Axe Vale Show- this weekend
More details are on https://www.axevaleshow.com including costs etc. Lots to see and do at the Show this coming weekend. Food, drink, music, stalls, demonstrations and entertainment including The farmyard show, Team M.A.D. BMX stunts, Xtreme Falconry and also the Bubbleman and the Bubble Faerie will be travelling around the Showground providing us with spectacular bubble displays, […]
Lovely Lulworth Cove, great for walking, eating and exploring

Lovely view while walking around Langdon woods.

What’s on in West Dorset?
Are you interested in going to local events whilst on holiday with us ? we have baby swans hatching at Abbotsbury , concerts, food festivals, music festivals, fossil walks, show, live music and much much more……. The following websites have lots of information on what’s on and when – http://www.whatsonindorset.co.uk/events.aspx?m=6 https://www.visit-dorset.com/whats-on/events
Farmhouse Breakfast

Come and enjoy a traditional English Farmhouse Breakfast at Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall (DT6 6RF) on Sunday 27th of January from 9am onwards. Adults £8.50, Children under 10 £5. In aid of hall funds with a donation to the Weldmar Hospicecare.
Trip down memery lane on our farm

Just looking through some old photos and came across these. This photo was taken in 2004 and its of a Cow and her 3 calves, that is a very rare occurrence ! Nearly all cows have 1 baby a year and occasionally some have twins . We have been farming for 60 years plus and […]
Do you know what Robotic milking is?

When staying at one of our Self Catering properties guests are welcome to come and look around the main farm. We have a large herd of cows that are milked through our 6 robotic milking machines and they can be milked up to 6 times a day. Its all computerised with the help of the […]
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Our Facebook page for Cardsmill Farm Holidays has lots of information on what’s on locally, where to go, what to see, special offers and plenty of pictures of the beautiful Dorset coast and countryside. link to our facebook page
A Local Destination

Did you know that in our local village of Whitchurch Canonicorum is the very ancient church of St Candida and the Holy Cross? It is the only parish church in England to contain the remains of an ancient saint and is extremely rare as all shrines were ordered to be destroyed during the Reformation. The […]