Here at Arbor Holiday and Knightcote Farm Cottages we are raising the flag to celebrate St George Day on the 23rd April. He was born sometime around the year 280 in what is now Turkey. He was a soldier and rose up through the ranks of the Roman army, eventually becoming a personal guard to […]
Snake’s head fritillaries always excite attention wherever they are seen. None of the other lovely members of the fritillaria genus can match this native wildflower for the bizarre and unmistakable colouring of its bell-shaped flowers. They are various shades of purple, always with a unmistakable and pronounced chequered pattern of dark purple and creamy white. The […]
Normally we would have planted the majority of our crops in the autumn and would have a small amount to plant in the spring. However, this winter has been very cold and wet and drilling has been very much delayed. So all the planting has had to happen this year in the spring. We are […]
Today the sun is shining and the sky is a bright blue. The spring flowers around the pond, the runcluars, the primroses and the cowslips have all burst into flower and the show is amazing. The grass is growing quickly and already has had 2 cuts this week. The carp have all emerged from their […]
Look what the warm weather has brought, to our lovely Orchard Carp Lake, a new clump of frogspawn. Frogspawn is made up of thousands of single eggs, each one having a tiny black tadpole embryo surrounded in jelly. The Frogs lay so many eggs beacuse most do not survive to adulthood. From the three thousand eggs that one female lays, only […]
The cottages looked fantastic this Easter Holiday. The daffodils and the snow drops outside the cottages looked so inviting and friendly. The lovely welcome packs including our Shaun the sheep packs, home-made Cadbury Chocolate mini-egg biscuits and Lindt chocolate Easter bunnies were a hit with all our young guests and those young at heart. I was also […]
Busy getting the Cottages ready for Spring. We have updated the Bathrooms in Ploughman’s Rest. It now has 2 new contempory bathrooms with a cottage feel. The Lights in the kitchen and the bathroom have also been updated to provide low energy 25 year bulbs. I am very pleased with the amount and quality of light that they […]
Cycling is great fun. We have many picturesque great quiet lanes around the village where you can bike with the family or join up with many national cycle routes that go from us up to Birmingham or south to Shipston on Stour. If you don’t want to bring your own bikes they can be hired and delivered […]
Love the refresh we have done in Sleeplate Cottage, new sofas, sanded and resealed wood floors, new carpets, new lights and shades, looking fabulous
Five star gold for all our self cateing cottages at Arbor Holiday and Knightcote Farm Cottages
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Five Star Gold Arbor Holiday and Knightcote Farm Cottages have been awarded 5 Star gold the highest accolade from the tourist board for their self catering cottages.4 CommentsComment on Facebook
