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This is Francis (sparkling shoes) with her dog Millie, who came to stay at East Cottage over the summer holidays and enjoyed a great week of crabbing and rock pooling on our local beaches. ...

The Tour of Britain cycling race comes through Rothbury on Monday 4th September and we are very excited about seeing the cyclists speed through our village. ...

Thank you to Bille and Jack for bringing their owners to visit Cragend Grange. These two terriers were so well behaved and could do tricks and even sit when asked...fabulous! ...

We took friends and family up to Cragside House and let them bicycle around while we walked our dog, Bertie. Really great fun and good exercise too. The carriage drive around the Estate is amazing for sightings of extraordinary plants and trees. Cragend Farm is the South-East edge of the Cragside Estate. Also originally owned by Lord Armstrong to house his prize cattle it bord ...

We have had a great day today with a visit from London friends who brought their lovely dog, Bruce! We went and built a camp fire and climbed trees, ate marshmallows and whittled sticks. Exactly what a Northumberland summer holiday is all about!  The Cragend Wood is available to groups such as the "Scouts" and "Wild About" Clubs for use contact 01669-621533. If you are intere ...

Theres much to smile about when you are visiting a new county such as Northumberland and these two wonderful dogs called Snoopy and Lila where very much the smiling sort after lots of long walks on the beach and up to Simonside Crags. ...

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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