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

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    • 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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A sunny weekend

16th Mar 2025 leyfarmcottages

A weekend of sunny weather meant we managed to get through plenty of jobs this weekend. Our first success was in the kitchen garden. One

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An early start to 2025 (‘s job list)

30th Dec 2024 leyfarmcottages

One of our first ‘Big Jobs of 2025’ jobs was to clear the ivy from the wall between our kitchen garden and orchard. Most of

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Getting more rooms ready – and our first bookings!

18th Aug 2024 leyfarmcottages

Unsurprisingly, this has been another non-stop week – a very productive one though. Our main goal was to get the remaining bedrooms and ensuite cleaned

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Our site manager’s final week

7th Jul 2024 leyfarmcottages

This feels like another mini-milestone week. It was our site manager Paul’s final week on site – even though there are bits to finish, these

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Dug, shaped, stoned and shuttered

2nd Jun 2024 leyfarmcottages

Early Tuesday morning our concrete contractors arrived with two big diggers and a large trailer. They spent the week breaking up most of the existing

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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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