There's ponies in the snow!

This year we were given a shock. Snow in late November - early December. We desided that the ponies would like to go in the feild with the snow. We have pictures to show you all.

Jeffrey Sunbathing!

Awww, we all love jeffrey don't we?

Today in the early afternoon, the sun blaring, the birds chirping what could make this day worse? nothing! Even Jeffrey was relaxing in the warm sun outside the kitchen window. At one point Jeffrey fell asleep!

Silage Making July 31st 2010

The Buck Rake Pushing the Grass Into The Silage Pit

Silage Making July 31st 2010

this video is one of the few videos we will upload

Cotton Grass on Longstone

This long cotton grass is very common on Longstone. in the background of the cotton grass you can see the rest of longstone and other feilds that surround it. Longstone is the perfect moor.

3 Young Stags

3 stags in a row!

these young stags have just started growing their new antlers you can see they're still covered in "velvet" this is the dying blood vessels left on the antlers.

Jack In The Window

Jack Has Sacked Jeffrey And Does The Job Of

Peering In The Window Himself!

They've swapped jobs! usually Jack Lies on the mat outside the front door and Jeffreys usually peering in the kitchen window!

Big Ears! "watch out he can hear you!"

BIG ears is the new bull we bought last tuesday. in the picture of him and his lady friend you can see the difference in ear size(you can see why hes called big ears!). hes only 18 months old and this is the first time hes been allowed out to play with the young heifers!

Jeffrey and his new toys!

Happy 2nd Birthday Jeffrey!

This July Jeffrey's Birthday has come. one of our visitors sent some squeaky chew toys and some munchies! Jeffrey has already chewed them up!

hes had a wonderfull 2nd birthday and hes now counting down the days until his 3rd birthday! he cant wait!

only 362 days more to go!

The swallows and their nest

this is the last of the swallows. we always have about 5 pairs of swallows each year that return to our wood shed. these two are still being fed by mum and dad they will probably be having flying lessons in a few days.

Jeffrey!

Jeffrey! As usual thinking he's hungry!!

He's looking longingly through the kitchen window at breakfast!

Snumpy!

This poor Highland Cow has got the nickname "Snumpy". She has the most peculiar shaped nose, she always looks as if she has her face pressed againt a window.
The view in the background is of challacombe reservoir, taken from " Longstone".
Absolutely beautiful at this time of year.

Billy and the shepherds hut.

Billy enjoying the afternoon sun, our shepherds hut in the background.

The cat having a nap!

Our very cheeky cat having a snooze in the bird table!

Billy and the shepherds hut.

Billy out in the field really enjoying the sunshine on his back. It's lovely to let the horses out and enjoy the grass before the flies get too bad and they need to be in again during the day.

Highlands on the moors.

Some of the young highlands grazing on the moors. This is the same area 0f moorland that as burnt in the previous pictures. This now showes the benefit of burning the heather with the new grass clearly coming through.

Robbie with some more lambs

letting the tame lambs out.

These are the tame lambs. they have been reared by hand either on a bottle or on a self feed bucket system.They are now ready go out on the grass,but will still get fed some milk twice a day.

New Arrivals!

Lambing has started at Higher Bodley. All Robbie needs is some nice weather to get the lambs a good start.Because we've had so much cold weather with the snow, frost and cold wind the grass hasn't grown at all. consequently the ewes, although they.ve been fed well haven't got the milk they should which means alot of running around with a bottle topping up the lambs. But hopefully this won't last for too long.But i expect there'll be several around to keep feeding!

jeffrey enjoying a walk.

This is jeffrey, my black lab. he's now about 20months old and just becoming abit more obedient!
This is the first time i've trusted him off the lead on the common. He was really good so i'm hopng to be able to take him up there more often. It's such a lovely place to be, although very cold yesterday.

burning the heather.11th march

robbie and martin spent most of the day on Homer Common, a moorland part of the farm, burning the heather. This is done in controlled circumstances to promote healthy growth under the heather. Not a very pleasant job but one of those things that needs to be done to help the preservation of the moorland.

Joan of Longstone

Joan of Longstone. This adorable highland heifer calf was born on 26th feb, a very snowy start to her life.

the shepherds hut in the field

We took advantage of a beautiful day yesterday to put the shepherds hut out in the field. It's now in position and has the decking terrace also. This makes it look fabulous. There will be plenty of room for 2 people. It has a lovely wet/shower room and kitchen that goes with it.

This, we hope will make a truly unique holiday/camping experience.

snow!!!