What To Do Whatever the Weather
Powerless in Parwich
…Arctic Conditions Hit Us for 15 Hours…Two weeks ago we were watching our guests slowly attain a deep tan while we all sat in the sunshine, barbecued outside and strolled about in light summer clothing. The flowers bloomed, the grass grew, the birds sang fit to burst. Unfortunately it was all too good to last.
We [...]
Warm Weather Prognosis from Tom’s & Douglas’s Barns
…And The Possible Way to Ensure the Icy Conditions Disappear Permanently…What is the secret? You’ll have to wait and see how effective it turns out to be…
The icy conditions persist. We have had no snow recently, and none the night before last in spite of warnings and dire predictions of what was to befall. However, [...]
Snowy Update from Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns
…And One Happy Tom’s Barn Dog Guest…Just a quick post after a day of snow. Last winter the snow came with a vengeance at the end of November; this year we have had to wait until early February so it seems more exciting – there isn’t that slight niggling worry that it might be going [...]
A Fantastic Midweek Opportunity
for this coming Monday 6 to Friday 10 February 2012….It will be lovely…Think toboggans, walks in the snow.
It is snowing, hard. Douglas’s Barn, warm and welcoming, awaits you, IF you can pass the test…
You can’t resist a challenge
You can’t resist a bargain
You like spur of the moment excitement
You have a 4×4 vehicle
You love the Peak District in [...]
The Peak District Seen Through Chocolate
…More Delicious Food Tips for Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns’ Guests and Friends…If ever you are planning your stay here and look at the advance weather forecast and wonder if those grey clouds and downward droplets necessarily mean there may not be non-stop sun, we have another wet-weather tip. How about a 3-hour ‘award winning chocolate experience‘?
See [...]
Learning from our Tom’s & Douglas’s Barn Guests
…Some Things to do While You’re Here…We always love it when our guests let us know what they’ve done and what they’ve enjoyed; we’re genuinely interested but it also helps us keep up to date and we keep learning new things about the area which is useful, even humbling to realise we live here and [...]
Christmas in the Peak District
Will we have a white Christmas this year? Who knows, but many of us hope so. We have failed in our personal quest to find winter tyres for our car (Honda Jazz) so are glad to say we do have two brand new toboggans with which to help transport any guests whose car fails at [...]
More fun things to do while you’re here in the Peak District
The ‘new’ Monsal Trail, Chatsworth, Sally Mosley Walks and cable cars…As the summer season approaches, and more prosaically, probably because half term and the next Bank Holiday weekend is coming up, there seems to be a lot of information about what’s on, so I will try to distill some of it, with links so you [...]
British Beer, Elizabethan Manor Houses and Electric Bikes
§ Some great things to do while staying in Tom’s & Douglas’s Barns § The National Trust and the National Brewery Centre… a heady mix for one day and John and I have just spent a most enjoyable- and useful – day sampling both. Our local tourism board, Visit Peak District & Derbyshire, runs familiarisation [...]
Pink House Pool
– but in Tobago and not Parwich – Sadly, sorry to disappoint you, but this is not the latest addition to Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns but we certainly wish it was, this grey and dismal January day.
Son Nick has sent us this enticing picture. He is in Tobago on, I must grudgingly admit, a [...]
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