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10 Top Tips for the Best Father of the Bride Speech

Posted on February 15, 2014 by

Here at the Haybarn at Beechenhill Farm we have heard many many speeches. Because we are working and making sure the weddings here go like clockwork, we always listen attentively to the speeches. Whether it’s a nervous first time public … Continue reading →

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Ancestral Tourism or Discover Your Roots

Posted on October 31, 2013 by

We are delighted to be hosting an event in the Beechenhill Haybarn on 7th November 2013- all about Ancestral Tourism. Ancestral Tourism Course Malcolm Gallagher (Chartered marketer, business mentor, sales & marketing coach in the tourism & hospitality, food & drink … Continue reading →

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Wrongs and Rights of Way or How to Walk

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Highway Bandits or How to Walk We really don’t want your blood all over our country lanes, we want you to enjoy our great places and not get hurt- Please walk safely.  Particularly when you come and visit the wonderful … Continue reading →

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#2 How Green is Your Wedding? 2014 -A Competition for £250 off

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Ethical Weddings in the Peak District We offer exclusive hire of Beechenhill Farm for your wedding weekend. We are lucky enough to live in this beautiful organic farm in the Staffordshire Peak District National Park, we would like to share … Continue reading →

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Global Award for Peak District Farm?

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Beechenhill Farm up for Global Award Beechenhill Farm has been short-listed out of 1600 global nominations in the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards.  Responsible tourism; having more fun and better experiences because you are not harming the planet,  is at the core … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Orgreave 1984

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

I produce Swedish style, egg tempera folk art paintings.  In Sweden this is known as a ‘Bonad’ -a decorative wall hanging (plural is Bonader). This painting ‘the Miner and the Horse II’ came about because while researching mining on the internet before … Continue reading →

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Save Young People, Share an Apprentice!

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Do you remember the ‘Save water- share a bath’ campaign? Well, Save Young People, Share an Apprentice! Just in Staffordshire there are over 30,000 small businesses, if half of those shared an apprentice that would be 7,000 young people being … Continue reading →

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The Iridescent Green Dock Beetle (our organic jewel)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Nature gives us what we need. When we started our conversion to organic farming in 1998, Terry the farmer was very uncomfortable about allowing nettles, thistles and dock leaves to grow on the farm. He had grown up on a … Continue reading →

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Fragile, naïve and centuries old; Peak District well dressing

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

A lovely video from @terrybnd all about our wonderful well dressings. Tissington is always the first and is the most spectacular, but from May to September you can find a well dressing somewhere in the Peak District. Tissington is a … Continue reading →

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Dovedale, add music and walk

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

I have just been sent this video on Twitter  by http://www.terrybnd.blogspot.com/ It’s blown me away- this is where I live, this is where I have lived for 26 years.  I have often seen Dovedale looking like this.  My family and … Continue reading →

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