Come and support our Church Flower Festival......

Spring in the Vale...............

Doesn't look much different than the winter version yet, but the sun is out and its beginning to feel warmer so the grass, trees and shrubs at growing !

Winter in the Marshwood Vale

Cardsmill Farm new pictures

2 new pictures taken by a local village friend from the top of St Candida and Holy Cross Church tower. Both show our farm and some of our land, also with views of the Marshwood Vale.

Local Church Charity event poster - all welcome

Whats on in our local church............

ST CANDIDA AND HOLY CROSS CHURCH

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM

 

The popular Free Exchange Cafe is open the first Sunday of the month from April till November from 10.30 to 12 noon, in the Church at Whitchurch Canonicorum.

 

Enjoy freshly-brewed coffee, tea, croissants and pain chocolat straight from the oven. Catch up with friends and neighbours, or browse the Sunday papers. Come for ten minutes or stay for an hour. 

 

The Free Exchange Table is open, too. Bring something you no longer need, take something away if you like it or both or neither - whichever you choose, no money changes hands. Plants and Produce are always welcome.

 

There's no charge for the Cafe (but feel free to leave a donation).

 

 

Our church has lots of interesting history please see the church's website below

 

http://www.cathedralofthevale.co.uk/

Whats on in Whitchurch Canonicorum

 

 

 

ST CANDIDA AND HOLY CROSS CHURCH

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM

 

The popular Free Exchange Cafe is open the first Sunday of the month from April till November from 10.30 to 12 noon, in the Church at Whitchurch Canonicorum.

 

Enjoy freshly-brewed coffee, tea, croissants and pain chocolat straight from the oven. Catch up with friends and neighbours, or browse the Sunday papers. Come for ten minutes or stay for an hour. 

 

The Free Exchange Table is open, too. Bring something you no longer need, take something away if you like it or both or neither - whichever you choose, no money changes hands. Plants and Produce are always welcome.

 

There's no charge for the Cafe (but feel free to leave a donation).

 

 

Our church has lots of interesting history please see the church's website below

 

http://www.cathedralofthevale.co.uk/

 

Fabulous photo of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Many thanks to a local gentleman Barry Welch for his lovely summer picture of the gorgeous West Dorset/Marshwood Vale countryside

FARMHOUSE BREAKFAST 2016

It's that time of year again !

OUR 16TH ANNUAL FARMHOUSE BREAKFAST

The Home Grown Cereal Authorities farmhouse breakfast week runs from the 24th-30th of January 2016.

Check our their website.www.shakeupyourwakeup.com

So come to Whitchurch Canonicorum village hall for a farmhouse breakfast and see a large scale production, usually around 350 breakfasts are cooked for breakfast, brunch or lunch!

This is our 16th year of madness but its all for a good cause of keeping our local hall going.

This year we are making a donation to a Charity(tbc)

REMEMBER THE DATE AND TIME -

SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 2016 FROM 9AM-2PM

More details available, phone 01297 489375

Merry Christmas 

and a 

Happy New Year

from 

Cardsmill Farm Holidays

Local Village events

Village Hall events

We have plenty going on in our local village hall before Christmas, so come and join in. We are currently raising money for a new roof for our village hall.


- Christmas Dinner on Saturday December 5th,  - Traditional Roast Turkey and Beef carvery dinner, homemade deserts, cheese & biscuits, Coffee & mints. Raffle, Bar. A Donation will be made to Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance.

 

- Christmas wreath making night on Monday December 7th

- Christmas Bingo on Monday December 14th

 

- Return of the Symondsbury Mummers on Friday December 11th , featuring poetry by Thomas Hardy and the Black Coffee Saxophone Quartet

 

-Film night on Monday December 21st - 'Scrooge'

 

 

St Candida & Holy Cross Church Events

 

Carols by candlelight on Thursday 17th of December with Mulled wine & mince pies

 

Midnight mass on Thursday 24th of December

Family/Friends early Christmas gathering?

Have you ever thought about having family or friends early Christmas weekend together?

 

We have an extended family who have for several years booked our large S/C property for a weekend in early December. They come from all over the place and always meet up in our central location. They always put the Christmas decorations up and have a traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, open presents and play games.

 

Our Self catering availability in December is

 

Taphouse Farmhouse (sleeps 16) - Friday 11th 2.30pm till Monday 14th of December 10am. Costs are £848.00, this includes VAT, C/H, hot water, electric, LPG gas for the range cooker, WIFI, logs for the fire and the hot tub ready.

 

Courthouse Dairy (sleeps 11) - Friday 4th 2.30pm till Monday 7th of December 10am, 11th-14th or 18th-21st.  Costs are £653.00, this includes VAT, C/H, hot water, electric,  WIFI, logs for the woodburner and the hot tub ready.

 

Courthouse Farmhouse (sleeps 11) - Friday 4th 2.30pm till Monday 7th of December 10am, 11th-14th or 18th-21st.  Costs are £690.00, this includes VAT, C/H, hot water, electric,  WIFI and the hot tub ready.

 

We offer a £50 reduction if its only 2 nights required and move the departure time to 4pm on the Sunday.

 

More details are on our website www.farmhousedorset.com

or please email or phone if you have any questions.

A Place to go ........Symondsbury

A beautiful picture of Symondsbury which is a small village just of the A35 near Bridport.

 

It has a lovely food pub called the Ilchester Arms www.ilchesterarms.co.uk

 

A gorgeous church, http://www.symondsbury.info/St%20John%20the%20Baptist.htm

 

The Symondsbury estate that has the http://www.symondsburykitchen.com/ for lovely breakfasts, lunches and teas.

It also has a local store, florists, hair and beauty, ceramics and much much more...........

http://www.symondsburyestateholidays.co.uk/manor-yard

 

NFU BACK BRITSH FARMING - WHAT OUR CHILDREN THINK.............

http://www.nfuonline.com/back-british-farming/news-channel/school-children-want-to-visit-farms/#

Healthy Eating Week highlights school children want to visit farms

Last updated: 05 Jun 2015

More than four in five primary age school children have said they would like to visit a farm to find out more about where their food comes from, a new survey from the British Nutrition Foundation has revealed.
The NFU says that these statistics, released for Healthy Eating Week, an event the NFU supports through the Back British Farming campaign, show that food and farming is a subject that people of all ages can engage with and can help them to make more informed choices about the food they eat.

The survey also found:

• 27% of primary school children said they had never helped to cook a meal at home;
• 39% of secondary school children said they would be more likely to buy or eat food if it was produced in the UK;
• 63% of secondary school children use the internet to find out more about how food is produced;
• 8% of secondary school children have never cooked a meal from scratch; (27% haven’t grown food before)
• 70% of teachers are more likely to buy or eat food produced in the UK.

WIFI

WIFI

IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL

OUR SELF CATERING PROPERTIES

 

 

BT INFINTY WIFI

AVAILABLE AT

COURTHOUSE FARMHOUSE AND DAIRY

THE HAYLOFT AND STABLE