Symonds Yat Rock Lodge

22/10/2026

What a glorious Autumn day in the Wye Valley 🍁

16/09/2026

Sooo looking forward to trying this - love perry. It’s healthy ch*****ne!

It's a fabulous year for pears. The hot sunny weather creates brilliant sugar levels in the fruit and the excellent deep roots of a pear tree help the tree thrive even in drought conditions. We were proud to be able to speak to Tom Jeffreys at The Telegraph in more detail about perry pears, growing them, and making perry from them. 🍐

Perry is itself a whole world with as much complexity, mystery and flavours as c***r, or indeed w**e or b**r. 🍎 Yet it is so difficult to find due to the impracticalities of producing it and the not insignificant challenges of growing the pears. You can take your first steps into the world of perry by heading to our webshop where we have put together a selection box of the best of our range. 🥂

Discover perry in person at the UK's only Perry Festival in just two weeks time at the Malvern Autumn Show Malvern Shows. 🌳

Big thanks to Mark Hopper of the NACM for connecting Tom to us and sharing the news about the quality of pears this year.

You can read the piece here:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/17c9b46d02074930

16/09/2026

19/08/2026

Scales men at the Viewpoint All grown up!

25/06/2026

Monmouth Town Hall clock reflected

09/06/2026

Lovely walk to The Boat Inn today. There via the Kymin and back along Wye Valley Walk to discover the new bench

24/04/2026

Beautiful local walk highlighted in The Times this week

13/04/2026

Looks like our little pear tree is working hard Weather is beautiful and blossom and bluebells are making it glorious