Tag Archives: Farm Stay

Save Money Booking Direct and Avoid Holiday Scams

Seasoned Traveler and Farm Stay Owner Writes on the benefits of booking holidays direct and safeguarding your booking

Ten reasons to stay on a farm

Today we are bombarded by choice which the Internet serves upon a brimming plate, but how do we really decide? How do we really make choices one over the other?  Whilst the choices are seeming endless, we must look to our hearts to satisfy every part of the rural ideal that draws us to backContinueContinue reading “Ten reasons to stay on a farm”

My switch to wordpress for website content

After a frustrating and restrictive experience with microsoft, have today taken the plunge to migrate our website content onto wordpress. For many years I have written our farm blog using WordPress so the transition was fairly straight forward and their online help was both quick and helpful. This switch will also be a Significant costContinueContinue reading “My switch to wordpress for website content”

Oaks Barn Farm New additions for the coming season.

Let us start with apologies for not updating you sooner, but lambing on the farm has a habit of taking over everything on until it’s done.   Lambing We have had an exceptional year with a high number of triplets, which unfortunately means feeding those lambs taken off their mother because they can only feedContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm New additions for the coming season.”

Lambing 2017

Just as the soil is starting to warm and the snowdrops rise their heads from the cold of winter, the signs that summer lies just around the corner are everywhere to see. Spring is my favourite time of year on the farm, getting the lambing shed ready for the imminent arrival of this years lambs isContinueContinue reading “Lambing 2017”

If you love what you do you will never have to work again….

Sitting in bed looking out onto our frosted open fields with the sheep lay down waiting for the sun to warm the pasture, paints a picture of an ideal rural landscape, and indeed it is, but the work behind any sucessful business can often go unnoticed, for many Christmas Day is a time to relaxContinueContinue reading “If you love what you do you will never have to work again….”

Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday 

Can’t get the kids off their iPhone/iPad/Tablet whilst on holiday? Well let’s think differently around this problem, we remember the joys of our own childhood being out in the open countryside with long sunny days, being care free and the fun of just walking in open fields, climbing a tree or paddling by a stream,ContinueContinue reading “Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday “

Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday 

Can’t get the kids off their iPhone/iPad/Tablet whilst on holiday? Well let’s think differently around this problem, we remember the joys of our own childhood being out in the open countryside with long sunny days, being care free and the fun of just walking in open fields, climbing a tree or paddling by a stream,ContinueContinue reading “Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday “

Another day on the farm

October half term draws to an end and our farm guests return their keys, heading off on their onward journeys, it was lovely to hear that  Warwick Castle had provided such great entertainment and that guests had stayed on to 7pm and left with still more to see, having stayed on to witness the publicContinueContinue reading “Another day on the farm”