A warm welcome from the Douthwaite family & Blooming Sheep
The Farm has been part of our family since 1935 and we still live and work here. You’ll often see Chris on the tractor,and tending to the livestock, along with our gamekeeper Mel. We’re delighted that you’ve come to enjoy the farm with us, we feel lucky to live in such a wonderful part of North Yorkshire.
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Wildlife on Blooming Sheep
The Farm has many beautiful creatures, birds of prey, game and wildlife roaming which must never be harmed, distressed, or interfered with; this is their natural habitat which we ask you to kindly respect. During night-time you may hear various strange sounds and scratching coming from the woods, these are natural sounds of various wildlife including owls, foxes and deer calling out to one another. We hope you enjoy spotting them all!
Part of the attraction of our Camp is being close to nature and wildlife. During the warmer months insects such as wasps and spiders may enter the accommodations so if you are enjoying the fresh air outside, we recommend ensuring you keep your door closed.
You may be lucky enough to see the deer which very occasionally come up into the woodland at dawn or early evening.
During the autumn when the temperature drops wood mice preparing for hibernation may attempt to sneak into accommodation looking for food, we therefore advise not to leave any opened packets of food lying around or else they might not be there in the morning!
We ask that you enjoy our beautiful grounds and surrounding countryside, whilst respecting the landscape, trees & animals by not littering, causing damage, or causing any distress to any animals, trees or plant life.
Reception
Our bell tent is your home away from home, so you’re welcome to bring your favourite food and drink to enjoy during your stay.
Extras
Marshmallows
Torches
Matches
Kindling
Log Burner
Please always take care when using our stoves, they have been specially designed to produce a high heat for longer than a conventional stove. They work best with the door closed as it emits heat out from all over its unit over a long time, meaning you need to burn less logs and can enjoy the fire for longer.
Please don’t try burning anything other than logs and firelighters within the log-burning stoves, burning wet wood, unseasoned wood or untreated wood will damage the stoves and risk the fires burning inefficiently creating possible toxic fumes.
Please don’t touch the log burners when in operation, they can get extremely hot and are likely to cause injury. If you have young children with you, please take extra care if you use the stove. Please don’t hang wet clothes over the stove as this may present a fire hazard.
Tips for a lighting successful fire:
Good dry seasoned wood, the wood we supply is both dry and seasoned for at least 12 months.
Good air flow, do not close all the air vents on the stoves until it is burning, and you have a hot amber base at which point the air vents can be closed so the fire burns slower.
Start the fire small and build it up, do not completely fill the chamber of the stove straight away.
Do not burn wet, unseasoned, or treated wood, it will not burn very hot and will smoulder, smoke, and possibly create toxic fumes.
Put 3 firelighters in the base of the stoves burning chamber and place a couple the smallest logs/kindling in an ‘A’ frame or tipi shape and light. Once these logs have taken and are burning hot add more logs to the fire.
Once the fire is burning hot close the air vents to slow the burn of the fire and regulate the heat output.
Gas Boilers
Parking
Pooches
Thank you so much for booking Sleep With The Sheep and we are all looking forward to seeing ewe soon.
Chris, Claire and the Blooming Sheep team x