Here’s an idea for entertaining the children during the long sunny school holidays. Take some tubs of ice cream from the freezer – a choice of flavours would be ideal. Fill several small bowls with a range of toppings and let the kids make their own ice cream sundae. What about – summer berries, chopped
We love the Worstead Festival. It’s quite amazing that a little village has been holding such a huge event for 50 years! This year it’s on the weekend of 25th/26th July and its well worth a visit if you’ve never been. You’ll see heavy horses, vintage vehicles, crafts and an art show, animals, traditional “sideshows”
We run a working farm here at Dairy Barns and Ian loves his shiny, big John Deere tractor to work the fields but there’s currently a search going on to find Britain’s oldest working tractor. The LammaXchange farming machinery classified website has a fantastic prize of £1,000 up for grabs to the owner of the
Isn’t it great to see some sunshine at last? Really makes you feel like it’s time to get out and about and enjoy what’s on offer right here in Norfolk! Here are just a couple of ideas we love to suggest to our guests. Messing about on the river … there’s something about sunlight reflecting
We’re very proud to announce that Dairy Barns has gone ‘national’ – we’re on the Visit England website with a feature entitled “Feast on Plough to Plate Breakfast on a Norfolk Farm Stay” telling visitors to the site that Dairy Barns is a great place to stay for your visit to enjoy all the delights
We are so excited to hear that Emma and Sam who held their wedding at Dairy Barns last year with a beautiful blue and yellow spring theme have not only won the regional East Anglian 2014 Wedding of the Year but are about to be announced as winners of the National competition too! With photos
8th March is International Women’s Day – a day when we celebrate the achievements of women worldwide. There are so many inspirational women around the world, both past and present – Norfolk’s very own Edith Cavell is perhaps one of the first that comes to mind. It has been observed for over 100 years and
National Nest Box Week 14-21 February 2015 Did you know that this week is National Nest Box Week when our bird population start thinking about where to start raising their family? We’re very lucky to see so many different species of birds here around the Farm and we’ve recently been busy putting up even more
You may have noticed that the Dairy Barns “emblem” is an image of Cow Parsley which features on our website and our leaflet. Many people may think of Cow Parsley as just a roadside weed but we think it is beautiful and this native perennial herb is one of the first signs of Spring popping
Do you know anything about the Women’s Institute – the good old WI? Well, in September this year the WI will be celebrating 100 years in the UK as the country’s first WI was formed in Llanfair, Anglesey on 16 September 1915 and there is a special exhibition at The Forum in Norwich 14th –
Being a working farm, we at Dairy Barns would like to ask you to join in the 15th annual BBC Food & Farming Awards that celebrate the best of British food and those who grow, make and supply it and you can nominate your favourites – from Best Food Market, Best Street Food or Takeaway,
