Troutsdale Farm Blog
Discover the ultimate ladies weekend away in the breathtaking Peak District!
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12 Top Reasons for Visiting the Staffordshire Peak District
4 super easy and simple ways to cook lamb chops from our Lamb Meat Box
SEE FACEBOOK COMPETITION TO ENTER HERE ✨⭐️ CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY TIME ⭐️✨ 🎄Win a £30 VOUCHER at our great local Peak District Pub The Lazy Trout, Meerbrook. THE RULES: ⭐️ L I K E this post! ⭐️ C O M M E N T below and tag someone you’d bring with you if you won ABOUT US We are very proud to have our seasonal lamb on the menu at this great local pub. Our lamb is :- ✔ Pasture Fed ✔ Traditionally reared and Slow grown ✔ Heritage Breed (oldest pedigree flock book society in UK!) ✔ The Shropshire Breed (originates from hills of North Staffordshire and Shropshire in mid 1800s) Of course they have lots of other great local produce on the menu including Wills family beef, local Barlows Bangers ... and of course Irakilis's special olive oil from his home in Greece and his AMAZING honey!! It's all about #supportlocal #localfood #PeakDistrict ❤❤❤ Don’t forget to S H A R E this giveaway so your family and friends can see this competition too! We will end this giveaway on Saturday 7th December. The winner will then be chosen at random. Full terms and conditions are on our website. 👉 To find out more about our HERITAGE BREED LAMB BOXES from the Peak District go to www.troutsdalefarm.co.uk/lamb 👉 To find out more about the launch of THE BRITISH HERITAGE SHEEP PROJECT - an initiative introducing the public to the fantastic flavours and sublime eating experiences of one of the UK’s iconic and priceless assets – its 60 native breeds of sheep and sheep meat of different ages INCLUDING OUR FABULOUS SHROPSHIRE BREED https://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/…/time-right-for-new-meat…/ 👉iF YOU WANT TO STAY SOMEWHERE SPECIAL with fabulous Peak District views ... find out more about our AWARD WINNING HOLIDAY COTTAGES sleeping from 2 - 18 people over on our website www.troutsdalefarm.co.uk GOOD LUCK! 🤞
GO TO OUR FACEBOOK POST TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION HERE - it will tell you to do the following on that post to enter - see below:- ✨⭐️ GIVEAWAY TIME ⭐️✨ Surprise someone, or treat yourself, to 12 beautiful images of the glorious Peak District National Park ... the local area toTroutsdale Farm Holiday Cottages. THE PRIZE: ⭐️ the new 2020 PEAK DISTRICT CALENDAR THE RULES: ⭐️ L I K E this post! ⭐️ C O M M E N T below and TAG someone you think would love one too The Peak District National Park is the UK's first National Park. This superb calendar has 12 stunning images taken by local professional photographer Phil Sproson Photography - this calendar also supports the work of the Peak District National Park Foundation We are offering our followers the chance to enjoy this free calendar - so even if you are not able to come and stay with us at Troutsdale Farm Holidays - Award Winning Accommodation at the moment - you can enjoy stunning Peak District images at home. ✔ if you want to come and stay ... make sure you pop over to our facebook post re voucher off code we are currently running - limited availability) And of course - our favourite image has to be of THE ROACHES - the iconic impressive Rock Outcrop that can be seen from our cottages - one of our favourite places for a walk with some of the best views in the Peak District and is also so popular for rock climbing too. ⛰️ LOCAL PEAKS AND LANDSCAPES 🖼️ 12 DREAMY PEAK DISTRICT IMAGES 🌼 ENJOY NATURE Don’t forget to S H A R E this giveaway so your family and friends can see this competition too! We will end this giveaway on Saturday 14th September 2019. The winner will then be chosen at random and contacted via a Facebook message. Full terms and conditions can be found on our website GOOD LUCK! 🤞
How to .... easy BBQ with Troutsdale Farm Lamb chops - when life is too hot an too short to spend too long in the kitchen- but still want to BBQ and eat well
We purchased Alderton Winston Whopper (pictured left as a ram lamb) as ram lamb in 2015 from Pippa and Peter Geddes from the Alderton Flock of Shroshire Sheep - as many of you know this is a well respected flock in the breed society from a Signet recorded flock.
MOTHERS DAY SPECIALS -WEEKENDS 2019 Treat Mum in March - she is worth it! For ALL remaining March breaks we will include cream tea on arrival - so you can just arrive and treat mum - you'll just need to put the kettle on for her! (Please request when booking). The family can book the cottage, includes all beds made up for arrival, 2 towels each, basics like tea, coffee sugar, dishwasher tablets, washing up liquid, bin liners, etc etc - all the things that mums 'have to think about' when going away!!.......... so the family can just book the cottage for a treat and mum just has to pack a few clothes!! We have got:- ✔ Lovely panoramic views over Peak District countryside, ✔ Doorstep walks, ✔ Some great local pubs to take her out for a bit of lunch ✔ Various tea rooms for Afternoon Tea treats ✔ Cosy log fire to return to (with a basket of logs included) ✔ You can pick up a takeaway from great local pub - even off their 'specials board' ✔ Award winning Pabna restaurant in Leek - will deliver a takeaway treat ✔ And we also have a private chef that will come in and cook as well ✔ Fabulous spa facilites at nearby Mill Wheel Spa - less than 1 mile away ✔ Oh.... and major supermarkets will do a food delivery also .... so she does not even have to think of that!!
Its 6 February 2019 - it's #BOOKDIRECT DAY! So what is #bookdirect day? Well ..... it's all about guest education day! Have you recently seen some of those adverts on the Television telling you that you get the best deal on your hotel or holiday cottage by going through them? - them being some of the OTA's (online travel agents) They may not always be what they appear to be. . Some have 'hidden' service fees or commissions, or they do not necessary tell you this when you first start looking in that initial property search and it brings up the initial prices. Some charge high commission/booking fees to the independent small guesthouse or cottage. Always check out BOOK DIRECT with the holiday cottage, hotel, bed and breakfast for the best deal. If you go direct you can give yourself the chance to save. Not only this - but every extra penny going to a local small business and rural economy - can then help that local area too. Not sure if you've heard of the 'fiver fest' ....... our local historic market town of Leek runs this ..... it's something similar with booking your independent cottage ⭐To celebrate this special day we are offering our customers 10% discount off our standard rate for dates from 6 Feb to end April 2019 ⭐ Please, use the discount code BOOKDIRECT to book online or contact us on 01538 300101 for the best price. ⭐ But hurry, this offer will ONLY run for just 24 hours and expire on 12 pm 07/02/2019! T&C apply. #bookdirect #supportlocal #savemoney
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - EXPLORE A FEW IN OUR PEAK DISTRICT AREA
Barbara Turnock • 8 March 2019
International Women's Day - discover a few in our Peak District area
The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire - she started the development of the commercial side of Chatsworth and raising money for the estate - as well as starting the Children's Farm and Farm Shop "to explain to children that food is produced by farmers who also look after the land and the the two functions are inextricably mixed" - there is a more obiturary in the Daily Telegraph
which highlights some of the more interesting parts of her life there are also a number of books she has written. Chatsworth opens again from March.
2) Haddon Hall
- Jane Eyre
Haddon Hall with its house and grounds has played host to no less than 3 versions of 'Jane Eyre'! Screen credits also include "Elizabeth", "Pride & Prejudice", The Other Boleyn Girl" and "The Princess Bride". This medieval hall is a great place to visit.
Haddon Hall is probably the finest example of a fortified medieval manor house in existence.
Avoiding fire; warfare; family misfortune and changing fashions, little has changed over recent centuries and Haddon provides a unique view of early English life and history
Opens again from March.
In 2016, Emma Bridgewater was made President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. She is also a Patron of the Heritage Crafts Association
Emma Bridewater factory shop in Stoke on Trent is less than 30 minutes drive away - where you can purchase seconds and great bargains, as well as enjoy their cafe and factory tour to see the pottery actually being made, and it is also a great place for painting your own piece of pottery and is also well set up for children painting pottery too.
4) National Memorial Arboretum
- with it's Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps memorial
We are very proud that the National Memorial Arboretum is in Staffordshire - During the war years, over 240,000 young women joined the Women’s Land Army (WLA) and Women’s Timber Corps (WTC). Many of these young girls were only 17 years of age and it often meant living in the countryside for the first time. They were trained in farming and forestry skills and through their combined efforts, Britain’s crucial food and timber supplies were met.
The Staffordshire Women’s Food and Farming Union has campaigned and raised funds to provide a fitting tribute to honour and commemorate the women’s wartime work. Many of the donations have come from the Land Girls and Lumber Jills themselves, such is their feeling of pride in the new memorial.
The WLA Tribute is a bronze sculpture created by Staffordshire sculptor Denise Dutton and is based on a WWII WLA recruitment poster. Its figures are set upon a sandstone plinth.
6) Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery Leek
- The Bayeaux Tapestry - Elizabeth Wardle
It was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle to make the replica Bayeux Tapestry, now on display in Reading Museum. She was a skilled embroiderer and a member of the Leek Embroidery Society in Staffordshire. Her husband, Thomas Wardle was a leading silk industrialist. Elizabeth Wardle researched the Bayeux Tapestry by visiting Bayeux in 1885. The Society also based the replica on hand-coloured photographs of the tapestry held by the South Kensington Museum, now called the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The aim of the project was to make a full-sized and accurate replica of the Bayeux Tapestry "so that England should have a copy of its own".
The replica Bayeux Tapestry was first exhibited in the Nicholson Institute in Leek in 1886. Over the next ten years the tapestry was put on display in towns and cities across Britain and it even travelled to Germany and America.
Today the Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery dominates the skyline of Leek's historic Peak District market town and today is home to a collection of impressive oil paintings, ceramics, local history and a fine selection of the famous Leek Embroideries.
Come and stay with us at Troutsdale Farm Holiday Cottages in the glorious south west Peak District area .... and discover our rich and varied landscape with so much history
7) Peak District National Park
- First Woman Chair of the Peak District National Park ....
Lesley Christine Roberts - a local lady on our Local Parish Council and good friend..... has done alot of work for the Peak District National Park Authority and became the first woman Chair of the Peak District National Park Authority
