It is a beautiful sunny day here at The Olde House in Cornwall, perfect conditions for pond dipping! Jaime was joined be seven families down by the pond and everyone did a great job of exploring the water. All the usual suspects were found; greater and lesser water boatmen, stickleback fish, newts, damselfly nymphs, pond […]
Following last year’s successful renovation of The Barn, we have decided to renovate an old house on the farm. When finished, the property will sleep 8 + 2 in four bedrooms: there’ll be a downstairs double bedroom with en suite shower room, then upstairs a large family room with a double bed and bunk beds, […]
One of our projects we are planning to build this year is a new store. We are looking to convert the small garage opposite Reception. The store will be divided into four areas; things to buy, things to hire, things to borrow and things for free. Things to buy will include toilet roll, charcoal, washing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Check out our new quad lambs in the metro!! Busy first few days for them.
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 […]
For those of you who are staying with us next week, this is what we’ve got in store.
During the half term break, our very own Shaun will be going back to his army roots to share his best tips for building dens in the woods. We’ll be meeting at the woods by the big chestnut tree on Monday 27th October 2014 at 3pm. We’ve made sure we have lots of materials for […]
