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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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Reclaiming our new greenhouse from aphids!

26th Oct 2025 leyfarmcottages

It turns out that weekend same-day changeovers are easier to manage alongside work than Friday changeovers, but it does limit the number of jobs we

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Starting another ‘major 2025 job’

16th Feb 2025 leyfarmcottages

We started another one of our ‘major 2025 jobs’ this weekend, although annoyingly a drizzly Saturday meant we had to wait until Sunday and so

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From top (of the farmhouse) to bottom (of the shippon)

9th Jul 2023 leyfarmcottages

If you’ve seen our social media posts you’ll know the exciting milestone for this week. After taking the farmhouse roof off last week, our carpenters

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And suddenly it’s Autumn

4th Sep 2022 leyfarmcottages

This week marked the start of Autumn; and coming with it the jobs starting to take down the vegetable garden and picking the fruit that’s

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Yarcombe Flower Show 2022

1st Aug 2022 leyfarmcottages

A particularly busy week means our blog is later than normal – mainly a result of spending hours watering trying not to let everything die, and

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Rain paused outside play… 

6th Oct 2021 leyfarmcottages

We’d set aside last weekend to dig up a heavily- weeded area and plant it with bulbs… but the rain was so heavy on Saturday that when we

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