The good life at Second Valley

Last year, intrepid couple Iain Calvert and Hayley Pember-Calvert made the bold decision to take over the reins of Second Valley’s historic Leonards Mill restaurant. Motivated by a desire to own something together – and armed with hospitality, management and retail skills – the couple swiftly developed a vision. ‘We fell in love with top end country pubs in the UK and kind of wanted to do something like that,’ Hayley says.

After looking around for a few years, it seemed like fate when their offer on another business fell through; not long after, Leonards Mill came back on the