Holly Water Holidays

26/09/2024

Grabbed the opportunity of a gap in the rain yo put up our new signs. The slightly bedraggled alpacas came to investigate and gave theirs their signs of approval! www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk

17/08/2024

Firstly excuse the shockingly poor photos!! All a bit too far away and not much time. Today on our livestock checks we were lucky enough to spot a Little Regret in the river meadow. Over the years we have seen them fairly often but mainly in the Autumn and Winter and I haven't seen one for a couple of years. Today he flew up into a tree and was soon followed by a grey heron. The egret took off and the heron sat for a few minutes. Then a second grey heron arrived and all three birds flew around a bit before heading over the fields. They were calling quite a lot. I'm unsure whether there was a territorial element to this but I do hope to see our little white visitor again soon.

17/08/2024

All sent off - but what was on my boxes??
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04/08/2024

So this afternoon has been busy for the alpaca boys. It's coats off day! They were very well behaved and although it might look a bit much it's actually the best and least stressful way to get the job safely done. Toe nails also clipped and teeth check. They are now all feeling so much better and SunTzu in particular is very full of beans!! .the.alpaca.shearer

04/08/2024

Our love and commitment tree finally has a proper guard around it! I have been transferring the little plaques for guests that have got engaged here but I just wanted to ask if I was missing any! If you got engaged whilst staying with us and would like a plaque please do message me and let me know. www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk

27/07/2024

Better late than never as they say! Our hay meadow is usuycut mid June but this year has been a challenge. Finally cut now so hopefully it'll be in and safely stored to feed the animals during the winter. ☺️ www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk

12/05/2024

A little focus on our feathered friends today. Our lovely chickens are very much part of our life - they're just always there! They are nearly all rescued commercial layers and they now live the charmed life free ranging around our home, garden and fields. They always come to greet me to see if I have any corn for them and they keep us and our guests supplied with eggs. Typically our chicken eggs weigh in between 50 and 75g.
We also have a small group of rheas. 3 we raised from chicks and turned out to be all female. They are named after S.Americsm tribes and we have Maya, Yuco and Inca.They are now 2 years old. This year we took on 1 more female and a male who we have called Carib and Timba. After a somewhat unsettled start Timba has been calling his ladies and today we had our first egg! This one weighed in at a whopping 520g! www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk holidays

29/04/2024

So in today's news, look what Iain found when he went on the rounds tonight! Viva, one of our first time mum's, has just produced the first Holly Water Longhorns calf of the year! This is also our first calf from our gorgeous bull, Tobias. It's a beautiful little heifer calf so she now needs a name. This year the pedigree names are to begin with Y so any suggestions for this little lady(or those still to come!) would be welcome! ☺️😍 www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk

27/04/2024

I thought that would like this little note left by some of today's departures!! ☺️🥛🐄

21/04/2024

This weekend has been lovely! Probably the first completely dry weekend with some added sunshine for months! I have been lucky enough to rope Iain and Jessie in to help with a touch of alpaca training and also to enjoy a couple of trips out to some of the places we are lucky to have close by. Yesterday Jessie and I managed a couple of hours for a walk at and today Iain and I enjoyed one of his birthday presents in the firm of afternoon tea at Bow garden centre. Very nice it all was too. www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk holidays

15/04/2024

After the dreadful weather we have had I am taking hope from the Oak trees at the moment! They are definitely further out in leaf than the Ash which hasn't even started! 'Oak before Ash, we're in for a splash, Ash before Oak, we're in for a soak'. I'm reckoning that we've had the soak and just axsplash going forward would be nice. 🌞☀️🌦️ www.hollywaterholidays.co.uk

04/04/2024

Oh my God!!! Just how amazing is this in the visitor's book?? I do love our amazing guests! Thank you so much Megan and hope to see you soon. Ps sorry about the current mud situation!!

04/04/2024

If you're needing something to look forward to this summer why not come and pay us a visit? We have Summer availability in our Shepherd hits and The Beehive to escape the world and recharge your batteries.

30/03/2024

After sharing the excessive water the other day I thought I should also share a couple of signs of Spring in the sunshine! The forecast for this weekend was dreadful but nice to see the sun again today after a pretty clear day yesterday too! Please let this be the start of better weather to come. The trees are budding and the Devon banks are well scattered with our county flowers, Primroses! Beautiful. ☺️ .

28/03/2024

The Holly Water River runs along the bottom of our fields, hence our name. It is not a huge or long river. It starts around Pennymoor, just about 5 miles from us ( admittedly probably a little further as the river goes) and is a tributary of the Creedy which it joins shortly after us. Usually the river water is not actually visible from the huts or the treehouse. Through the Autumn and Winter it will rise quickly after heavy rain and sometimes come out of its banks but generally falls quite quickly too. This year it has been incredible and almost consistently visible with the high rainfall that we have all been experiencing throughout the last few months. All I can do is apologize for the weather and look forward to some sunshine. Meanwhile I was very reluctant to leave The Beehive with its cosy fire ready for incoming guests!

18/03/2024