Spending a day in Babbacombe, Devon
We spent a day out in Babbacombe Devon, where there’s lots to do – a cliff railway, Bygones museum and a brilliant model village.
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Counting the Rollright Stones
Exploring and trying to count the Rollright Stones and the King stone in Oxfordshire
Meeting the animals at Paignton Zoo
We’ve been meeting the animals at Paignton Zoo on our few days away in Devon. Check out our thoughts and photos here
Revisiting my old school for lambing weekend
What can you expect on a farm’s lambing weekend. Often not only sheep, we saw lots of other animals and it was obviously popular event.
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Garden planning – giving butterflies a home
I’ve been saying for years we need to do something with the garden. The wall needs a bit more compost or soil in so the flowers will be higher up and seen rather than sunken in the bottom of the…
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
For the love of a garden – a day to play
Last weekend was a bit unusual for us. No more parties after the excitement of January, and nothing arranged for Sunday. Usually Saturday is for doing chores, swimming lessons and all those usual things you don’t get done in the…
Meeting the horses at Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Read about our fleeting drop in visit to see the horses and donkeys at Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Exploring National Trust’s Baddesley Clinton in winter
Exploring National Trust property Baddesley Clinton on a day out in Winter, with preschoolers
Ice ice baby – frosty play
Considering we’ve had a lot of time off over the Christmas holidays, we’ve not done much. I debated National Trust, but not many locally seemed to be open. So we did tend to hibernate quite a lot. It has meant…
Country life on the farm and the Farmers Bloodhounds meet
In my Month of Firsts post for November, I mentioned that our farm had hosted a Farmers Bloodhounds meet on our land. We don’t usually get involved with the hunt, indeed the OH usually rants about them because there’s always one…
