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Renovating beautiful self-catering holiday cottages in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon

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    • 01 Walk around Furley, Howley, Marsh and Yarcombe
    • 02 Walk around Stockland
    • 03 Walk around Upottery and Beacon Hill, Yarcombe
    • 04 Walk around Rower Hill, Stockland
    • 05 Beacon Hill, Stockland
    • 06 Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 07 Churchinford – Bishopswood – Marsh – Yarcombe
    • 08 Pub Hike: Upottery, Churchinford, Bishopswood, Marsh, Yarcombe
    • 09 Walk up Beacon Hill to Dalwood and Stockland
    • 10 Circular walk to The Kings Arms Stockland
    • 11 Low Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 12 Pound Lane loop
    • 13 Yarcombe loop
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Gardening and walking

29th Jun 2025 leyfarmcottages

This weekend felt like a bit of a repeat of the last one, with one day spent working our way through a tiny part of

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You reap what you sow… (well what you don’t keep on top of anyway)

19th Jan 2025 leyfarmcottages

We finally got round to tackling a job that we should have done two years ago, and which has been made exponentially harder as a

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Fixing things to walls

29th Sep 2024 leyfarmcottages

It feels like we’ve spent a good chunk of this weekend fixing things to walls and doors. Our [very lovely] third guests are staying with

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Completing our building contract (stage five)

23rd Jun 2024 leyfarmcottages

This week marked the completion of our building contract, which means we are officially out of Stage Five (the construction stage) of the first phase

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A marathon weekend of painting (and running)

28th May 2024 leyfarmcottages

Evening jobs and the long weekend means we’ve managed to make a bit more progress than normal. The two laundries are taking shape after we

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Painting, painting and more painting

3rd May 2021 leyfarmcottages

It’s amazing how quickly time goes when you’re in a room all day, armed with a paintbrush and roller, and various pots of paint. We

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