Added on August 24th, 2010
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September 10-12 2010 from 11am to 4pm there will be series of events, this will include :
- Heritage tours (11.15am/2.15 pm from the Schoolhouse)
- Art Exhibition (in Church)
- Archive Display (in Church)
- Family History Information (Schoolhouse)
“Pick up a Pencil”
2 Day begineers Art Workshop by Becy Roberts (£50 per person advance bookings now being taken). A two-day workshop introduction to drawing for all ages with professional artist Becy Roberts. 11-12 September 10:30am – 4pm
Added on August 24th, 2010
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On Saturday 4th September from 10am to 5pm we will be holding our annual Organic Tasting Day.
This year you will have the chance to taste cakes made with ingredients from the garden in addition to a range of bread, raw food cheese with free recipes to take home and try.
Phil will be doing tours of the gardens and Tom will be running the Merlin Engine.
Jason has got a new range of organic sausages using ingrediets from the garden and you can also admire some lovely stained glass from Ellie.
Added on April 26th, 2010
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After spending the winter tucked away in the barn the merlin engine is coming out on Saturday 1st May hopefully to play, but at least for a viewing.
To find out more about the Merlin
Added on March 18th, 2010
Found in Events, Gluten free
After a rest for a couple of years we’re pleased to say “Chocolate Feast Days” are back and since our last event there have been some great new chocolates introduced.
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Added on March 11th, 2010
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With our Chocolate feast Day coming up on Friday 26th March and Saturday 27th March here at Cotesbach we thought it a good opportunity to add some new chocolate recipes to the recipe section of our site.
The two new recipes are for :
Added on March 6th, 2010
Found in Cotesbach Estate, Events, News
By popular request the “Chocolate Feast Day” returns, for two days before Easter we are giving the site over to chocolate, so for those of you close enough to come you can try some chocolate.
We have all sorts of chocolate, so you can compare the delights of milk chocolate to very dark chilli chocolate, try raw chocolate. We will also have a selection of home made chocolate treats for you to try together with a free cup of real hot chocolate.
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Added on October 11th, 2009
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The Cotesbach Educational Trust had its launch meeting and presentation on Friday 9th October.
Jackie Strong the Chair outlined the vision for the future, bringing the old school house back to life as an Educational resource. It was really good to see such a full turn out, and the village church was packed. After the presentation all the visitors were able to view the school house and discuss the project. For more details you can visit the cotesbachschoolhouse.org,uk site that is now up and running.
Added on September 8th, 2009
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On Saturday 10th October between 10am and 3pm Ullesthorpe Environment Group is holding a Save Money Go Green Event in Ullesthorpe Village Hall.
We will be attending along with others to promote the Green Agenda and we hope to show that being Green can save you money, what’s good fro the environment can also be good for the pocket.
The event has been timed to link into the Big Switch Off - an energy saving event taking place in Leicestershire in the week following our event. The Energy Saving Trust, ENABLE, HDC, Leicestershire Food Links, etc will all be taking part.
Added on August 26th, 2009
Found in Events, News, organic
On Friday 4th September and Saturday 5th September we see the welcome return of our Open Day and Organic Tasting at Cotesbach.
- Garden Tours – As in previous years the kitchen garden will be open with Phil our resident expert Organic grower giving free guided tours, so for those of you who have not seen Aubergines growing now is the opportunity, as always Phil has many tips on growing and getting the most from your plot.
- Tastings – There will be lots to try and sample, so you can try before you buy. This year in addition to our old friend the Godminster vintage cheddar we also have cheese form Greens of Glastonbury. You can try the chocolate courgette cake and the best in dried Apricots, there will of course be many other bits to taste.
- New Organic Butcher – In a couple of weeks time Jason will be opening his Organic Butchers shop in the Stable Yard here at Cotesbach. So the Open Day is a good time to see progress on the latest addition here. We hope that you will be able to try some of Jason’s Organic burgers, which are just the best you have ever tasted, there will be a small charge for the Burgers.
- Recipe ideas – We will have on hand some interesting and possibly new recipe ideas for you to take away and try at home.
- Arts and Crafts – New this year our neighbours Blue Butterfly glass and animal artist Mary Herbert will be on hand for that bit of refinement and culture.
- Cotesbach Estate Farm Walks - The farm consists of 22ha arable and grazing land in the Natural England Countryside Stewardship Scheme. It will be entering an organic conversion period in autumn 2009. Groups of 6-20 welcome, walks take 2 hours, pre-booking essential. Contact: Sophy on 01455-552697. BOOK YOUR FARM WALK FOR 5th SEPTEMBER NOW!
- Merlin Engine firing – On Saturday the resident Merlin Engine will have an outing, the first for a couple of months.
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Added on June 22nd, 2009
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This year we see the return of our Organic Fortnight Event, this year the dates for your diary are Friday 4th September and the Saturday 5th. This year we will be having :
- Tours of the Garden – with Phil giving his expert advice, your chance to see where the veg in the shop comes from.
- Tastings in the yard – this year we will have a huge range of great organic food to taste.
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