Broome Park Farm, Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast Accommodation Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire

These are the first lambs born this year at Broome Park. Once again the kerry cross shows in the black markings on their faces and knees. Mum was a little reluctant at first but hopefully she has now taken to motherhood and they won’t need to be bottle fed! There are 5 more ewes to lamb over the next few days - exciting times - hopefully they will all be twins!

The lovely Spring weather last week has brought the bees out of the hive and we were very pleased to find a healthy colony when we took a look last weekend! Now we must keep an eye on them to prevent them swarming like last year.

I have spent the last few months working on a new website and smart phone apps to promote rural accommodation in Shropshire. Our new website Shropshire Gold went live yesterday! The aim has been to bring together places to stay, visit and eat and also suggest themed itineraries to help visitors get the most out of their visit to Shropshire. Take a look at the site and see what you think!

Apps will be available for all types of smart phone over the next few weeks and they will be FREE to download via my site or the Shropshire Gold site.

Today I visited Witley Court for the first time in over 20 years. Owned by English Heritage, this evocative ruin is a relic of a long gone era. The house, when owned by the Earl of Dudley, was a rake’s paradise, home to lavish parties that lasted for days, a favourite haunt of the Prince of Wales, Edward VII. Partly ravaged by fire in the 1950’s and ransacked by bounty hunters the house is now a magnificent ruin.

The gardens have been lovingly restored and the 9 acre lake reinstated, a must see is the Perseus and Andromeda Fountain, firing a jet of water over 70ft into the air, it is only working between 1st April and end of October - today there were men in high viz jackets cleaning it out! I will certainly be returning soon to see the fountain in action.