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August 1st every year Yorkshire celebrates “Yorkshire Day” when all true-blooded Yorkshire folk come together and celebrate everything that is from Yorkshire including Black Sheep brewery beer on draught and locally donated red wine. This year, for the first time, Badgers Retreat flew the white rose of Yorkshire flag and organised an event that included […]

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we’re facing as a species. Human activity over the last 200 years has meant that we’re standing on the brink of an environmental disaster. More frequent and intense drought, storms, heatwaves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they […]

Sometime ago at our Bradgate Holiday Park it was decided that the indoor pool was not needed for the owners. When our Bradgate Park manager, Angie Dutton re-joined the company she had other plans. After taking her time to find someone who would be able to tackle the job and persuading the Directors it was […]

5 days on from glorious sunshine and the tranquillity and surrealism of a virtually empty Haverigg Beach, the heavy rain hasn’t stopped since the first drops last night ensured an almost endless cacophony of noise battering every window and panel of my accommodation, so upon awakening I knew today would be best spent continuing with […]

A few days since the start of my journal and, again, The Sun has graced us with its presence and the opportunity to explore further. Today I ventured just outside of the park and on to Haverigg Beach, my second area of focus. Haverigg Beach has been consistently voted as one of the top 5 […]

Day 1 of my return to Port Haverigg Marina Village presented me with glorious weather and a chance to re-explore its beauty without interruption. My journal begins with the area of the park that attracts the most visitors over the course of the year – The Aqua Park and The Ski Bar. Complementing the 200 […]