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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Off-road wheelchair
April 24, 2012
Accessible Holidays, Cycling, Derbyshire, Family, General, Off-road wheelchair, Peak District, Tourism,David and I recently attended MSLife, a lifestyle and information event organised by the Multiple Sclerosis Society, featuring research talks from global experts, workshops to help people manage MS, lifestyle services and a wide variety of products. We were helping Visit England promote the National Accessible Scheme, which rates holiday accommodation on their mobility, hearing and visual facilities, so that guests can be confident of booking somewhere that suits specific needs. We met some wonderful people throughout the 2 days, but also...
More Babies
April 7, 2012
Animals, Cows, Derbyshire, Family, Farm, Lambs, Peak District, Snow, Tourism,Spring is definitely in the air in the Derbyshire Peak District, despite the sudden return of harsh winter weather on Wednesday when we woke up to over a foot of snow, with drifts blocking the road. The sun is now shining again, which is just as well, as we have had a flurry of new arrivals over the last 3 days. 7 of the cows have had their calves, but most excitingly Elliot's sheep have had their first lambs. Guests who have stayed at Hoe Grange over the last 2 years have more than likely seen if not met our sons small flock of sheep, Tia, ...
The first guest with children since our new playground tractor was installed had a great time playing at being Farmer Brown, driving the wooden Massey Ferguson for hours at a time. This is something our eldest son Michael will know a lot about by the end of the summer, although his tractor will not be made of wood! Michael and a hand full of mates from Harper Adams University in Shropshire are to undertake a mammoth charity tractor drive, from Dover Castle in Kent to Lands End in Cornwall to John 'O Groats, Scotland and then back to Coventry...
A Tale of Two Tractors
February 28, 2012
Building, Family, Farm, Harvest, Peak District, Tourism, Tractor,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 ...
A smiling Elliot "6 months later" We are delighted to report that our resident artist, Roger Allan, has had his watercolour painting of our son Elliot accepted for the Royal Watercolour Society's Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery in London, which runs from 24th February until 14th March 2012. You may remember this painting is a follow up to "Boy with the broken arm" which depicted a glum looking Elliot with his arm in a sling, in front of a Derbyshire winter landscape with a dead sheep in the background. Extremely art...







