By food writer and journalist, Kate Hawkings…
The Folly Farm Centre is just 20 minutes’ drive from the centre of Bristol yet, set on the foothills of the Mendips with sweeping views across the Chew Valley, it has a rural tranquility and unspoilt beauty that is a world away from hectic city life.
By archaeologist Mary Baker
Some business and leisure guests ask us about the local archaeological highlights they can visit, so we’ve invited Mary Baker, from Archaeotours, to highlight a few…
When I was a kid, a friend and I discovered a Wurzels album in his dad’s record collection (this was in the days of vinyl, and we’d listen it at 45rpm and imagine that it was being played by mice, but that’s bye-the-bye). There was a song on it called ‘Down in Nempnett Thrubwell’.
By wildlife writer, Julian Rollins
An exciting nightlife is what makes Folly Farm the place to be for leading bat expert Richard Crompton. And recently the farm delivered a career highlight. Working with colleagues in Folly Farm’s woodlands, a routine training session turned out to be less than run-of-the-mill.
We have two new job opportunities here at the Folly Farm Centre:
By novelist and travel writer, Niall Griffiths
Britain’s not a big country - the ‘Great’ was affixed simply to differentiate if from the ‘Little’, over the channel, now known as Brittany - and England itself is, and can certainly sometimes feel, terribly overpopulated. Yet there are pockets of it that can feel huge, that draw on its staggering antiquity and, somehow, translate depth and extent of history into physical space…
By adventure sports and travel journalist, Alf Alderson…
‘Team building’ – that would involve off-roading and general mayhem, wouldn’t it? Well not if you choose to enjoy your team building exercise at Folly Farm Centre in the Chew Valley.
Take the Shepherding for example. How could rounding up sheep be of any help in the cut and thrust of the business world? Especially when it turns out that it’s you and your team members who will be the ‘sheepdogs’, rounding up a flock of real sheep!
We’re offering some wonderful Christmas party and event packages this year - for business, holiday and party groups alike.
There is no dispute that planning a wedding is not only an incredibly daunting, all-consuming task, but also expensive and not particularly environmentally sound.
Green credentials can get tossed out of the window as brides insist on the specific details that will make their dream wedding.
Just Scrapbooking are running a fun and creative ‘Jubilee Scrapbooking Weekend’ here at Folly Farm, on 3-5 June - to find out more or make a booking, please visit their website: http://www.justscrapbooking.co.uk/webshop/courses-workshops/weekends/scrapbooking-weekend-folly-farm-bristol-3rd-5th-june-2012.