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Daniel Burton Photography 8 hours agoWow, wow, wow, just wow! All I’m saying is watch this space. Such an amazing place with so many photo opportunities and with the most amazing and passionate owners with great vision who are building what could be my new favourite place.
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January in the snow

A beautiful crisp morning in the snow. I hope it looks this good when it is all green in summer!
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south lodge a derbyshire holiday cottage with hot tub in the snow

Winter

A cold and crisp morning in the snow
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Merry Christmas 2020

We are all decked out ready for Christmas. Thank you to everyone who has stayed with us this year, we wish you all a safe and merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We would love to see you all in the New Year
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the duck pond

The Duck Pond

What a lovely place for our holiday makers to enjoy the private picnic area in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside just a short walk from South Lodge or Ardsley Cottage. We have loads of wildlife to watch, ducks on the water, birds of prey swooping down and fish and insects in the stream . Across the…
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Ardsley cottage under the rainbow

Ardsley Cottage

Ardsley bathed in sunshine under a rainbow. Longford Hall Farm holiday cottages.com
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Winter Barley

Just in time, All under cover before tonight’s rain
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Hot tub South Lodge

South Lodge

Hot tub awaits
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stricking lillies

Hot border

My hot border is looking good. I have had a visit from NGS Derbyshire and my garden will be opening next year. Anyone staying in the holiday cottages is welcome to visit during their stay.    
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Preparing for combining

We should soon be ready to start combining barley, it has been a really difficult year thanks to the weather
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Bambi

 
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Thirsty work

Lovely to have visitors popping in!
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Sunset

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My Garden

Thought these looked lovely. I was hoping to open my garden this year.
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Nature in action

At least something can enjoy the scenery
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A beautiful day

Having a stop over and playing without a care in the world
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The Duck Pond

Our next amenity. We are aiming to improve our duck pond to make it attractive for a picnic or just to take in the quiet countryside and wildlife. This is our starting point.
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Ardsley driveway

Here is the before and after. We are now very posh
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Springtime

At last spring has come. We only have 4 ewes to lamb and 3 managed the same day. Dad was a busy boy!
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South Lodge

Been dying to do this for ages! Who has a problem with hair cuts during lockdown! This is the before and after
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Ardsley Cottage in the sun

The garden is maturing well after being planted last tear
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South Lodge in the sun.

Shame no one can stay due to Coronavirus
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Hire of hot tub at South Lodge

If you want to hire a hot tub whilst staying at South Lodge Owen is the man.Contact him atOwen@championhottubs.co.uk
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Getting the gardens ready for winter. Chopping back the herbaceous plants and having the garden looking neat and tidy over the winter months ready to bloom again in spring. It will be interesting to see how the new garden at Ardsley Cottage has matured since we planted it last year. I have loads of bulbs…
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Hot Tub

We have recently added a hot tub to our Ardsley cottage home, this will be operational and available to bookings via our website from December. Guests will be required to read and sign our conditions of use.
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Ardsley review

Here is what our latest visitors to Ardsley Cottage wrote Here’s what Tom wrote “A lovely location. A lot more spacious than the photos would have you believe. Smashing host – plumbing issue on arrival sorted immediately. Good value for money. Will be going back again soon!” Tom’s private feedback for you: “Wonderfull place. Great…
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The gardens at Ardsley Cottage

Last year we decided to add another property Ardsley Cottage to our holiday cottages, the house is lovely inside but it was just sat in a field. Here we are updating the garden. We have started a small Japanese themed garden in the front and by the drive we are constructing a more secluded patio…
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Our first blog post!

Hello and welcome to Longford Hall Farm Holiday Cottages, Finally after two and a half years I have come kicking and screaming into the 20th century with our own website, Facebook and blog, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We have been offering Holidays at our South Lodge property for the last couple…
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