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May 13
2 min

Community Spirit Reignited

Just as we never thought it was physically possible to be able to watch the evening news without the B word (yes, Brexit...remember that?...

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NettieMac

Mar 25
1 min

New challenges....

So, I always find it better to embrace, if possible, new situations and now that most of us are having to work from home and be on the pr...

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NettieMac

Feb 26
2 min

Never in my lifetime....

....have I had to cut the lawn in the month of February (though this is in fact an ambigious term as that implies that we have grass on o...

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NettieMac

Jan 19
2 min

Happy New Decade

And best wishes for a very happy and healthy 2020 from Hazelwood Farm. We all know that weather patterns have all got a little haywire now...

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NettieMac

Oct 17, 2019
1 min

Does Crayke have a different time dimension?

OR, is it just that i'm totally rubbish at getting around to writing a new blog? When I last wrote a blog it was March and here we are now...

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NettieMac

Mar 12, 2019
2 min

Springing into Spring in Crayke...??

So, "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out" Is this a phrase that maybe this year we will need to pay heed to? Winter so far has been suspic...

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NettieMac

Dec 27, 2018
1 min

Christmas 2018

After a very busy 2018 it came as a shock that it was almost at an end! It was only as the Christmas trees went up that it dawned that wi...

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NettieMac

Oct 16, 2018
2 min

The Partridge Family visit Crayke!

...but not THAT Partridge family, this one... They strolled around the garden off and on for several weeks but presumably have now gone o...

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NettieMac

Jun 8, 2018
1 min

The Highs (and Lows!) of Summer

Well, the most obvious Highs are being able to enjoy balmy evenings and specatacular starry skies and clear views and nature in technicol...

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NettieMac

May 25, 2018
2 min

Shout it from the rooftops!

SPRING HAS DEFINITELY SPRUNG!! And as we Brits tend to get very excited about that orb in the sky (no, not the Moon!) and a sky colour th...

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NettieMac

May 13, 2018
2 min

Long days and giddy four leggers!

So the best thing about living in the country (and on a farm!) has to be the unexpected visitors. This little chap came our way one night...

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NettieMac

Apr 25, 2018
1 min

Razzle Dazzle!

In a mad explosion of sunshine and warmth last week, the garden has suddenly been tricked into thinking that spring has definitely sprung...

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NettieMac

Apr 10, 2018
1 min

Must try harder!

Having heard that at school a lot (especially when it came to maths classes...yuk!) I am going to try and apply this to the Hazelwood Far...

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NettieMac

May 10, 2017
2 min

The 5th month of the year and what a colourful one it is

May can be one of the prettiest months of the year, I think, as the buds on the trees burst into many shades of green and the blossom app...

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NettieMac

Apr 11, 2017
2 min

Spring hath sprung (temporarily!)

Oh, the excitement of we Brits when we see a little blue sky and can peel one layer off from our usual 5 top layers! But doesn't it warm ...

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NettieMac

Mar 18, 2017
2 min

Soooo dull!!

So, I am finding being a professional (?!?) business woman so difficult and all this having to write only B&B related blog stuff is a tad...

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NettieMac

Jan 14, 2017
1 min

Hound of The Baskervilles meets Frozen!

Okay, so that is a slight exaggeration but when looking out of the windows to see a lingering mist across the fields, the novel by Sir Ar...

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NettieMac

Dec 29, 2016
1 min

New beginnings...

So, Christmas is now just a fog of abandoned sweetie wrappers, cold and over cooked sprouts lurking at the back of the fridge, and a stac...

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