mena i mōhio te pāpā kei te whakaputa koe i ngā hua tiaki kiri waro, he aha tō whakaaro? Ka menemene ia me te kore whakapono. "Tērā pea ka tahuri ia i roto i te urupā... Kāo, ki taku whakaaro ka whakahīhī ia. Ki taku whakaaro kei te hiahia ia inaianei ki te kite i te whare e karapoti ana i a ia."
Hei tāpiritanga, kei te whakamahere ia ki te hanga anō i tana kahui pīson e arohaina ana. Whai muri i te matenga o te kirika nui, ka heke te maha o ngā kahui pīson mai i te 70 ki te 20. "He mea pouri rawa te kite me te mōhio kāore e taea e koe te mahi i tetahi mea hei aukati." Heoi, mai i te mea kua mahi tahi a Lord Newborough me te Whare Wānanga o Liverpool ki te whakawhanake i tētahi kano kano ka whakamatautauria ki te pīson Rhug, kei te mau tonu te tumanako.
Ā, kei te āwangawanga ia mō te pānga o te āhuarangi ki te pāmu. 'Kua kite tātou i ngā huringa nui. I ahau e tamariki ana, i hukapapa tonu te roto i konei. Kāore he hukapapa i te takurua. "E tumanako ana ia ki te kimi i te hihiri i roto i te āhuarangi mahana, ā, e tumanako ana ki te whakato i ētahi atu hua o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, pērā i te lavender me ngā waina karepe."
"Me i kore tātou e kite i tētahi wāhi tika mō ngā waina, e kore ahau e miharo i ngā tau 20 i muri mai. Kotahi, e rua rānei ngā māra waina kei Wales ināianei. Me urutau tātou ki ngā huringa."
Kua whakatau ia ki te wehe atu i te pāmu i roto i tōna āhua pai rawa atu. "E hiahia ana ahau kia urutau a Rugg ki ngā whanaketanga ā muri ake nei, kia ora tonu ai. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakamahi i ngā rauemi kua homai e te Atua ki a tātou. Ki taku whakaaro he kawenga tā tātou ki te waiho i tētahi mea pai ake i tā tātou i tuku iho ai." Ki taku whakaaro i tētahi ara ka whakaae ake tōna pāpā.
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