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Derek and Jeannie Tangye gave up highly successful London careers in order to find fulfilment in
running a flower farm at a remote location on the cliffs in the far west of Cornwall. Despite
considerable hardship they persevered and succeeded in living their rural dream whilst also pursuing
writing careers based on their experiences. Derek Tangye's series of nineteen autobiographical books,
‘The Minack Chronicles’, in addition to describing their way of life, relate to their donkeys and cats in a
most fascinating way; their abiding love of wild animals; the unspoilt countryside and recognition of
the value of solitude.
As was their wish, the Minack Chronicles Trust was set up to preserve Oliver Land as a Nature
Reserve and to maintain it forever as ‘A Place for Solitude’. Just before Jeannie died Derek arranged for
a signboard to commemorate this.
The dark green wooden sign, which is two feet square, is inscribed, in yellow, with the following
words:
THE DEREK AND JEANNIE TANGYE
MINACK CHRONICLES
NATURE RESERVE
'A Place for Solitude'
running a flower farm at a remote location on the cliffs in the far west of Cornwall. Despite
considerable hardship they persevered and succeeded in living their rural dream whilst also pursuing
writing careers based on their experiences. Derek Tangye's series of nineteen autobiographical books,
‘The Minack Chronicles’, in addition to describing their way of life, relate to their donkeys and cats in a
most fascinating way; their abiding love of wild animals; the unspoilt countryside and recognition of
the value of solitude.
As was their wish, the Minack Chronicles Trust was set up to preserve Oliver Land as a Nature
Reserve and to maintain it forever as ‘A Place for Solitude’. Just before Jeannie died Derek arranged for
a signboard to commemorate this.
The dark green wooden sign, which is two feet square, is inscribed, in yellow, with the following
words:
THE DEREK AND JEANNIE TANGYE
MINACK CHRONICLES
NATURE RESERVE
'A Place for Solitude'
A series of 19 books
written by Derek Tangye
about his life on a flower
farm in the far west of
Cornwall with his wife
Jeannie and their many
animal friends.
Oliver Land is protected
as a Nature reserve. It is
a place that readers of
the books or public may
visit as a
‘Place for Solitude’
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