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.
Christmas shopping is simple when you know what to buy, but it can be a nightmare when you are lacking ideas! We #LoveLocal and are sure you will too, so to help you get creative I have put together some gorgeous gift ideas inspired by our beautiful Peak District - things that are produced locally here in the Derbyshire hills, some of which are utterly unique! Top 10 Christmas gifts 1. Surprise the love of your life with a real gem of a gift, a unique Blue John stone - a word exclusive semi precious mineral that can only be found within the...
Exciting news! Following on from his success in the Derbyshire Open Art Exhibition, our resident artist, Roger Allen, has been successful in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Now in its 28th year, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is the largest and most prestigious watercolour competition in the UK. Hugely popular with artists, gallery visitors and readers of The Sunday Times, the competition aims to celebrate and reward excellence and originality in the medium of watercolour. Our Peak District scenery is stunning and is the...
Excellent news! Our resident artist Roger Allen has won a Derbyshire County Council Award for his watercolour and pencil drawing at The Derbyshire Open arts competition. The award winning painting is incredibly detailed, but may not be to everyone's taste as it depicts some grim images of rotting sheep. I hasten to add that our flock are all live and well and were not models for this painting! Roger's watercolours usually capture the stunning local Peak District landscape and are a pleasure to behold, but Roger drew his inpiration for this da...
Our resident watercolour artist, Roger Allen, has recently been on a trip to Snowdonia, where he battled through wind and rain to collect material for a series of four fantastic paintings of the dramatic landscape. 'Y Lliwedd, Snowdonia’ (see right) was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013 and ‘Afon Glaslyn, Snowdon in cloud’ was chosen for the 2012 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. You can see more of his paintings on his website at http://rogerallen.co.uk/. Roger's next exhibition will be at the Great Peak Distr...