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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Caroline Turner on July 16, 2012, 11:56:24 am

Title: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Caroline Turner on July 16, 2012, 11:56:24 am
Hi!
We, Dave & Caroline Turner, live in the quiet village of Blennerhasset about 8 miles from Cockermouth. We have just spent the last 6 years building up our smallholding and B&B.  We have just under 6 acres which is stocked with sheep, a mix of Texel & Ryeland and some crosses!! Poultry - turkeys, ducks & hens some rare breed but now mostly Heinz 57 plus pigs Doris our Saddleback X sow who is hopefully in pig & 3 store pigs.  I also love growing veg and have a polytunnel & greenhouse plus some raised beds and spend most of my life trying to protect everything from the hens, who free range & the cats.

Having set everything up we are now on the move, to hopefully a smaller house & more land. Dave wants more sheep.  So if you are looking for a beautiful, ready to go smallholding in the West Cumbria take a look at www.beechhouse-lakedistrict.co.uk (http://www.beechhouse-lakedistrict.co.uk)
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Fleecewife on July 16, 2012, 12:35:27 pm
What a lovely house and smallholding - and so close to Woolfest  ;D ;D   Someone will get a bargain there  8)
 
Welcome to TAS and I hope you stay on and share your new smallholding with us once this one is sold.
 
ps you might like to put this in 'marketplace' too
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Caroline Turner on July 16, 2012, 01:23:23 pm
Dear Fleecewife - thank you for your reply.   We usually go to Woolfest and take some of our Ryelands to exhibit on the Ryeland Society stand unfortunately missed it this year!  Looking forward to the challenge of a new place and putting into action all we have learnt here and not repeating  our many  mistakes!!
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Dans on July 16, 2012, 05:22:49 pm
Welcome, good luck with your sale and finding your new smallholding!

Dans
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Possum on July 16, 2012, 05:31:38 pm
What an immaculate smallholding! You must have worked really hard to get it this way :trophy:
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Rosemary on July 16, 2012, 07:09:35 pm
Very nice  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 16, 2012, 10:03:57 pm
Gorgeous.  If only I was in a position to consider it.
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: darkbrowneggs on July 16, 2012, 10:28:51 pm
Welcome and well done  :thumbsup:   Hope the sale and move goes well  :)
Title: Re: Greetings from Blennerhasset in Cumbria
Post by: Mammyshaz on July 26, 2012, 08:35:37 pm
Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave: your setup looks lovely I'm sure it should sell quickly  :fc: