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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“Sheer” horror…. sheep rotting!
June 25, 2014
Animals, Awards, Derbyshire, Farm, watercolour painting,Excellent news! Our resident artist Roger Allen has won a Derbyshire County Council Award for his watercolour and pencil drawing at The Derbyshire Open arts competition. The award winning painting is incredibly detailed, but may not be to everyone's taste as it depicts some grim images of rotting sheep. I hasten to add that our flock are all live and well and were not models for this painting! Roger's watercolours usually capture the stunning local Peak District landscape and are a pleasure to behold, but Roger drew his inpiration for this da...
Electric car… charging up the Derbyshire Hills
June 18, 2014
Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Wind turbine,With great advances in electric car technology it's now even possible to explore the hilly Peak District in Eco-friendly style. Our friend has had this BMW3i on demonstration and bought it up to show us. With a range of over 140 miles at around 1p per mile and zero road tax, it makes great sense. And by plugging it into our renewable electricity source it becomes almost free to drive! Charging the next generation of Electric cars at Hoe Grange Hoe Grange has been a listed member of the Zero Carbon World network of car charging points for two y...
Finalists in the Climate Week Awards
February 21, 2014
Awards, Derbyshire, Family, Farm, Peak District, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Wind turbine,We are delighted to announce that Hoe Grange Holidays has been selected as one of four finalists for the Best Business Initiative category in the Climate Week Awards to be held on Tuesday 4th March at the Excel Centre, London, as part of the launch event for Climate Week 2014. Instigated by Kevin Steele in 2011, Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future. Culminating in a week of activities from 3rd to 9th March 2014, it showcases practical solutions from every sec...
Living the green dream
February 12, 2014
Awards, Building, Cows, Derbyshire, Eco, Farm, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, self catering holiday, Tourism,David and I are feeling like celebrities as we have been featured in The Derbyshire magazine as part of their "At home with" series - two double page spreads with glossy photos explaining how the decision to diversify our original farming business with the addition of self-catering log cabins has led to the creation of one of the top 20 green tourism businesses in the UK. It was exciting being interviewed and David was able to explain that building log cabins was originally an idea his father had over 50 years ago, but he was refused planning ...
My moment of fame!
December 16, 2013
Accessible Holidays, Awards, Derbyshire, Off-road wheelchair, Peak District, self catering holiday,Flash, bang wallop - what a picture, what a photograph! My brief moment of fame caught on camera when Dragons' Den guru, Theo Paphitis, presented me with my #SBS (Small Business Sunday) winners certificate at the ICC in Birmingham. Theo Paphitis presenting Felicity with her #SBS winners certificate What an amazing inspirational day meeting hundreds of other successful, forward thinking businesses at the #SBS Winners conference. Theo was motivational, yet down to earth, answering any questions from the floor, and took time to chat to all the ...







