September Diary

Dear Guests

I hope you are all well, at least better than the weather.

It has been a disappointing few months due to the weather; we have had very few sunny days this year.  However, I would like to pass on a big “thank you” to all the guests who have returned to camp with us again, especially the Johnson family who have been every year since we opened.  This year was our 3^rd year and I love to see the Johnson’s on their unicycles and this year they had improved tremendously.

At the end of August we welcomed Ruth and her husband and daughter who had camped with us and it was an honour when she brought her parents back to celebrate their Ruby wedding with afternoon tea in the tea room – we had a lovely time.

I am really grateful to everybody for looking after the camping field and leaving it nice for the next campers and helping us to keep our campsite ‘special’ for all to experience. 

News on the camping barn - well progress is a bit slow due to all the bad weather but the foundations are in and the block work has started progressing.  As soon as I know of a completion date, photos will be published on the web site.  

Well, I know it’s early but today I have started to think about making my Christmas cakes – I cannot believe it is October tomorrow!

Best wishes

Carole

JULY DIARY

Dear Guests

Here we are in July and due to the wet weather we have had no campers for the last couple of weeks.  We have a group of Scouts undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award staying tonight so I hope it stays fine for them.  I just hope the weather picks up for August and the school holidays.

I have been experiencing problems with my computer following a power surge when lightening struck a couple of weeks ago, so apologies to all campers if you have been expecting an e-mail response to a booking enquiry and have not received anything.

My sister was given some German friendship cake (goes by the name of Herman), to look after and she baked it on Thursday night.  It's really rather good, I enjoyed munching on that - she has started a new batch of mixture and will be passing some over for me to look after - I just hope Herman keeps bubbling and I don't kill him.  My diet is not going too well at all at the moment and I also went out for a lovely Indian meal last night so I will have to get back on track next week.  I treated myself to a couple of new items in the Next sale, so I have an incentive to loose a couple of pounds (although I am rather partial to the Philadelphia chocolate flavour spread - it goes really nice with homemake flapjack!  It takes a lot of willpower not to eat the whole tub! :-) lol).

Best regards


Carole



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Glamping at Abbot Park farm Campsite/tearoom

Dear Guests
May as drifted by and now it is flaming June, but the weather is not good for campers,I hope you have had a good jubilee weekend, and all the happy campers who stayed here got home safely . I have now got planning permision to build a camping barn,Glamping is coming to Abbot Park, it will be 2 seperate barns each having a wet room shower etc,sleeping platform with matresses, woodburner/cooker and bedding and towels provided if required, you wont have to  fetch a thing, Work should be starting on them in the next couple of weeks getting them ready for september, I am really excited about this new project.I hope the plans will give you an idea of what it will be like.   I had a sheep lamb about 2 weeks ago and it had 4 lambs, she as managed to feed them herself until now ,so I am just off to give them their lunch as I have had mine, while writing this.Pardon the english as I cant multi task.
bye for now
carole

spring

19/4/12
 Dear Guests

I just had to tell you that the first swallows arrived back on the 7th of april, and this morning when I was walking round the last of the lambing sheep I heard the cuckoo, I think it as come back earlier than last year.The weather is still cold here and lots of showers, some very heavy .The mayflowers are coming out and some woods loook quite blue with the blue bells.Hopefully May will be a lot warmer.

The first of this years new arrivals.

February Diary

Dear Guests

January has whizzed by quickly - the weather has been absolutely dreadful. First we had a load of rain and now it's snow and ice - I just wish we could have a nice cold and dry sunny spell. My dad fell on the ice and broke is wrist so we have had a few hospital visits and the sheep have really suffered because of the weather. Looking on the bright side :-), I am hoping the worst is over and it means we will get a super Easter for all the campers who have booked.

My diet is going quite well, I was lucky to be taken out recently and I was able to get into my symetrical gold, brown and turquoise mini dress and knee high boots (no it isn't a joke - I really did wear this). My sister bought me the dress for Christmas so I thought if you can't beat them join them and it give me an incentive to loose a few pounds - I'll try and keep going - I could in in a bikini by Summer (ha ha only joking)!! Anyway, the dress raised a few eyebrows.

We have had quite a mountain bikers and walkers visiting the tea room during January. Dogs are also welcome in the tea room as long as they are kept on a lead.

The cows are going to start calving this month so we will have some new additions to the farm. I was really disappointed to find that the legbar hen, which we bought in December and was supposed to lay blue eggs, only lays brown ones.

Anyway, I think I will go and have a well earned coffee now in my new Emma Bridgewater Alice mug.

Hope to see you soon.

Carole

December diary

Dear Guests

One week until Father Christmas arrives with all my presents - I bet the reindeer will struggle to pull the sleigh (hope my son reads this!!!). Not long to wait and I will be trying my damson gin - Father Christmas is partial to some with his mince pie. I am looking forward to turkey with all the trimmings and lots of christmas pudding and rum sauce (I will think about dieting in 2013 sorry I meant 2012).

December has been a busy month for christmas buffets and quite a few moutain bikers have visited for brunch. Thanks to you all for your support.

We have got an two interesting additions to the farm - a legbar cockerel and one hen. They originated from Peru in the 1800s and lay blue eggs.

Today is a glorious cold crisp sunny day and all the mountains look really picturesque with the snow tipped tops - it is perfect walking or biking weather.

Anyway must dash as I have to feed the animals - I hope you all have a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.


Carole

PS - watch out for uploaded pictures on Christmas day.

PPS - Christmas lunch went well, there were no burnt offerings and even better my sister was here to do all the washing up (who needs a dishwasher). Looking forward to my turkey sandwiches later, and the Christmas pudding - surprisingly I could not manage to eat it before. Hope you have all had a good day and made the most of seeing your family and friends.