Browse through our blog posts to find out what life is like at Hoe Grange Holidays along with some great ideas for days out in the Peak District.
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Tia, Maria, Coco and Channel, Elliot's 4 grown up sheep are feeling the cold a little more today. Local sheep shearer Michael removed their big woolly coats ready fro the summer. Tia looses her bid woolly coat The fleeces are just right for removal at the moment as the wool is starting to loosen naturally. If it is not removed soon it will start to fall out on its own. Barrrr it's cold!!! It must be a bit of a shock for the poor things, as its not very warm this morning, but the new wool soon starts to grow. By the end of summer they will...
Introducing the latest members of the Hoe Grange family
April 13, 2011
Animals, Family, Farm, General, Lambs,Lambs Elliot our son has taken on rearing 4 new lambs this year. Their mothers all had three lambs and would struggle to rear them all successfully, so one is taken off her and hand reared to give them all a better chance. This year we have 4 to feed, 4 times a day with a bottle! Elliot has named them Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte after the girls from 'Sex and the City'. Lets hope they don't get into as much trouble as their name sakes. They will have to learn to get along with all the other animals on the farm and have already ...
Lights, camera, action!
March 23, 2011
Animals, Awards, Derbyshire, Farm, Films, Free range hens, Peak District,Filming for the awards Beautiful brilliant sunshine today here in Derbyshire for the video shoot for the Enjoy England Excellence Awards on 15th April, when we have been shortlisted in the Access for All category. David secured the starring role, whilst I was cast with a non speaking bit part in the distance - hey hoe! The crew also wanted to film the farm animals, which took some considerable time trying to get the free rannge hens and sheep in the right place, and the horses to come trotting across the field. David ended up feeding ...
4 Shires Hunt meet at Hoe Grange
March 15, 2011
Animals, Bloodhounds, Derbyshire, Farm, Horse Holidays, Hunt, Peak District,Four shires bloodhounds up the hill Sunday was a fabulous clear day with plenty of sunshine for the 4 Shires Blood Hounds meet here at Hoe Grange in the spectacular Peak District countryside. We are used to horses staying here on holiday, but not quite so many at one time, and it was wonderful to watch them galloping across the farm fields. It really is a magnificent sight with the horses, beautifully turned out, galloping after these large bloodhounds in full cry as they pick up the scent of the human runner. beautiful bloodhounds waiting...
Easy access ramp
March 3, 2011
Accessible Holidays, Animals, Building, Derbyshire, Family, Farm, Free range hens, Peak District, self catering holiday,David laying it on thick with his trowel! This week David has been busy building an easy access ramp into the new Daisybank self catering log cabin, in preparation for our first guests and a photo shoot of our new facilities. It will be brilliant for everyone - wheelchairs, pushchairs, guests who bring bikes and young children. It was quite a challenge to get the gradiant as gradual as possible - there was much pacing up and down, placing sticks and string, measuring and calculating, replacing sticks and string, referring back to the Nationa...







