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.
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 ...
The weekend of October 12th and 13th 2013 presents you with the opportunity to see some of the Peak Districts more sustainable businesses at first hand. Hoe Grange Holidays is taking part in the Green Buildings weekend being organised by Friends of the Peak District, alongside other venues such as The Derbyshire Eco Centre, Dove Valley Centre, Wheeldon Trees Farm and Beechenhill Farm, to name but a few. Here at Hoe Grange you can see our Wind Turbine, Solar PV tracking System, Ground source heat pump and air source boilers all working togethe...
Our Evoco wind Turbine is now up and running, as I speak it is boiling the kettle, running the computer and lighting up our lives! Wind power After leaving our foundations to cure for a few weeks the tower was erected last week, then ironically we had to wait for the wind to die down before completing the installation. On Tuesday, Leigh and Ed from Loyran Renewable Engineering came and raised the tower and switched the beast on. Within seconds the power was flooding in, and today the blades have been whirring round reaching maximum speed at ti...
Play ground Especially for our younger guests visiting us in the Derbyshire Peak district we have now installed a magical fort to play in, complete with slide for emergency evacuation. So if the Indians get to close or tea is ready, you can be down on the ground in seconds, and with the wooden tractor on hand you can make a quick get away. But the children are not the only ones playing this week. Our Gloucester Old spot piggys Pinky, Perky, Pepper and Pumba have been exploring the great outdoors and having great fun rooting around in the grass...
David is following in the footsteps of his Great Grandfather, William Brown, by constructing a tractor for Hoe Grange. Although slightly different! Tedding the hay with a Model T Model T with mid mounted mower Great Grandpa's tractors were constructed in the 1930's using Ford Model T cars as their base. Tractors were hard to come by and expensive, so these machines were cleverly adapted for various jobs around the farm from cultivating, and mowing to tedding or turning the hay. William Brown was an amazing engineer who was ahead of his time ...