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.
It doesn't seem like it, but in a few weeks time it will be 10 years since we welcomed our first ever guests. I can well remember two very nervous hosts showing in our first visitors Mr and Mrs Clews and their friends Mr and Mrs Fox, who brought 2 horses with them. A couple of weeks later we welcomed Mr and Mrs Fosby, who was a our first wheelchair using guest. Little did we know how large a part both of these type of guests would play in shaping the business we have today. We have met some extraordinary people over the past 10 years, many ...
The Derbyshire Peak District has many significant heritage sites and structures. One that stands out, literally on top of the skyline, is Heage Windmill, which was completed in 1797 and is the only remaining stone tower windmill with 6 sails in the world! However sadly there is now extreme “trouble at mill” and we need your help! Late this summer severe wet rot was discovered in the fan and the main supports for the cap and sails of the windmill - a real threat to the survival of this unique structure, which is going to cost £100 k to re...
This week we teamed up with a fellow Peak District Environmental Quality Mark member, (like-minded sustainable businesses with a passion for The Peak District) Cath Lee from Peak Walking Adventures, to offer a back to nature, Bear Grylls type, wild camping experience. Cath offers a wide range of guided walks, trek training walks and wild camping for all abilities and her knowledge really brings the experience to life, so we were delighted to be able to offer one of our walled, wooded copses for her semi-wild camping two day walk. [caption i...
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...
It makes a real change for David and I to be guests. We were delighted to be shortlisted for the prestigious Catey Awards in the Accessible category. As the winners were to be announced at a spectacular gala evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane we decided to make the most of the of the opportunity and stay in London for a couple of nights. Often referred to as the “Oscars” of the tourism world The Cateys are the UK hospitality industry’s annual awards for excellence and customer service. On the big night we were treated lik...