COTSWOLD CHRISTMAS FAIRS AND MARKETS

Last week we went to the WellChild Christmas Fair which has been held at Daylesford for a few years now and is only a few miles from my lovely holiday cottages.  We had a great evening looking at all the amazing things that we could buy and this inspired me to get on with some Christmas shopping.…

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WEST OXFORDSHIRE BUSINESS AWARDS OR NOT?

At a recent social media workshop with Hilary at Push Start Marketing we had a discussion about whether or not to enter a local business award, the WOBA’s to be precise, but my initial reaction was absolutely not.  Why would I burden myself with yet more work when I cannot even find time to keep up…

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AUTUMN IN THE COTSWOLDS

Autumn is well and truly set in at King John’s Barn and across all of the Cotswolds for that matter.  Our summer has been productive with the silage made and our straw pile built ready to provide the feed and bedding for all of our cattle who are starting to come home for the winter from their summer grazing at…

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Lambing Live in the Cotswolds

WIth January nearly over we will be having a visit from our sheep scanner on the 5th of February to scan all our ewes to see how many lambs we will be expecting in April. This is useful so that we can separate the ewes that are having three or more for special care while…

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