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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...
The work goes on!
February 3, 2011
Accessible Holidays, Building, Derbyshire, Family, Group Holidays, self catering holiday,Now on our new Daisybank holiday cabin I am concentrating on the decking and garden areas , getting things ready for our first guests. Fortunately the predicted January snow hasn't materialised in the Derbyshire hills and I have been able to carry on working most days - although sometimes it has been very cold. Decking frame Firstly constructing the frame, ensuring that the finished height will leave a level threshold to the doorway, making life easier not only for our disabled guests, but for everyone else too. decking Then laying the dec...
Construction on the new Daisybank cabin continues up in the Island Leisure factory in Scotland. As you can see there are three cabins currently under construction. Our Daisybank is the one in the middle of the picture at the back of the factory, with the porch extension. Daisybank under construction Outer cladding completed The outer cladding is now completed and the roof frame is in place ready for tiling. Windows and door frames are yet to be installed, but it's quite exciting to see the structure come to life. Meanwhile back here at Hoe ...
Wow ! As the song goes - Oh what a night ! David and I are delighted to have received the Enjoy England Excellence Gold Award in the Access for All category for the East Midlands region, and the Bronze Award for Self Catering - double wammy! Amazing - this is the fourth successive year that Hoe Grange Holidays has been successful at the “Tourism Oscars”. We are both passionate about our self catering holidays in the fabulous Derbsyhire countryside and it's wonderful to get recognised for all our hard work. We want everyone to enjoy...
zzz... Our chocolate Labrador puppy "Crunchie" flat out after an afternoon playing in the garden with her brother who we call Harry. Harry is looking for a new home, he has been fully vaccinated and is ready to go, wonderful temperament would make a lovely family pet - call David on 01629 540262! David...







