What a difference in a year...our weather sure does keep us guessing.

 Sabden from Cobden Farm

Crocus flowers near Pendle Street East, Sabden

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Early morning photos; by mid afternoon the snow - 3 inches of it - had almost all gone. Fun and games though.

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Stunning Autumn colours in Sabden Valley, behind the farmhouse, this year.



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Hundreds of Canada geese have been flying east...and west... above Sabden this weekend

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A meeting of our White Star hens.
The question is: do they know they are all the same colour?
We have lots of different coloured hens mixing and living together - ginger, black, black and gold, blue-grey.
And the White Stars.
There are four of these.
And here they are.

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Bit late...but have finally uploaded these photos taken earlier round the farm...

Haytime is here in June

 Bluebell wood coming on nicely behind the farmhouse (May)

And more bluebells...

When the daffodils were blooming around the pond (April)

Missy our Jack Russell hunting for rabbits by the old beech tree in Robinsons Wood

Sabden from our top field

Looking out towards Whalley Nab, the lower end of Pendle Hill

 and beyond to Blackpool (on a VERY clear day)

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Some people have only plants in their garden. 

Ours has a nest of eggs hiding under a bush. 

Thank you, cheeky hen. Perhaps she'll hatch them.

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So...the first swallow arrived at the farm on April 10. Quite early for once.

The next two swallows arrived 10 days later.

WHERE ARE THE REST?

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It's been a long, slow start to Spring at Cobden Farm. Finally it's arrived - and the daffodils decided to bloom in time for Easter Sunday. Hurray.

Looking from Cobden Farm to Sabden and Pendle Hill

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Sheep serves breakfast for jackdaw

Jackdaw just pecking for breakfast bugs

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Hello. You are very very small. Are you the boss...?

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Cobden View Holiday Cottage at Cobden Farm is ready to welcome visitors!

See www.cobdenview.co.uk for more information. 

Cobden View holiday cottage, sleeps 4, dog friendly.
Check it out on www.cobdenview.co.uk

Decking in private rear garden

Twin bed/room

Kingsize bed/room

Sitting room

Sitting room

Kitchen dining room

Kitchen dining room

Bathroom

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Plan B for the heron, desperate to catch trout from the pond.

Perch on the fence. Not a good plan. Too far away. 

Plan A had also failed. 

Standing at the pond's edge had been a waste of time.

The wily trout had spotted the heron's shadow on the water. 

Trout 1 - Heron 0.

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Hurray...we've got another Gold award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme. Thanks to the Forest of Bowland AONB and to Barrie and Louise for their support and help.

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On the turn...

 Autumn's starting to paint its colours over Sabden Valley 

and Pendle Hill, looking across from Cobden Farm

 The sycamore trees behind the farmhouse are succumbing 

first to the new season

The Virginia creeper has finally started to spread - and is 

showing off its lovely colours 

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Trampers are fantastic, says Keith, a regular visitor to Cobden Farm BnB.

He came with his wife and two friends earlier this month - and just two weeks after he'd had knee replacement surgery.

He hired a Tramper at Beacon Fell Country Park, so he could have a good long walk with them... and says:

"I must say that despite my reservations, the Tramper was fantastic. It allowed me to bounce over tree roots and drainage curbs with ease. But most surprising was its capability to climb and descent incredibly steep hills - 1:3 ish - with no hint of effort, yet under total control."

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Our young hens - Warrens, Bluebells, White Stars, Light Sussex, Speckledy, Blacktail - pose for the camera. 
They can roam round the pond. Hopefully safe from Mr Fox.

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Meet Goldie, our new young Buff Orpington hen. Her even shyer sister, Georgia, is hiding somewhere.

Peeping in the background is Sid, the Silkie cockerel. His two Silkie girlfriends are hiding too...

He may be very small, but he's the boss.

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It's been a good summer for hatching baby swallows...

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Spring and summer...

From this:

to this:

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