We are Claire and James. The campsite has been in Claire’s family for more than 50 years. We took it over in 2009 when Claire’s dad died. We have spent the past 10+ years bringing the campsite back to life, renovating the house and developing the small holding – we reckon this is a 20+ year project! We have mad schemes and grand plans for the smallholding which may or may not come off, but we are giving it a go. We juggle running the campsite, cafe and smallholding. Claire juggles this quite well with animal feeding and looking after the goats, alpacas, bees and the vegetable garden.
We also have a motley selection of cats (currently five) – some of them contribute through their pest control activities, most of them don’t.
And then there is Cem, our working sheep dog. Cem is 3 years old and his name means perfect beauty in Arabic. He is very much a part of the campsite and loves to play with children. He is also learning how to do agility and sometimes gives impromptu demonstrations.