Video tour of Snowdrop by the youngest
Here is an opportunity to have a tour of Snowdrop cabin! Last year (2019) when we readied the cabins for their very first guests, our youngest son, then aged 7 years, filmed a few video tours. He filmed the clips completely on is own and he is very...
First guests for 2020
Last week we welcomed our first guests to Buckland Farm Log Cabins since lockdown restrictions changed. Both Primrose and Snowdrop cabins were booked for seven days each. Getting the bookings was a relief, as we were unsure how people were going to feel...
We are open!
We are open - time for a staycation!So after months of lockdown living, we are now able to reopen and welcome guests to Buckland Farm Log Cabins.We had high hopes for 2020, our first full year of being a holiday destination, and we were starting to get...
We got goats
Our menagerie is growing...goats, Pygmy goats! So our daughter fell in love with Pygmy goats (another impact of visiting the Bath & West show). On her birthday she got “the best birthday present ever” of two Pygmy goats - Teddy and Alfie. They are a...
Beep beep – we bought some sheep
Baaaa...So we bought some sheep! Specifically five Coloured Ryelands. We’ve been thinking of getting a few sheep for a while to help keep the grass in the meadow below the cabins trimmed, and now we’ve done it.We picked Ryelands for a number of reasons -...
We welcome our very first guests to Buckland Farm Log Cabins
Our first guestsWe had several dates in our head (and hearts) to have all four cabins complete and open for guests, but these dates came and went. We didn’t have an “official” opening date. That is until we took a booking for three of the cabins for a...
Who are we and why follow our blog?
Welcome to our Buckland Farm Log Cabin blog. We are Catherine and Chris. Together we have three kids (two sons, one daughter) and a trio of dogs (a beautiful golden retriever and guardian of our daughter, a yorkshire terrier that thinks she’s a rottweiler...
A short, but stunning walk right on our doorstep
I was looking at the ordinance survey map and spotted a public footpath right on our doorstep that I’ve never done. So the sun was out, the kids and dogs needed to blow off some steam, so off we went. I love to walk in a loop, rather than turn around to walk back the...
Paint our cabins
As work begins on cabin number three while we wait for the windows to arrive for cabin one and two, we took the opportunity to paint the outside of the two cabins with preservative to protect the wood from the elements. We are using Osmo, which is a natural oil-based...
Otterhead Lakes walk
There is something a little mysterious about Otterhead Lakes. The lakes once formed part of seven ornamental lakes belonging to a large 19th century house. The house no longer stands, and of the seven ornamental lakes, only two survive and are now maintained by...