It's Been A While!

Oh dear, it's been rather a long time since the last blog post, in fact we've completed another harvest! I could make lots of excuses but I won't.

We've welcomed some lovely guests over the summer, families making an escape for the Summer holidays, enjoying time together in the huts, making good use of the open space on the cricket pitch outfield, to play and visiting local attractions. Flamingo Land always seems to be a popular one!

We've had couples coming to relax and take some time out, as well as amateur meteorologists who felt the huts were the perfect place to watch the Perseid meteor showers in August. It must have been good as they've already re-booked for next year!

The recuring theme is how peaceful and tranquil the huts are and how much guests have had the chance to switch off from everyday life. It's really satisfying to hear as that's what we strive for. But don't just take our word for it;

We've been busy over the summer treating the wooden fencing, planting pots of colourful flowers, adding more gravel to the car park and continuing the general maintenance to make sure that the huts are in tip top condition and feel as good as new for the arrival of the next guests.

Harvest is done and dusted for another year. Fortunately the weather worked in our favour and we were able to get it all in, straw baled and bales led by the end of August. Then we had the excitement of the pea viners!

We grow peas for Birdseye, but it's a military operation as they have to be vined, loaded onto a lorry and delivered to the factory in Hull for freezing within an hour. In order to do this, there were four viners working through the night, filling trailers, then lorries and off they go. Unlike a combine, pea viners can work in the wet and they started with us at 6pm one Friday evening, finishing about 2.30am.

The peas are a "break" crop. They have nitrogen fixing nodules so they organically replenish the soil which is why we plant them after wheat or barley which use the nutrients to grow. Our Wolds soil is very thin so in order to farm productively we have to plan carefully what we grow and when and make sure that we look after the soil. Once the peas were vined, the team were back the very next day muck spreading, adding more organic nutrients to the soil so that we can grow the next crop.

We are delighted to once again be supporting Go Racing In Yorkshire's best dressed final, which takes place later this month. We're based right in the heart of racing country and joining up with fellow sponsors Parnaby's, who are based in Malton and Lloyd Land Rover in York, we can offer the best prize of a country getaway. The winner will spend two nights with us, have the use of a Land Rover vehicle for two days and head to Parnaby's to collect a pair of his and hers Dubarry boots! Voting takes place on Go Racing In Yorkshire's website from Monday 16th September.

As we look ahead towards the end of the year we do have some availability. The huts are open all year round - they are incredibly well insulated and with a gas boiler, providing hot water and powering the radiator and heated towel rail, plus a 7kw log burner we can warm them up to toasty guest temperature in an instant. We provide all the logs you will need free of charge! Add to that the traditional eiderdowns and fur throws, plus the sheepskins on the benches and of course a couple of hot water bottles should you really need them, it is the perfect place to hunker down for a quiet escape.

We look forward to seeing you soon!