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 mai 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 ā-taiao a Rhug. "I haere mai ia ki konei ki te toro atu ki te pāmu. Ko tōna mōhiotanga ki te ahuwhenua ā-taiao, 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: "He maha ngā wā 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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