And we're off - October 2025
Off to a good start... off of the water... and off our heads?
Oatleycleugh Barn is open for business!
After a few trial runs with some friends and family to gather feedback and practice the changeover, we opened the doors to AirBnB guests this week and welcomed a lovely couple on their honeymoon. We love the view from the hill and we think Windshiel is a special place to visit, so it’s nice when other people feel the same. The bookings are flowing in, a mixture of people we know and brand new visitors. With getting off to such a good start we are really looking forward to meeting people from all over in the future.
We are working towards having our own booking site, but for now here's the link to the AirBnB page...
The Dorsets started lambing right on time on the 2nd of September. The pedigree year for the Dorset breed starts September the 1st, and this year is the letter ‘I’, so there are some of the kids friends being honoured with this batch with an ‘Indi’ and an ‘Isla’ running about the front paddocks. Having them lamb in the front fields always brings few double looks as lambs bleating in Autumn is slightly out of the norm, but we always enjoy it as a good topic of discussion.
We’ve been enjoying having Ted’s boat in a harbour near Edinburgh but the time came at the weekend to take it out, clean it off and put it to bed in the shed for winter. This ‘retirement’ project has been years in the making so it’s been great to get to spend some time on it during the summer months.
And finally - the end of September brought the annual Ellemford Show, a small local agricultural show that plays a big part in our Autumn social calendar. Joe has been chairman for the past few years, and this year he managed to take more of a back seat and enjoy the show, however was fully involved in the speed shear and after party of course.
