Gin School with Salcombe Gin

Gin School with Salcombe Gin

We recently enjoyed a fantastic afternoon at “Gin School” in Salcombe with Salcombe Distilling Co (distillers of Salcombe Gin). Getting there… Departing Pitt Farm Holiday Cottages courtesy of Twenty20 Taxis (who offered us a classic jag but we opted instead for...
South Devon…as seen on TV

South Devon…as seen on TV

Our little corner of England has been featured in a couple of TV programmes recently. Michael Portillo’s Coastal Devon and Cornwall (Channel 5 S1 E5) and Britain by Beach (Channel 4 S1 E1). Both are still available on catch up, and both cover some of the great places...
Big walks for little legs (2)

Big walks for little legs (2)

North Sands to Salcombe to South Sands and back (with a little help from the sea tractor and a passenger boat) A walk with children in Salcombe. This is the second in our little legs series. When searching for walks in South Devon there is the pull of the South West...
A golf tour in South Devon

A golf tour in South Devon

If you’re after a golf tour in Devon, Pitt Farm Holiday Cottages is a perfect option. For a great golf tour you need great courses, a central location (relative to the courses), and somewhere to stay where you can all get together in the evening to enjoy food, drink...
How to have a toddler friendly holiday

How to have a toddler friendly holiday

Toddler friendly holidays and child friendly holidays need toddler and child friendly things to do. Here are our thoughts on how that works at Pitt Farm. In About a Boy, Nick Hornby’s lead character Will structures his days in units of time…”Taking a bath: one unit,...
Big walks for little legs

Big walks for little legs

This is the first in our “Big Walks for Little Legs” series of recommended walks for parents with young children and toddlers visiting South Devon.   Bigbury-on-Sea to Burgh Island and back (via some rockpools)   When “googling” walks in the...
The pecking order at Pitt Farm

The pecking order at Pitt Farm

There is some science to the order in which the chickens will put themselves to bed and wake themselves up. You will have heard the phrase “pecking order”. This was first described by Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe in 1921 under the German...

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