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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Full of energy! Why is it that everyone in the family has gone gooey eyed over the puppies? Even hard hearted farmer David has been caught spread out on the lawn playing with the puppies in the garden. They are now nearly 5 weeks old and are becoming very active as you can see from our puppy video. Grrr... Felicity...
As part of Brassington Wakes Week there was a Strongest Man competition this afternoon. Brassington strong man competition Yes, look at the photo carefully, he really is picking up and pushing the car! Over a dozen local men took part in their bid to win the title. There were a series of strenuous activities designed to test strength, speed and endurance to the limit. The competitors had to roll and drag huge tractor tyres along an obstacle course, try their skill at knocking in fencing posts and show their might by pushing a car. It's very...
Brassington village is celebrating wakes this week. Historically wakes week was when Christians celebrated their Patronial Festival or Saints day to whom the village church is dedicated. In the case of Brassington this is St. James, one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles and the date is July 25th. A Mexican asleep in the sun Historically Wakes became the main summer holiday and the village today still celebrates with a host of interesting events, from the traditional open air Church Service with Brassington, Middleton and Wirksworth Brass Band, to...
Was the farmer really naked? - well certainly not when we went to bale the hay, we insisted David was fully dressed! Haymaking at Hoe Grange Thank goodness we only did 10 acres We were making small bales for the horses and calves, which is a much more manual task than making the larger modern bales, so it was a family outing to the top fields and all hands on deck. The conventional balers have a mind of their own and are difficult to set correctly, so to start with we had very light fluffy bales which were great to lift, but bowed like a ...
Spring seems to have arrived here at Hoe Grange Farm with glorious sunshine, dancing golden daffodils, birds singing from the budding trees and lambs gamboling across the fields. Our orphan lambs are now three weeks old and thriving. There are two new additions, Coco and Chanel, who join Tia and Maria in the garden for some fun - watch our video! Our horses are loosing their winter coats by the handfull leaving patches of hair in the fields where they have been rolling - great for the birds building their nests. We went to the Gadget ...







