This week we’re continuing our Lockdown Lookabout from our family friendly holiday cottages in Devon, only this time we’re not going anywhere. We’re staying right here at Stonehayes Farm, because sometimes it’s good to appreciate what’s on your doorstep and with 15 acres of unspoilt countryside we’ve got a lot to be grateful for. This time of year it’s absolutely beautiful – even more so with the glorious weather we’re having, plenty of daylight hours, blue skies, blazing hot sunshine. Come and see….

Welcome to the latest blog for Stonehayes Farm, where our family friendly holiday cottages in Devon remain closed to guests under government guidelines. In the meantime, we’re going to carry on with our Lockdown Lookabout, where we can tell you about some of the wonderful things to see and do near here. This time the focus is on one of our favourite places and one of the biggest family attractions in this neck of the woods – the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth.

If you go up to the big car park in Hemyock on a Tuesday evening, chances are you’ll find Marc Jerem there with his SOUL FOOD van if the weather’s not too foul. Chances are there’ll be a queue there too, and sometimes, a bit of a street party atmosphere. Hemyock might only be a village on the Blackdown Hills but on a Tuesday night, man, it’s got SOUL. If you’re staying in one of our Devon holiday cottages at Stonehayes Farm you can have a piece of that because the other thing that Marc does is private catering.