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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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A flurry of uninvited garden visitors 

10th Jul 2022 leyfarmcottages

We seem to spend a good amount of time at the moment trying to manage the different uninvited garden visitors we’re getting. The kitchen garden

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Our cottage covered in undergrowth

Spring bulbs done (at last!) – onto more clearing

12th Dec 2021 leyfarmcottages

After what seems like months (but has really only been two) we finally finished planting all our spring bulbs! So much for our initial estimate of

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What happened to our lawns?? 

24th Oct 2021 leyfarmcottages

Autumn, I’m told, is the best time of year to repair grass; and seeing as though John’s first efforts in Spring only included the front and back lawns, it was inevitable

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Slowly getting through the outside odd jobs

14th Aug 2021 leyfarmcottages

The last few weeks have mostly been filled with first-time visits from family and friends, and so we’ve only managed to squeeze a couple of

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