Ellie and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who visited, browsed, purchased, donated and and enjoyed the recent Nomad’s Tent exhibition at Chesters. We both had a great time hosting it, and Jo Heaney and her front-of-house team ensured that it ran like clockwork. We even managed to raise a considerable sum for Macmillan Cancer Care, which has got to be a good thing.

But, of course, there was also the chance to win a fantastic bottle of champagne … and the winner of that bottle is Louise Stewart!

So will we do it all again next year? Definitely … and we hope we’ll be running more events like this in the future.

It’s been a summer of waiting here at Chesters, but we now have a beautiful baby daughter – Liliana, or Lily for short. Children certainly have a way of putting things in perspective, and Lily’s arrival has only made us more determined than ever to make the right decisions for the future of Chesters. Speaking of decisions, we’re also waiting on the results of our brewery grant application. We’re now assured that we will get an answer by the end of the month, and if the project gets the go-ahead, we should be brewing by the beginning of next year. So there’s a lot going on at the moment, especially with our upcoming Nomad’s Tent exhibition and the return of Country House Rescue!

There is no better place for Autumn salmon than the Tweed Valley, and the River Teviot is at its best between October and November. It’s our first year of renting the fishing out commercially at Chesters, and we still have availability in both months. And if you need help finding somewhere local to stay, we’re more than happy to help. Our stretch of river can take 4 rods and averages just under 20 salmon a year, although it hasn’t been fished much in recent years.

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