july 25, 2010 06:50pm
For many, it is now the start of the school holidays, when families come to Humble Bee Farm for a relaxing break.
With the glorious weather we’ve had lately, we can’t wait to welcome everyone to our caravan and campsite, wigwams and cottages, not forgetting our lovely holiday apartment in Filey!
Now the agricultural show season is in full swing: Farmer Percy and wife Julia visited the Great Yorkshire Show, while Farmer Percy has also had his judging ‘hat’ on this week when he judged cattle in a cattle ring. Agricultural shows are a chance for everyone to see how hard the industry works, while at the same time offering people the chance to meet up with fellow farmers and enjoy the summer weather.
The combine harvester has been just been serviced and is ready to use as the harvest season approaches. The golden fields are beckoning, the combine is now ready – Farmer Percy is in for a busy time!
Here at Humble Bee Farm, we are very lucky to have incredible countryside and beautiful villages surrounding us. So we were delighted when the judges from the Best Kept Village competition visited us last week. They were very impressed by the farm, including our hanging baskets, flower borders and the general layout of Humble Bee itself. So who knows, we could be entered as part of the Best Kept Village competition – watch this space.
The children staying at the farm have been busy collecting eggs for their breakfast - our hens, being free range, lay them just about anywhere, so it's great fun to 'hunt the egg' - even the grown-ups enjoy it!
Finally, we’d like to thank Richard, Rose and family for this lovely comment after their stay with us earlier this month: “We have just had a lovely weekend at the camp site. The site is really clean and modern and really well laid out. The play area was great and again modern and safe. Thanks for making our stay so enjoyable, we certainly intend on visiting again soon.”
Let’s hope everyone who stays at Humble Bee Farm has as good a time as Richard and Rose. Thanks also to Kevin Groocock for another lovely bird photograph - this time a corn bunting.
More from Humble Bee next week!
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july 15, 2010 10:33am
Thanks to some wonderful weather we had recently, Humble Bee Farm has been a hive of activity: campers, caravanners and ‘cottagers’ have all been making the most of the sun’s rays! Everyone’s had a great time – relaxing, maybe visiting some of our great local attractions, enjoying a delicious cooked breakfast with produce bought from our on-site shop and generally making the most of what can be a great British summer.
The new shower block is a real asset to the business, being so handy for our campsite guests. As we are getting a number of first time campers, this new facility is great for them as it has fridge, microwave and washing up area, along with spacious shower cubicles. We’ve had lots of positive comments about it.
We also got a mention in a national newspaper! The Daily Mail ran an article in their Femail section and we were listed under the title of ‘Find a perfect pitch’, stating: ‘Wonderful for families with younger children, this farm has pigs, sheep and cows and eggs to be collected from the chicken house. All pitches – on a small quarter-acre field, include electrical hookup and there are very clean showers and toilets on-site.’ Thanks to this feature, we had some bookings and one of them who saw the article not only booked with us but sent us a copy of the article.
Down on the farm, harvest time is nearly upon us – doesn’t time fly? There is a saying that when the harvest is ready to combine, go for a week’s holiday! Well, Farmer Percy and his wife, Julia, went to Scotland to do some fishing, so the old adage does seem to be true.
Talking of harvest and crops, our last load of wheat has been sold to a local pig farm to make way for the new, forthcoming harvest. All the wild oats have been pulled out of the corn in readiness for this year’s bout of combine harvesting.
The school holidays are here (with our Scottish friends already ‘on vacation’), so we’ve got a busy time ahead. We look forward to welcoming you to Humble Bee Farm.
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june 29, 2010 09:14am
Spot has really taken to Molly, our new pup. Here they are chilling out after a hard day's work at Humble Bee Farm.
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june 29, 2010 09:05am
The Bullerwell boys enjoying the campfire here at Humble Bee Farm!
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june 29, 2010 09:03am
Over the last week, we had Midsummer’s Day and also the third birthday of two of our very special visitors, twin sisters Holly and Ella, who have spent their holidays here at Humble Bee since they were just five months old. Here we have them in the children’s corner in our onsite shop, complete with headdresses and pink dresses! Happy birthday to you both.
We have also had the pleasure of the Bullerwell family’s company last week: their two young boys have thoroughly enjoyed their time with us, particularly sitting round the campfire enjoying the summer evenings. Regular visits to the shop has also been part of the routine. You can see them in our picture keeping warm near their camping pitch.
Our lovely Jack Russell pup, Molly, who has teeth as sharp as razors, has really been taken care of by Spot, one of our other adult Jack Russells. Molly’s arrival has given Spot a new lease of life, bringing out the maternal instinct in our loyal dog. Charlie, our third Jack Russell, has taken some adjusting with the new member of the Humble Bee Family.
We are getting very busy during both July and August, while we have been fortunate with some repeat bookings for 2011 at our St Kitts Holiday Apartment , overlooking Filey Bay.
Sadly, England are now out of the World Cup, but in support of the lads we did decorate our wheelbarrows with England flags.
The wildlife at Humble Bee Farm, though, has been oblivious to the World Cup hype: always in abundance, another of our regular visitors, Callista, has come up with a list of birds that can be spotted while on one of the many walks around the farm. Watch out for pewits, skylarks, oyster catchers, curlews, partridge, chaffinches, gold finches and pheasant.
As the solstice has now passed, we now wait for the fields to gradually turn golden yellow as the crops ripen, and before we know it, harvest time will be upon us. The glorious weather we’ve been having has certainly helped!
More from Humble Bee Farm next week.
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