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The Results Are In! – City to Farm
As you all know, A group of up to 10 adventurous cyclists took on the 250 mile challenge from Battersea in London to Widecombe on the Moor (Dartmoor) between 25-29 August 2019. The aim was to raise £20,000 for two related charities: East Shallowford Farm is a working Dartmoor hill farm near Widecombe in the … Read more
Journey Log – City to Farm 2019
A group of up to 10 adventurous cyclists took on the 250 mile challenge from Battersea in London to Widecombe on the Moor (Dartmoor) between 25-29 August 2019. The aim was to raise £20,000 for two related charities: East Shallowford Farm is a working Dartmoor hill farm near Widecombe in the Moor with charitable status. … Read more
East Shallowford Farm – Open Day!
Feel welcome to join us on Saturday 14th September 2019 from 10.00am – 6.00pm and learn more about the opportunities we can provide. Shallowford is a place of learning and building experiences that opens doors to many who have no idea that pouring sheets of rain are worth the endurance, that the smells of pigs … Read more
City to Farm 2019 – Help Us Meet Our Target
10 riders will be cycling from Providence House to East Shallowford Farm between 25-29th August 2019. We are raising funds to help continue the vital work of these 2 amazing charities. Please give generously by clicking here. Or by clicking the button below. Thank you!
Wonderful Summer
As the schools planned for their end of year activities, Shallowford provided the magic that would carry them through the summer and beyond. To different age groups, Shallowford provides different things. However, the magic tends to fall into one of two categories: a door opening to a new world never before explored. Once that tiny … Read more
Thank you to our Amazing Volunteers
The summer has continued with many groups, day visitors, amazing volunteers (Big Hannah has worked miracles to keep us neat and tidy whilst entertaining and myriad of small people), whilst Small Hannah re-arranged the chirping chicks which are growing at an alarming rate to pack the freezer!! Elias muscles kept us moving forward, putting tents … Read more
History Revealed
The Caravan was not the only historic entity to vanish over the weekend. So did one of the stables once built by Malcolm (then a young lad from Battersea, now a trustee living in Plymouth). This project has exposed a wonderful and ancient stable now our office and infinitely lighter and brighter! … Read more
Bins for Food, Bins for Muck
In between our core business, Will Dracup has been busy making sure we remain efficient and up to quality agricultural standards. With help from a local building firm, two bins were moulded from cement, to hold the pig muck and potatoes purchased locally to feed the pigs. All we can say is ‘phew’ as the … Read more
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
With permission for various planning having been passed by Dartmoor National Park, we thought we had better begin the scary task of demolition before rebuilding can take place. Consequently… the very ancient, leaky, once much loved caravan had to come down. The Providence House Work Party set to the task and at lightning speed they … Read more