Yoga Retreats in 2024

Our beautiful manor house, with its splendid grounds and gardens, is a wonderful place to stay with a group of friends but is also perfect for a smaller wedding.

Our lovely Granary in the grounds of the manor house is ideal for a simpler, more intimate wedding with small numbers.

Sadly, our beautiful blank canvas wedding barn is silent and empty - no cheering sounds of happy groups of family and friends come to celebrate a happy couple’s big day. No children and dogs running joyously on the lawns or enjoying the double swing or the rill. The self-catering cottages are empty - usually full of busy people helping to decorate and prepare for the wonderful celebration. Above all - no blissfully happy couple spreading warmth and happiness wherever they go.

And we all know why!

When people talk of Wales they think about rugby, daffodils, male voice choirs and - of course coal, pits and miners. So when you come to the Brecon Beacons (hopefully staying in one of our self-catering cottages or B&B in our beautiful manor house), it is an excellent opportunity to visit one of the icons of south Wales - the Big Pit National Coal Museum.

One of the questions our couples ask very often is, how much local accommodation is there for our guests? At Tall John’s House we can sleep over 30 in the manor house and self-catering cottages, and we have an assortment of local B&Bs on our Suppliers List. Now we have also joined forces with a bell tent business called “Untangled Collaboration”. We have the wonderful location in our fields in front of the house, and they have everything else! No need for taxis, no hassle and a romantic stay. The sort of people who enjoy our blank canvas, do-your-own-thing wedding venue, will also have friends who want the same thing from their accommodation!

With all this free time on your hands, thanks to coronavirus, maybe it’s time to start thinking about DIY weddings. I’m not saying that brides should conduct their own ceremonies (this would be far too confusing for the photographer) but rather they should think about what aspects of their wedding they can prepare themselves. In this article, I’d like to propose some wedding items (centrepieces, flower arrangements etc.) that can be made at home, using items that you are likely to have to hand whilst trapped in your house.

So here we all are in various forms of lockdown and self-isolation.

We hope you are all keeping well and as happy as you can…

This morning we saw our first swallow. I know the old adage “one swallow does not a summer make”.. but it still gives food for thought.

I realise there is a bit of confusion over how the whole civil ceremony works so I am going to try and clarify this for you couples out there.

Yet another victim of this dreaded coronavirus is the wonderful Black Dragon Challenge. We had people staying in our self-catering cottages and also B&B in our Manor House… What a disappointment for everyone.

When a couple book their wedding day with us at our blank canvas wedding venue in South Wales, we suggest in very definite terms that they take out insurance.