Lower Hookner Barn

03/10/2019

A truly amazing sunrise and sky over our lovely barn with Easdon in the background:

30/09/2019

The seasons are definitely changing. The trees are looking stunning in the woods. So many beautiful walks on our doorstep.

25/09/2019

Freshly picked blackberries from our fields. I’m sure I picked more than what actually came home 🤭😂.
Whilst we can’t guarantee any blackberries, a warm welcome to Lower Hookner Barn is a definite.

24/09/2019

Stay with us whilst taking advantage of the superb facilities at Bovey Castle ... a spa, a championship golf course, restaurant. All just up the road!

19/09/2019

Our wonderful bantams, Tim, Betty, June, Maple and Ada, all enjoying some corn on a lovely sunny Autumn day 😍.

17/09/2019

It seems it is not just us who love Lower Hookner Barn! Our guests do too. Always lovely know that our visitors have enjoyed our wonderful corner of Dartmoor.

16/09/2019

Brenda, Pearl and Coco ... plus their friends all love to provide wonderful eggs for guest breakfasts! (and for the homemade cake to be enjoyed on arrival with a nice cup of tea!)

15/09/2019

A stunning autumn morning in Lower Hookner today. Beautiful.

02/10/2018

Meet some more residents of Lower Hookner Barn!

These little bundles of loveliness are TJ (the cockerel), Polly, Audrey, Pamela and Florence. They are Barbu d’Uccles, which are a fairly rare breed of bantam. They free range in our garden, and will happily join guests for afternoon tea.
Audrey, Pamela and Florence are new members of the family having arrived around five weeks ago. TJ has done a Stirling job showing them round and getting them settled. There have definitely been moments though as he tries to rally the troops and get them into the house at night when he looks at me and seems to be saying ... I think I’m getting a little too old to be responsible for four young ladies’. But, then his chivalrous gene kicks back in and he trots off to retrieve Audrey who is busy rustling leaves, and doing a bit of garden maintenance.

02/10/2018

Some of you may remember Midnight, Magnificent Midnight as he is now known. His only role in life is to be ... well, magnificent. He does this extremely well. Despite being small enough to stand underneath his field mate, Sam, he quietly runs Lower Hookner Barn. He is a dab hand at electrics which in his world means working out whether the electric fence is on or off which in turn helps him decided whether the grass is indeed greener on the other side. He is excellent at gardening (eating the grass, thistles) and landscaping which generally means having a roll in the muddy bits, ideally just after he’s had a bath.
His likes include being groomed, having his scratchy bits itched, covering his head in his hay, snoozing, meeting people and being with his friend Sam. He is not so keen on mosquitoes and coming in when you really need him to.
Midnight has totally embraced the quiet, peaceful and relaxing environment here at Lower Hookner Barn and is very much looking forward to welcoming guests to our bed and breakfast so that they too can enjoy this wonderful piece of Dartmoor.

02/10/2018

23/07/2018

The latest arrival at Lower Hookner Barn ... Midnight the Shetland from World Horse Welfare. We are all smitten! He looks forward to meeting visiors to his new home!