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Jesmond Dene and its association with Cragend Farm. We have been of the opinion the tree near the Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo  is a Hungarian Oak, as Natural England came and inspected it, so we took their word for it, but on further inspection, because of the furred acorn cups it has, we have done more research.  Taking a look at them in leave and with acorns aplenty this ye ...

B&B Rothbury  B&B Rothbury Northumberland, North East England, United Kingdom. Cragside tourist accommodation. Heritage site with boutique rooms. Booking essential. ...

Cragside Visitor Accommodation Visit Cragside National Trust property, and stay in an original Armstrong workers cottage in near by Cragend Farm, once the estate farm for Cragside.  Dogs welcome,  Families, cyclists, walkers, all welcome. ...

Cragend Farm, is located near Rothbury, Morpeth, in Northumberland. Holiday accommodation, tours and farming.  The farm is known for its pedigree North Cheviot Park Type  sheep flock, which Shaun Renwick is expanding at Cragend Farm, and also for Shaun Renwick's innovative farming interventions. The farm has a pedigree sheep flock, with pedigree ewes and plans to increase an ...

Bed and Breakfast in Rothbury Northumberland. Cragend Grange offers a delicious breakfast after a comfortable and relaxing nights sleep for visitors to Rothbury Northumberland.  There is plenty to do for visitors to the area, such as ALnwick Castle, Cragside, and Bamburgh Castle.  Dog friendly. ...

Our Holiday cottage view is of the Coquet Valley. Bookings now being taken for short breaks and week loibng stays. Eco house once a farm workers cottage built by Lord Armstrong of Cragside, Right next door to National Trust Cragside, and with the village of Rothbury to visit and enjoy, click and book for a  country short break in northumberland. ...

SHORT BREAKS New for this year we are available for short breaks of 3 or 4 days over the off-peak season at East Cottage. Self-catering short breaks for you mean you can relax and reconnect in our beautiful farm workers cottage and unwind in the beautiful Northumberland countryside. Arguably the best view EVER from the sitting room this Cragside Estate farm built by Lord ...

Ramblers are voting now to decide the best walk in the United Kingdom. Why not place your vote? Our Simonside Hills are the best for walking and scenery! The walking in Northumberland and our Coquet Valley is a great thing to do on your holidays when you stay with us.  Simonside Ridge Walk   https://g.co/kgs/GR7zsWB ...

Cyclists Welcome  AA Accredited and Quality Assessed our self-catering cottage is a great place to bring your bikes (motor or push bike) and get cycling in Northumberland and its National Park, Cheviot and Simonside Hills, or the coast. See you soon. Book Now! ...

Families Welcome  AA Accredited and Quality Assessed our self-catering cottage is a great place to bring your family and get walking in Northumberland and its National Park, Cheviot and Simonside Hills, or the coast. Kids love the farm and they can help us feed the animals if they want to. See you soon. Book Now! ...

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to your fantastic farm on the Historic Houses tour on Tuesday. We both agree that it was the most interesting HHA visit we have ever done - and we have done many over the years! We had no idea of the extent of the Armstrong connection or what you have there, having visited Cragside on so many occasions in the past 50 years or so. And indeed looked down on the farm from the walks at Cragend quite recently. We particularly enjoyed ascending and descending the ladders to look at the hydraulic equipment and get an idea of how it all functioned, the beautiful and unusual buildings which had housed the cattle, and were intrigued by the contents of your "underground " loo! Peacocks and chicks, hens and a beautiful pet lamb added to the feel of the farm.

Shaun & Lou Renwick are keen to harness the farm's natural resources, using wood to heat their water, to cook with on a wood burning range, and to heat the houses on the Farm. Even if your house is not equipped to totally run on wood there are things you can do to make sure you are using the best quality wood for your fires.

Why use Seasoned Wood?

Seasoned wood is a definition for 'wood drying'. About 5% of the energy of the log is wasted through evaporation and heating the water vapour of damp logs.

Moisture effects the burning process with unburnt hydrocarbons going up the chimney, which can in time create 'sooting' in the chimney, with the possibility of a chimney fire, all of which requires specialist sweeping.

Drying the wood before burning reduces moisture content in the wood before it is used for burning,

Air drying is the most traditional method, and it takes time. usually over and above 2 years! The fire will use less energy to burn the log if the water content is below 20%. Therefore is can give OUT more energy in the form of heat!

Cragend Farm endeavours to provide their customers with the best seasoned wood possible.

if you would like further information on the process of burning wood please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Why seasoned wood?

Thank you so much Lou and Shaun for a great holiday break on your farm at Cragend last week. East Cottage was a super place to stay. Very comfortable accommodation with everything we needed for self-catering and situated next to the beautiful Cragside National Trust gardens. It was super for our dog with fields to walk across as well as a secure fenced place for her to run off lead! Such interesting history too about the farm and how you have restored the buildings, the Victorian silo and so much else of the past farming life at Cragend. We look forward to returning! J&M Nottingham.

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