Throughout the spring and summer our holiday guests are always pleased to help feed the pigs. The onset of autumn sees a trip to the abattoir in order to provide joints, sausages and bacon for out teams to eat throughout the shooting season and to provide snacks for our hard-working beating and picking up teams to see them through the day to their lunch meal. Throughout the season we will use close to 2,000 sausages and around 5,000 rashers of bacon.

Misty mornings, hazy sunshine on sparkling glistening jewel like blackberries and raspberries sure signs of Autumn on the way! Wonderful for all those delicious winter fruit crumbles and plenty left on the bush providing sweet feasts for our feathered friends

 Love a spot of fishing ….

Our lake is bubbling with large carp waiting to test your fishing skills  - with plenty of ducks for company too.

 

 Take  time to enjoy relaxing on our cottage patios  after a fun filled day making the most of the longer warmer evenings and watching the wonderful sunsets unfold in this special part of Devon.

 

With apologies to Mr Shakespeare for the slight misquote!

What a beautiful day to celebrate England’s Patron Saint.

After a busy Easter period in our cottages we’re looking forward to a short respite before the holiday season kicks off in earnest.

With the arrival of spring comes our annual visit to the Sedgemoor Auction to buy pigs.
These fine animals were acquired for an average price of £25.00 each (pity the poor farmer who had to produce them for such a low return) as stock prices have taken a dive following the spineless behaviour of our politicians in the current Brexit shenanigans.
The six pigs are a mixture of Devon Blacks and Large Whites and, quite unintentionally, we appear to have become diversity champions in our selection of pigs for the coming season.