Our two female goats have been on a romantic holiday to a farm down to the west of Cornwall! They went for a few weeks in late Autumn and returned to The Olde House at the beginning of December. They are looking a little rounder, so we are hoping that they are both expecting babies […]
Phew, that was a really busy Autumn for us! We have been improving the interiors of many of the cottages during the time from the end of September to the beginning of December. Clover, Honeysuckle and Rose have had new kitchens fitted. New carpets have gone into 14 cottages along with new coffee tables for […]
For those of you who are staying with us next week, this is what we’ve got in store.
What a scream we gave everyone last week during half term! We started off on Monday with Den Building in the woods by the big chestnut tree. Several families joined us and made some fantastic dens with sticks and fallen branches, one even had front and back doors! Shaun lit the campfire […]
Check out our new quad lambs in the metro!! Busy first few days for them.
Looking after our environment is something that is very important to us, so we’re always on the look out for ways to reduce our carbon footprint. In our latest step to providing greener holidays, we’ve installed a wood chip-fuelled biomass boiler which will heat some of our cottages and the swimming pool. Last week, we […]
A £10,000 fund is available for community projects to benefit people living in Wadebridge, St Kew, St Mabyn and Egloshayle. The money comes from the Middle Treworder Solar Farm under a “Section 106” agreement made when it was given permission to go ahead, and is available as grants to voluntary and not-for-profit organisations and community […]
Summer is in full swing and the lovely Cornish sunshine has ripened the crops ready for harvesting. Olly is driving the Combine Harvester and Andrew, Rob and Wilf are collecting the grain in the trailers. The grain is taken back to the farm yard and put through the dryer to get the moisture content down, […]
Following a recent school visit and a very interesting pond dipping session, we have decided to offer the guests a chance to explore the ponds on a Tuesday morning during the summer holidays. Our first trip was on the 22nd July which was a glorious sunny day. Jaime took the children and their parents down […]
We are delighted with our new play frame, supplied by the Outdoor Play People who we bought the old play area from 25 years ago! With so many different ways to get up and come down, it really is great fun for children of all ages. The new frame has replaced the old wooden frame […]
We started renovating The Barn in December 2013. We completely gutted the building, which was previously two cottages, Barn and Elm. Andrew and Janice converted the old farm building, which was previously a home to about 14 cattle downstairs with a hay loft upstairs, into Barn and Elm in 1978. The cottages were mirror images […]
You, but especially your children, will be pleased to know that we’re having a new outdoor play area installed at the end of June. Our current play area is 25 years old and has served us well, but sadly it has needed more and more maintenance in recent years and the never ending rain we […]
Here at The Olde House our guests have been enjoying the weekly farm ride for over 20 years. Back in the old days, Wilf would drive the tractor and Andrew talked to the visitors. Since Wilf’s retirement, Andrew’s son Olly has taken over the driving, but Andrew is still talking! But who better to tell […]
The end date is in sight, everything is coming together and we’ve already had several bookings; there are only two weeks remaining for the summer holidays! We haven’t posted many photos of the progress because we want to put a storyboard together showing the transformation from start to finish, but here are a couple to […]
What a lovely Easter Holiday we’re all having! On the past two Mondays we have been having some fun and games in the Cornish sunshine. The children gave their all in the egg and spoon race and the egg bowling and were rewarded with chocolate treats on the easter egg hunt. Then while we waited […]
Introducing our brand new purpose-built bird hide. Built 8ft above the ground, the new bird hide overlooks the wetlands and is a perfect viewing point for watching the birds without causing disruption. We have flooded 15 acres of our farmland to create wetlands as part of the Walmsley Bird Sanctuary to protect the Amble Marshes SSSI […]
In May 2013 we welcomed three pygmy goats to the Pets’ corner. The first two kid brothers were born on 4 May 2013 on the farm and were followed nine days later by their cousin. Fully grown at around 55 centimetres tall, pygmy goats are a miniature breed of domestic goat. After thinking […]
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