Just 3 places remaining for our fabulous annual Bonfire weekend!
No fireworks, loud bangs or unpredictable flashing lights...just farm fun, hot tubs, cosy cottages, and a good old bonfire with great food ( included in price) which has become a special weekend event in our farm calendar.
Arrive Friday 8th Nov and depart either Sunday evening or Monday morning.
Discounted breaks for our returners so please message us x
https://www.northhaynefarmcottages.co.uk/booking
#bonfirenight #northdevon #shortbreaksuk
Part 2! ...Meet Roobarb 💙
*** Important update...
Some of you will sadly know that we lost Costello a few weeks ago 😔..very unexpectedly and very suddenly, and our lovely boy Stripey Legs was once again on his own.
After having searched for a donkey most of last year we were not too hopeful but it seems that sometimes things just fall into place and work out!
The HUGEST of 'welcomes' to the lovely ROOBARB 🥰..may he and Stripes become the best of friends and be with us for many many years please 🙏 ❤️
Part 2 coming up in a mo!!
That was SOME weekend!!
Hugest of thanks to our fabulous team, our amazing friends, our supportive family and especially to you ALL for making the last 20 years quite incredible!
Making your farm holiday the BEST it can be, has always been, ( and will always remain) THE most important thing to us and to have watched so many of our farm children grow up and be part of your lives has been such a privilege ❤️
Happy Farmiversary everyone xx
Hope to see many of you in 2025!
*****Poster Competition WINNERS Announced*****
To celebrate the farms 20th Farmiversary on the 1st September, our "farmers" have been busy over the summer getting creative and designing a poster that might encourage others to come and stay and enjoy a bit of farm life!
Wow! Tough choice, brilliant entries!!...BUT the judges all finally agreed so here we are...
A huge well done to all our winners . All of them have been contacted and our winner has personally received her prize.
Their posters will be used by us in some future marketing: so look out for them over the next few months!
OLIVIA age 10years 1st Prize- wins £200 North Hayne Farm Stay voucher
OLIVER age 8years 2nd Prize £100 voucher
JACK age 45 3rd Prize £50 voucher
Plus a fabulous Highly Commended award to Celia and Hannah! ( extra, unexpected awards by request of the judges)
Thankyou to all of you who took the time to join in and submit an entry, we were inundated with posters and the judges did not find the task easy.
Thankyou all again from all the team at North Hayne x
Mid August already!!...how did that happen?
Incredible Summer so far, some great weather too which has added to the fun.
There have been Bat Walks, butterfly counts, crafts, bubbles, mucking out and LOTS of animal fun. Not forgetting our ever popular hot tubs, days at the beach and some much needed pampering treatments for our grown ups!
Our "Farmers" have been a great bunch too ( big thanks to you all) and our new addition Stripey Legs ( our donkey) has settled in really well and has already made good friends with Costello ❤️
We look forward to the remainder of August PLUS our special 20th Farmiversary party on the 1st September where we will be announcing the winner of our Design a Farm Poster competition....there's still time to email or post in your entries if you haven't already?
The winner will receive a fabulous £200 off a break with us and there are runner up prizes too so please, please have a go. We will be sharing the winning poster with you all and using it for future marketing so here's your chance to be famous 😆
Thankyou summer 2024 so far you've been pretty impressive x
Ps 2025 bookings currently being held at 2024 prices and available to booking online or over the phone
https://www.northhaynefarmcottages.co.uk/booking
Amazing News!!...
After a considerable search, as many of you will know ...we have finally found a new potential best buddy for Costello our donkey.
Everyone, 🥁 ...meet STRIPEY LEGS !!! 🤎🫏🎉
Stripey is approx 17 years old and he too sadly lost his best friend. He's a lovely boy with so much affection to give that we all just fell in love with him.
Stripey arrived yesterday ( hugest of thankyous to The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth for arranging this and helping us so much and to Ginny ( Stripeys previous owner who has passed him on to us...we promise to do our best for him Ginny!!))
In time, and with work and patience we are confident that Stripes will be the happiest of boys and become a huge member of the farm team and loved by you all.
In the meantime, we will leave you with a bit of video of the moment Stripey arrived.
More updates to follow.
An early Easter this year means early lambs!!...hoping ours will be with us for the 22nd March ( mother nature allowing and all that!)
For those of you who haven't experienced Spring on the farm yet, here's a little flavour....
We're not quite finished with October as we still have lots planned for our halftermers this week.
Half Term so far, has been filled with Ghostly goat walks, decorating pumpkin biscuits, trick or treat nights, outdoor crafts, spooky trails around the farm, bat walks and of course LOTS of animal fun and hot tub time relaxing!
Our hugest of thanks however, as always, must go to our pumpkin carving judge : the one and only Witch Grizelda, who dutifully flies in each year and who has the unenviable job of choosing a winner and a runner up. She really is a superstar ✨️...and a very big well done to Samuel Whiskers and Peter Rabbit cottages . To impress Griz is quite some achievement 👏
Thanks also to our wonderful team, including Kirsty and Matt from Tangled With Nature who have been running our Forest School sessions with fantastic results.
Finally thankyou to all our "spooktacular" farmers who once again made half term so much fun.
If you missed it this year, we are booking already for 2024..eeek, but if you can't wait that long then our Bonfire and Pre Christmas weekend are just around the corner!!
In the meantime ,we thought you might like a quick look at the last couple of weeks...
Alpaca shearing on the farm today!
Our thanks as always to Colin our wonderful Alpaca man who comes to the farm each year to help keep Cocoa and Latte looking their best and feeling great.
For those of you who haven't seen the shearing process before, take a look at the video...the preferred method is to stretch the Alpaca on his/her side to shearing and then simply roll them over as required.
The entire process usually takes less than 8 mins. They also get a feet and dental check thrown in 🥰
A particularly educational experience for our young farmers this morning who were each offered a free haircut but strangely declined 🤣
Sheep shearing on the farm!
After more than a month of stunning but very hot weather, we had some very appreciative sheep today who are benefiting already from a splendid haircut from Farmer Jeffrey!
Our young farmers were able to get a close up view and seemed to really enjoy the farm 'entertainment '...each taking home a small handful of sheep's wool to show nursery next week!
Hold on there Cocoa and Latte...your turn is coming very soon x
Happy New Year to all our 'farmers' and their families x
A big thank you to everyone who has stayed in 2022, we wish you all health and happiness and many more of the best memories you can make.
2022 has seen us finally get back to a more 'usual' way of operation with a particular special mention to our amazing team who have adapted along the way and kept smiles on their faces which has really helped.
To our animals who mean so much, another mention. Their special personalities resonate with so many of you and we are grateful for them all, no matter how long or short a time they may be with us.
We also raise a new year glass to our suppliers, extended team and past visitors who still keep in touch even though some of their children are now in their mid 20's 😉 Your continued support means a lot.
Finally ...to our own family and friends. No business runs without behind the scenes support and we are so very lucky to have them.
Happy 2023 all xx
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