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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GTBS Awards
June 13, 2011
Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, Recycling, self catering holiday, Tourism,The Green Tourism Business Scheme held an awards ceremony at the Royal Thames Yacht last Thursday as part of Green Toursim Week , which was a great excuse for David and I to spend a wonderful few days in London and be guests ourselves - just for a change! Highly Commended by GTBS We were delighted to be Highly Commended for our efforts and it is gratifying to know that we are in the top 20 greenest businesses in the UK and Ireland - quite an achievement! However there is no time to sit back, we will of course continue to strive to improv...
Electric bikes are Green (and Silver)
April 24, 2011
Accessible Holidays, Cycling, Derbyshire, Eco, Peak District, Tourism,Electric bike...
Shorlisted for Green Award
April 14, 2011
Awards, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, self catering holiday, Tourism,Green Tourism Business Scheme A while ago we announced that Hoe Grange Holidays had been graded as one of the top 40 highest scoring Green Tourism Business Scheme businesses from a total of 400 GOLD businesses inspected during 2010. More exciting news - we can now reveal that we have been shortlisted into the top 20! From the final 20 businesses there will be 10 GOLDSTAR winners to be announced at a prestigious GTBS award ceremony, held in the Royal Thames Yacht Club, London on 9th June - can't wait! All GTBS members have to meet rigo...
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike! Today David and I have been road testing an electric bike to see if it can cope with our steep hills here in Derbyshire. The electric bikes will be available for hire this summer across a network here in the Peak District through a new project the Electric Bicycle Network, with a central hub close by at Carsington Water. As you can see from our little experiment the bikes are easy to opporate and amazing as the power assistance automatically kicks in as you start to climb a hill. Elec...
Time for some major maintenance In between getting the new Daisybank cabin up and running and while things are fairly quiet we have taken the opportunity to install new french doors in Hipley cabin. It is quite an exposed spot here in the Derbyshire hills and the old doors were beginning to let the wind and rain in. The new doors are a much higher specification, with K glass with a higher thermal value and a sturdy, tight fitting wood frame. This will hopefully reduce energy consumption and heating costs. The other advantage is that the new ...







