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2015 was our best Glamping Season!
2015 was by far the best year we’ve had in our short time providing glamping holidays on our farm here in south Devon. The great thing has been the feed back from people staying, saying how much they’ve enjoyed their time with us and what a great position we are in being near the coast, not far from Dartmoor, and within easy reach of local towns and villages with so much going on .The other thing people comment on is that I’ve thought of everything when it comes down to the accommodation and facilities ! However I’m constantly trying to
Long Time since last Torbay Yurt Blog
It’s a long time since my last blog! I find it hard to sit down with computer when so much needs doing around the farm all the time , but it needs to be done so no excuses – here we go. Rocombe Retreat has really taken off this year, after 3 years hard work the bookings are coming in much more freely ,word of mouth is helping with people coming after friends or relations have told them what a great spot it is, and also a lot more are coming back again having enjoyed it last time.Its really nice
Start of the camping season on a South Devon farm
It is good to see the back of what has been a long and very wet season. The ewes and lambs have been munching their way through the stubble turnips all winter, and have come out the other end looking very good, considering the consistently wet weather that they have endured. I suppose it was quite warm all winter which has helped them out a little. On the 10th March I sold four lambs that weighed in very well at about 45kg each. I took them to Exeter Livestock Market, as they were holding a show and sale of new
How the glamping season ended for us in South Devon
After a long hot summer, with the glamping having gone really well, we once again had to dismantle the yurts and store them ready for the next season. This doesn’t take long but there always seems to be rain on the horizon at that time of year , which leaves me franticly try to get the canvas inside before the next downpour (they don’t store well if they are damp! ) Once they were safely packed away my thoughts this year then turned to the fishing lakes. I had restocked with carp two years ago but to my surprise we
Rain rain go away, leave our campsite please!
Looking back over this blog, I always seem to be talking about the rain this year… but aren’t we all I suppose! It has to be said that this year I have never seen such heavy rain. On Wednesday 21st in the early hours, I was awoken by the sound of rain and went to the farm to check things were OK. The stream that runs through the farm was running at the highest I have ever seen it, luckily for us we don’t flood but just had to cope with the massive amount of runoff. Incredibly on Saturday 24th
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