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.
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...
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...
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...
This week we have a guest blogger: Nora from Norway who is riding her pony, Juniblest, all the way from the New Forest to Newcastle-upon-Tyne for charity. Hi! First of all, a bit of an introduction could be a good idea. I'm Nora, a human female of 23 who's been studying music in Southampton for the last three years and who missed her pony so much in her first year that she had to drag the poor thing all the way to England. My pony is a 14 year old Norwegian Northland gelding, Juniblest (means June Breeze in Norwegian - the only one to set h...
Our cheeky little Welsh mountain pony has moved on to a lovely new home in Cumbria. Guest Ann, who brought her own horse on holiday, decided to buy him for her granddaughter. Robbie is not just cheeky but a clever little feller too, and always has an eye on how to escape for a mini adventure. He was spotted by guests one day recycling the rubbish - he had obviously heard of our eco policy! Robbie had escaped out of the paddock and proceeded to raid the rubbish bin. After several atempts he managed to flip the lid of the wheelie bin open with ...