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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#Farm24
August 21, 2015
#farm24, Animals, Birds, Cows, Derbyshire, Farm, Food and drink, Free range hens, Horse Holidays, Horses, Lambs, Peak District, Tourism, Tractor,On the 20th August 2015 hundreds of British farmers recorded their day with video and photographs to help the general public understand how wide and varied the work of a British farmer is. What were we up to at Hoe Grange that day? Take a look at our #farm24 and see! Checking all are present and correct...... and all are with their mummies.... even if their mummies are not really their mummies. Time then for a little tractor work, mowing off the overgrown grass so fresh grass can grow in its place. Not forgetting to look after our gu...
How to catch the quarry!
January 20, 2014
Animals, Bloodhounds, Derbyshire, Farm, Horse Holidays, Horses, Hunt, Peak District,Bloodhounds ready for the off Sunday was a fabulous clear day with plenty of sunshine for the 4 Shires Bloodhounds meet here at Hoe Grange in the spectacular Peak District countryside. We often have horses staying on holiday, but thankfully not quite so many at one time - it was a little chaotic in our yard as everyone was saddling up ready for the off and slurping the port. It really is a magnificent sight to watch with the horses, beautifully turned out, galloping across the farm after these large Bloodhounds in full cry as they pick up the...
Wind power is making the tea
October 3, 2012
Building, Derbyshire, Eco, Farm, General, Horse Holidays, Renewable energy, Wind turbine,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...
Today’s News
August 25, 2012
Accessible Holidays, Derbyshire, Eco, Horse Holidays, Peak District, Tourism,The old expression goes that today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper, we certainly hope that with the advent of the web this is no longer the case ! The reason? well quite unexpectedly we were featured in The Guardian newspaper today. Our resident artist, Roger Allen, was exhibiting his paintings at Ilam Hall and during a lull in visitors he stumbled across a fabulous review of Hoe Grange Holidays in the Travel section. Our accessible holidays are mentioned in the Guardians Readers' Tips by one of our past guests! It was a wonderf...
A race against time!
August 12, 2012
Animals, Derbyshire, Farm, Harvest, Hay making, Horse Holidays, Peak District,The saying goes "make hay while the sun shines". Well this year it has been extremely challenging and difficult to achieve, as you need a full week of hot sunshine! We make hay for our own animals and also for our guests who bring their own horses on holiday. Bale carting in the top meadows Here in the Derbyshire hills the grass was ready to mow several weeks ago but we have had to wait for the rain to cease long enough for us to dry the grass in the sunshine. It was touch and go as the grass was beginning to rot in the bottom. Well this we...







