HIGHLY COMMENDED

Absolutely thrilled to receive a ' Highly Commended' award at the recent Lancashire & Blackpool Tourist Board Annual Awards. Micheala Strachan was lovely, a wonderful personality and great fun.

The blackbird nesting in the clematis hatched 4 eggs but there only seems to be two birds in there now. They are almost ready to leave the nest now so I hope they survive ok.

Our visitors arriving in the Dairy today found a tiny, tiny baby sparrow alone on the cobbles. Can't find the nest it is from so Zoe has taken it home to try and feed it and help it to survive. Its such a tiny little thing, I just hope it makes it.

CONGRATULATIONS

Many congratulations to Philip & Hannah who stayed with us over Easter while competing in the Ballroom Dancing Festival in Southport. They did extremely well and are now ranked 4th in the UK sequence dancing. Well Done.
Plenty of activity in the various nests around the place. Our blackbird is back again this year, nesting in the clematis around our back door. She fledged 3 babies successfully last year so lets hope she does the same this year. We have also been watching a pair of robins who have built their nest in an upturned flowerpot in the rockery. Mum and Dad were very protective and 'dive bombed' Milly if she went anywhere near!
The hens are away on holiday at the moment. We took them to stay with Zoe while we went to France for a week and haven't been back for them yet. Alan is making a new compound for them in the field so we will bring them back just as soon as it is finished.