Breakfast of champions
posted by Cptn
You have just a couple of days to take in the last of Farmhouse Breakfast week at Occombe Farm, which culminates on Sunday January 27 with a guided walk around the nature centre followed by a hearty Occombe Farmhouse breakfast in the Bake House Cafe.
The farm will also be organising a couple of master classes in conjunction with the Soil Association in an attempt to bring back forgotten skills (like being civil, understanding apostrophies, and espousing feminism). There will be an introductory bread course with Emma Parkin of Emma Bread. And a hands-on hedgelaying course with the Countryside Rangers. Both of these one-day courses are £50, or free if you join the Soil Association (single membership starts at £2 per month, if you pay direct debit, yada, yada, yada, so it could be quite a bargain - you might even save some bread ((not very ho ho))).
And, there’s all that other nature stuff going on: building bird-boxes & lady bird hotels, rummaging through rockpools, racing trilobites on the beach, getting creative in a scrappy workshop, taking part in the Big Garden Bird Watch, joining in the Occombe Easter Egg Challenge and so on and so forth.
Call 01803 606035 to book for events or for further details visit the Countryside Trust or Occombe Farm websites.
January 25th, 2008
