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Building work on our new self catering log cabin continues, as does the brilliant Spring sunshine. Today the block work structure is being filled in using the recycled rubble and broken bricks, quite a labour intensive process. The rubble is shovelled in and then compacted down with the digger and a wacker plate to make a solid surface. It is extremely important to ensure that everything is crushed and compacted correctly or the whole structure could move and crack when the cabin is placed on top of the foundations - we definitely don't wa...
Today has been a mixed one with the unfortunate death of my Derbyshire Redcap hen. I have no idea what was wrong with her? She started staying by the coup all day last week rather than scratting around with the other hens as usual. She got quieter day by day, until this week she didn't even move out of the coup at all, and simply stopped eating. There were no outwardly physical signs of illness and she wasn't infested with mites or fleas - sometimes that can really get them down. I hope whatever it was isn't catching - fortunately the others a...
Wolfman comes to Derbyshire!
February 11, 2010
Animals, Chatsworth, Films, General, History, Peak District, Tourism,Star quality! Sevilla the stallion David and I are eagerly awaiting the release of the film, The Wolfman tomorrow; not because we are avid horror movie fans, but because we stabled Steve Dent's stunt and film horses at Hoe Grange Holidays during filming. We got to know Sevilla the stunning grey stallion, loved by all the leading ladies, and Jimi and Hendrix, the pair of carriage driving horses, and their 13 friends. The location for filming was Chatsworth House, just 14 miles away, not that you will recognise this magniciant building as it ...
This week here at Hoe Grange we've had our own animal rescue to rival that of the TV series. One of our young bullocks (think teenage boy cow!) escaped out of the shed by squashing under the feed barrier and barging through two gates. By some quirk of fate the small gate to the muck hole, which is usually carefully closed, must have been open. The poor animal was almost completely immersed in thick muck with just his head above the slimy mess. It was pure chance that David drove past on the tractor and from his high vantage point could just ...
The snowy weather this year has been amazing and like everyone else we have had fantastic family fun at Hoe Grange sledging and snowboarding in our fields. We are extremely fortunate to have some steep enough slopes for fast, furious runs, and even the odd jump; the only maddening thing is having to climb back up the steep hill with your sledge in tow - it seems such a long way! Sledging with Twix Twix, our Labrador had great fun chasing after everyone on sledges at top speed and biting their ears, making them incapable of steering and ca...







