17th August 2017

French volunteer farewell blog; all the good things have an end!!

Hi everyone, we are 4 French wwoofers; Soukaina, Cherine, Oceane and Anne-Celine. The four of us are engineering students (2 in agriculture and 2 in mechanics) […]
14th August 2017

The Summer Fair was a triumph; thank you to everyone who came

The Summer Fair was a triumph; many hands were needed to make it happen, and run smoothly through the day, and although the clouds threatened at […]
8th August 2017

Today we say bon voyage to Oceane and Anne-Celine

The jet stream, unknown of course fifty years or so ago, is misbehaving and as a result summer is at least postponed if not cancelled! Sadly, […]
4th August 2017

Summer Fete – 12 August 2017, 11am-4pm

Join us for live music, food & bar. Plus here are some of the top stalls & activities to look out for at this years Fete: Willow weaving […]
31st July 2017

New life – Three bull calves are born!

As I write this, despite the April showers and rainbows we have enjoyed late this afternoon, the ‘nip’ in the air would make it easy to […]
24th July 2017

A visit to the sheep market

Where to start? Fairly obviously with the weather; if it carries on like this for many more days expect a starting sentence complaining about us having […]
17th July 2017

Another calf is on the way!

Being immobile for another week means my news is somewhat second hand, but that is not quite as bad as it sounds because alongside the Friday […]
10th July 2017

What a rare treat – we've spotted moorhen chicks!

I think if we were holiday makers we would have regarded this week as a real joy and indeed, rather laughed at those who felt it […]
4th July 2017

What a busy week! Welcome to Stockwood CBS, WWOOFers!

Going outside after the mid-week rain took me straight back to Africa and the marvellous smell from the earth as the dry season ended and the […]