Tregullon Holidays

04/09/2026

Our daughter Holly has been working on a dairy farm for the last two years alongside her uni degree in agriculture and this has sparked her passion learning about sustainability, welfare, genetics in breeding and climate change within farming.
Aswell as becoming student governor for all of the Cornwall college centres she has won the Cornish mutual student bursary this last year and has now just won the West Country Dairy Awards 2026 after winning the Cornwall rounds and going on as a finalist repressing Cornwall to win against Devon, Dorset and Somerset’s finalists and some serious competition. Holly brings home the legendary silver cow trophy and £2000 aswell as a number of wonderful opportunities coming up!
Well done Holly we are incredibly proud of your hard work around your 4 jobs putting you through uni and your studies. Holly has had some great support and mentoring from her bosses Simon and Ali Ward, her uni tutor Paul Ward and more recently mentoring from some top people within the industry who are offering Holly future opportunities which we are so grateful for. Keep going Holly the stars are the limit if you work hard, stay humble and grateful and are brave enough to take those leaps of faith, learn from the failures and keep going to earn the wins.

16/08/2026

Richard had to hand milk Daisy today to get the colostrum for her twin calves as they haven’t tried to drink yet. Richards grandad would have been proud as he had to hand milk their dairy herd lol. Safe to say we won’t be starting up a dairy herd anytime soon lol.

16/08/2026

15/08/2026

These absolute clowns do this to get attention. One calf does it in the field, yard and now to the vet and has taught his mate! The vet did check before anyone worries and it is just them being clowns. 😆🤪

12/08/2026

Came across this crazy fungus in the woods it’s fluorescent orange. Any know what it is?

10/08/2026

Ok so it turns out that quite a lot can go wrong with pigs 🥴
They lasted approximately 10 seconds before they broke out. We have only just got in from re fencing the paddock and upgrading every part of it so fingers crossed we will wake up with the pigs still in the paddock. Wish us luck!!

10/08/2026

This is a day late as they arrive today but it’s a dreckly day on a Sunday lol.

03/08/2026

Anyone here on the 12th of August you are getting the best view of the eclipse in the uk! But get your glasses online for it 😊

☀️ Eyes down!☀️
No, we aren’t playing bingo; we are playing let’s not go blind, and that photo isn’t an error; it’s what your vision could permanently be like without safe viewing of the eclipse!

Brought to you by Cornwall Flooring & Home Co

August 12th sees the UK’s first solar eclipse in many years.
The path of totality (that is, a full eclipse) crosses eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, passing just southwest of the British Isles on its way, reaching around 96% totality here. This makes Cornwall one of the prime places for viewing it, with the remainder of the country getting around 90-91% totality.

However, I cannot stress enough how important it is to view it safely!! Looking directly at the sun's UV rays can cause one of two outcomes.

Photokeratitis, or sunburn of the eye, causes incredibly painful burns to the surface (Cornea)of the eye and the best bit? You don’t even know you’ve done it until around 6 to 12 hours later when even the toughest people start to question their own reality!
Any welders in the group with recoil in horror at the term “Arc eye”? This is essentially what photokeratitis is. Usually caused by looking at a welding torch without proper eye protection, but can also be caused by looking at the bright sun reflection off water or snow.
It causes intense pain in the eye with a gritty feeling, swollen, constantly watering eyes, and sensitivity to light. Imagine vinegar in your eyes are you’re not far off.

It usually settles within 72 hours, like a normal sunburn, but there’s no cream for this one!!

Going one step further, looking at the sun can cause irreversible damage by way of solar retinopathy. This is essentially sunburn to the back of the eyes. This can cause permanent blindness, blind spots, colour and shape distortion. Often irreversible, but at best, a scar to your retina leading to a permanent blind spot or black spot in your central vision.

So, how can the eclipse be viewed safely?
Not with sunglasses is the first thing. Sunglasses, no matter how dark, simply do not offer adequate protection and are as much use as a chocolate teapot.

1. Eclipse glasses with an ISO 12312-2 rating are the only approved glasses safe to view an eclipse with. They can be bought online and really aren’t expensive.

2. A homemade pinhole. A piece of cardboard with a small hole no more than 2- 3 mm wide. Stand with your back to the sun, holding up the cardboard and directing the image onto a piece of plain paper. A colander has the same effect! Again, back to the sun, hold up the colander to project the image onto a plain flat surface.

3. Do NOT use cameras, binoculars or telescopes to view the eclipse without the correct filters, or you will intensify the effects of the sun. Once again, filters can be bought inexpensively online.

So if you want to continue to read Dave’s daily reports, or Gus and Smudge's disdain for the weather… get those glasses on or make a safe-to-use pinhole!

Sarah
KWT

31/07/2026

We are vaccinating our whole herd against this current outbreak of bluetongue that is in the local and wider area. It is transmitted by midges biting the cattle and although not always fatal it makes them very sick if they recover.
Many farmers are vaccinating their flocks and herds and this has led to a shortage in the vaccine so it is stressful but we are grateful to have the vaccine in hand and have spent the last two days injecting and using a fly pour which goes along their back and head to help deter the flies.
It’s a two part process so same again in two weeks and it takes a month for full protection.

Farming always throws a curveball if it’s not the heatwaves it’s something sense but farmers are also resilient and adaptable and we just deal with what is infront of us that day as a team and always try to remember the positives and the odd bit of silliness along the way or else it could overwhelm you. We get to work outdoors in beautiful surroundings working with animals and be our own bosses and I truly am grateful for the good, bad and fun days xx stay positive and on the bright side the tan is coming along marvellously!!!