Can you believe it's June already? We can't.

The weather has been warming our cockles and we are looking forward to the Summer ahead. June is the perfect month to visit our self-catering h0liday cottages if you haven't got dependant children or if you have pre-schoolers.

Enjoy visiting local attractions with fewer people than in the summer holidays, walk the beautiful lanes and footpaths that are brimming over with wildflowers, relax beside the pond, in our glorious conservatory or swim in the heated indoor swimming pool.

And benefit from a special seasonal pricing structure we've put in place for the month of June. Read on to find out more...

To give our guests maximum flexibility and affordability this Spring we have updated our calendars to include weekend and midweek short breaks in our self-catering cottages from 14th April to the end of May. There are Bank Holidays on both Monday 1st May (May Day) and Monday 8th May (for the coronation) and these dates are included as both start and end days so you can save on your holiday from work! 

Our smallest cottage Apple (sleeps up to 3 or 4 with a baby in a cot) starts from just £69 per night for a week in mid-April and is £91 per night for a four night midweek stay and £113 per night for a three night weekend stay. The best value per night break will always be a week or longer, but we hope these shorter stays will provide more flexibility and perhaps allow guests to tie a stay with us in with another location or two to create a mini-road-trip around the county or region. 

Following hot on the heels of last week's Visit England Glamping Accreditation Gold Award for our other accommodation business Blackdown Yurts, we are thrilled to announce that Halsbeer Farm has been recognised by Tripadvisor as a 2022 Traveller's Choice award winner. This award celebrates businesses that have received great traveller reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. It means that we are considered among the top 10% of visitor accommodation worldwide! How fantastic is that? 

I spent a happy few hours while on holiday myself in Cornwall over the Easter break browsing our Tripadvisor reviews from the last year. It really is great to know that our guests enjoy our accommodation and facilities so much. Read on to see a few quotes from the most recent reviews. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to leave a review after their trip, it really does make a difference to us, it's because of your great reviews that we've won this award. Thank you. 

With the approach of February half term my mind begins to turn to the next school holiday in April. The Easter holidays will soon be upon us so I thought it might be helpful to give a run down of remaining availability for April in our self-catering holiday accommodation in beautiful Mid-Devon. (Other months are available too!)

Our Devon holiday cottages provide a home-from-home experience with the added benefit of a heated indoor swimming pool, games room and light and bright conservatory for all of our guests to use. Situated in a secluded, rural valley in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Our daughter turned 13 this month, I was the same age in 1991 and I clearly remember my father sitting down to complete our family’s census return that year. He explained to me that they happen every ten years and that they are really important. I’ve always carried that with me and I actually get a thrill out of completing our census form. I understand that the government needs information about the current demographic of our country’s population to plan for future development and provision of services, but for me the real beauty of the census is that it helps to unlock the past...