Blog

Living on a mixed farm surrounded by wildlife there is rarely a dull moment. With many local characters also contributing to the evolving Chillesford Lodge Estate story, these blogs capture the specialness of place and the importance of living life well.

Swimming Pool Reopening

Swimming Pool Reopening

We are very excited to announce that we are looking to restart swimming at Chillesford on 12th April. To enable us to offer a…

On the HOME STRAIGHT!

On the HOME STRAIGHT!

The final phase of development at Chillesford Lodge is set to start this Spring, with six properties completing the restoration and rejuvenation of the…

Who Needs Spring Watch?

Who Needs Spring Watch?

Chillesford Lodge is delighted to release “Minsmere without the Crowds!” A short film put together by rising star cameraman Rowan Aitcheson which shows everyday…

Where there’s Muck there’s Brass.

Where there’s Muck there’s Brass.

Proverbs often neatly convey a truism and none more so than the 16th Century’s Muck and MONEY one! The earliest widely available coinage was…

The Birds and Bees Business

The Birds and Bees Business

As night temperatures rise and trees shoot their leaves the animal world wakes up to the business of Spring. They are programmed to procreate…

Spring has Sprung

Spring has Sprung

  As the drifts of snowdrops slowly make way for the aconites and daffodils that follow our first Hereford calf is born. By the…

Fact or Fiction !

Fact or Fiction !

Last week a dutiful and diligent member of the public dialled 999 having mistaken the superb Laurence Edwards’ bronze, A Thousand Tides, as a…

Fat Bottoms are “in” !

Fat Bottoms are “in” !

We farm the old fashioned natural way and make no apologies for that. It means our field boundaries have scruffier hedges and are noisy…

Sat-nav trials and Duke Of Edinburgh hazards

Sat-nav trials and Duke Of Edinburgh hazards

Without sounding too Luddite we are now enjoying open season on the lost and frazzled. For many visitors to the Suffolk Heritage Coast the…