Monthly Archives: April 2009

By George! Let's have a picnic!

Happy St George’s Day!
No sooner do we see the first signs of spring, than summer decides to hint it might be on its way. Rejoice!
If there’s the slightest chance of a warm front on the horizon, us Brits will don shorts, light barbecues or head off to a big open space for a jolly pleasant…

Happy Birthday Ma'am!

A big week for Blighty!
Today is Her Majesty’s birthday (her actual birthday, not the official one with all that colour trooping). Perhaps one shouldn’t mention how old dear Elizabeth is, but if you’re baking her a cake we suggest you pop down the shops and pick up about 83 candles.
Here on the farm, we’ll be…

Poetry competition winners!

Phew! We’ve finally made it through every one of the 196 brilliant poems received, thanks to everyone who sent one in. And after deliberating, cogitating and in some cases falling about laughing, we’ve managed to pick ten winners. 
(Read this if you’ve no idea what we’re talking about.)
Congratulations to all our champion rhymers; we’ll be in…

Anyone for Badminton?

After the incredible success of the poetry competition (thanks for all your brilliant verses – we’ve now got the difficult task of choosing 10 winners from 196 entries), we thought we’d give you a new competition to get your teeth into. And we’ve got more great prizes to give away.
Win a pair of tickets to…