April 19, 2016

Bees all happy

A few warm days recently means its time to get our kit on and inspect the hives to see how they had overwintered. Really pleased to […]
April 16, 2016

Best of Baggy Point

Great easy walk today and highly recommended for our guests. Just 30 min drive from Acorn Retreat. This can be as short or as long as […]
February 4, 2016

Conservation Work begins…

Conservation Work Begins…(or ghosts of Christmas past) The original owner of Oakmead was a man of many projects. An old and neglected Christmas tree enterprise he […]
December 30, 2015

Wet but warm !

  The warmest wettest December on record has seen unseasonable early flowering of our daffodils, birds are nesting in the trees and our honey bees are […]
November 21, 2015

Salar the Salmon Meets Tarka the Otter

In his book ‘Salar the Salmon’, Henry Williamson relates the life story of fish in the stretch of the River Bray at Acorn Retreat.  This week […]