AUGUST DIARY

Dear Guests

We have had a lot of wet weather during the past couple of weeks, but the hose pipe ban still remains in the North West. Despite the weather we have still managed to welcome more visitors to the camp site who have still managed to enjoy the beauty of the Lake District.

This month's photos include the baby ducklings, views of Colton and Morecambe Bay, red deer hind, cows at Three Foot Oak and blackberry flowers and heather - I personally love the blackberry flowers and I cannot wait until they turn to berries and I can make a blackberry and apple pie - yum - lovely with fresh cream!

On the topic of food (one of my favourite hobbies), the tea room is well underway and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be open for mid September.

I hope to see you soon, if you have not yet had a chance to visit us and equally I look forward to welcoming you back for a return visit.

Best wishes

Carole

JULY DIARY

Dear Guests

July has arrived along with some welcome rain. Luckily we had managed to get our first cut of silage completed, although due to the warm, dry weather the crop was not as good as usual.

We also managed to complete the sheep shearing.

Further to last month's update, we had 3 cute little ducklings which have hatched out. We have taken them to a friend who has a little run until they get a bit bigger.

This month we have included some lovely photos of the mid summer moon and next month we will have some pictures of the ducklings.

Kind regards

Carole

JUNE DIARY

Dear Guests

We have had a lovely month so far, we have had some lovely sunny days but unfortunately the ground is in need of some rain. Due to the dry conditions we have not been able to begin our first crop of silage, so we will be later than usual.

We have welcomed more guests to the campsite during the month and it was lovely to see all the children taking an interest in the hens, geese and ducks. We currently have a hen sat on some duck eggs (poor thing appears to be mixed up!) so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we have some ducklings hatching very soon.

Jobs on the farm are continuing and sheep shearing is just around the corner.

We have more lovely photographs, taken by our regular visitor to the campsite, to enjoy (who needs the Country File calendar!!!).

Hope you will visit us soon whilst the weather is nice - the forthcoming week is predicting more warm weather.

Best regards

Carole

MAY DIARY

Dear Guests

Here we are in May already - I cannot believe how quickly the time is passing.

We have welcomed more visitors to the campsite during the last month so it has been quite a busy period alongside the work needed on the farm as well. We have been busy maintaining the hedgerows and have planted lots of hedging plants during this weekend.

This month's photos were again taken by our regular guest and I think you will agree that the true essence of the Lake District countryside has been captured (photos show lambs and Lucy the horse at Abbot Park and views of Oxen Park and Rusland). One of the photos is of a monitoring aircraft from Cranfield Research Institute monitoring the ash cover in the atmosphere over Bethecar Moor. It had been to Manchester and was going north to Glasgow and the West Coast of Scotland when all the aircraft in the UK were grounded.

Although the weather is cool for May we have had some beautiful sunny and fine days which makes for ideal walking conditions so we hope you will visit us soon.

Best regards

Carole

APRIL UPDATE

Dear Guests

We welcomed our first visitors to the campsite at the end of March and now we are receiving numerous enquiries regarding mini breaks - unfortunately the weather has spoiled it for some, but the last couple of weekends have been lovely. The tea room is not yet open but we are hoping to be up and running in June. Just to confirm that unfortunately we are unable to allow camp fires as we were finding that they were damaging the grass and we want to make sure the facilities stay nice for everyone's enjoyment. We are, however, looking into a dedicated fire area which can be enjoyed by all.

We are still busy with the lambs but hopefully this month should see the majority born. Please note the lovely photos above, which were taken by one of our regular guests during the last couple of weeks.

Hope you visit us soon.


Carole

March Update

Dear Guests

Work on the farm is continuing to be very busy. We have had quite a few little calves and lambs being born during the last month. (See attached photos). Next month, will be full steam ahead!

We have had some fantastic weather during the past week (beginning of March), beautiful sunshine and clear skies.

I would like to apologise sincerely to all guests who have contacted us this week in order to book for the next couple of weekends. Unfortunately, due to the weather there has been a slight delay to completing the shower block. However, we hope to open for business at the beginning of April onwards, so please do contact us regarding April bookings.

Kind regards

Carole

FEBRUARY DIARY

Dear Guests

February has arrived already! I thought all the snow had gone, but during the middle of last week (3 February) we had another light covering.

Before Christmas, Bethecar Moor Commoner's Association accompanied by Tony Hill (National Park) and willing volunteers (Teresa Morris - Natural England and Miles and Jennifer from the Forestry Commission) had a lovely day planting 500 juniper trees near Dodgson Wood.

Teresa and I returned last week to complete the work.

I have attached some photographs so you can appreciate the magnificent views near to Abbot Park Farm. The views show Coniston Water, Dow Crag, Coniston Old Man, planting juniper trees and canoeing on Coniston Water.

Life is still busy on the farm and we eagerly await the arrival of the lambs.

Carole Dickinson