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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A Fond Farewell
July 27, 2012
Animals, Derbyshire, Family, Food and drink, Horse Holidays, Peak District, Recycling, Wakes Week,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 ...
Top 10 tips for a greener Christmas
December 18, 2011
Animals, Awards, Christmas, Derbyshire, Eco, Family, Farm, Food and drink, Free range hens, General, Peak District, Recycling, Tourism,Being green doesn't have to be costly or mean a huge change in lifestyle. It’s the little things that make a difference. So for a green, greenChristmas simply keep in mind the three R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 1. Send e-cards They cut your carbon footprint, save trees and are free – we love Jacquie Lawson’s chocolate Labrador Chudleigh. Or give a donation to charity rather than send Christmas cards to people you see frequently – support Friends of the Peak District to help us conserve the spectacular Peak District. 2. Bag a...
GTBS Awards
June 13, 2011
Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, Recycling, self catering holiday, Tourism,The Green Tourism Business Scheme held an awards ceremony at the Royal Thames Yacht last Thursday as part of Green Toursim Week , which was a great excuse for David and I to spend a wonderful few days in London and be guests ourselves - just for a change! Highly Commended by GTBS We were delighted to be Highly Commended for our efforts and it is gratifying to know that we are in the top 20 greenest businesses in the UK and Ireland - quite an achievement! However there is no time to sit back, we will of course continue to strive to improv...
Christmas Green Fact Can you believe Christmas in the UK can generate as much as 1 billion Christmas cards, 83 sq km of wrapping paper, an extra 750 million bottles and glass containers, an extra 500 million drinks cans and half a million Christmas trees - most of this ends up as waste in landfill. Every little helps, so why not make a difference by following our Hoe Grange top ten tips for a greener Christmas Make your own cards and decorations – rekindle childhood by making paper chains. Or even better send e-cards for Christmas, ...
Building work on our new self catering log cabin continues, as does the brilliant Spring sunshine. Today the block work structure is being filled in using the recycled rubble and broken bricks, quite a labour intensive process. The rubble is shovelled in and then compacted down with the digger and a wacker plate to make a solid surface. It is extremely important to ensure that everything is crushed and compacted correctly or the whole structure could move and crack when the cabin is placed on top of the foundations - we definitely don't wa...







