It’s a long way from a Portsmouth post office to a remote Montgomeryshire watermill but that’s where Matt and Anne Scott ended up after they decided on a radical career change. Originally wanting to start a campsite, they purchased a property with an ancient watermill on it and became dedicated artisan millers instead.

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Press article from 1969.

The old mill wheel will soon be turning again at Bacheldre Mill, Churchstoke, grinding the heads of wheat between the huge flat stones just as it was done centuries ago. For this relic of a long passed era is to be brought back to life by its new owner, Mr George Corfield.

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Before he is ready to be interviewed, Matt Scott says he just needs to put the goats away. He’s already done the chickens, he adds, so he won’t be long. It’s not a bad palce to work, he admits, surveying the breathtaking 500 acre plot in Montgomery, rural Wales, complete with an 18th century watermill, which he and his wife use to produce a range of award winning flour.

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