Devon Food, Drink and Local Information - Blog

Based in North Bovey, Dartmoor Wild Flower Honey is run by expert beekeeper Peter Hunt who has been beekeeping ever since he was 12. As well as managing his own 100+ beehives, at various locations from the banks of the River Tamar to around 15 hives in his garden, Peter also offers advice to other beekeepers and bee swarm removal services. We’ve recently stocked Dartmoor Wild Flower Honey in our Thunder & Lightning Cream Tea and will be adding it to more food hampers soon, so we caught up with Peter to find out more about his honey and answer...

Last week we visited Home Farm Cafe on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, near Bovey Tracey, to sample their cream teas after originally missing them from our '50 of the best cream teas in Devon' list. It was our mistake to miss them, the scones were homemade, warm, fresh and rather large! The cream tea cost £4.95 for a pot of tea for one, two scones, jam and clotted cream, which is good value. The cafe is set in the Parke estate, which is now home to the Dartmoor National Park Authority.The River Bovey and Granite Railway pass through the estate...

Our first experience of Mothers Day has been busy with lots of cream tea hampers being sent out this Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you to everyone who bought one, hopefully all the mums receiving their Mothers Day gift hampers will love how original the present is. Fruit scone cream teas proved popular this year, and why not have fruit instead of plain scones with a cream tea. It's too late to order a Mothers Day present from us now but if you still need inspiration check out our Devon cream tea list or our Dartmoor Mothers Day ideas article. We'll leave the...

Although we believe a Mothers Day hamper from us makes for an excellent Mothers Day present, you can't beat spending quality time together so with that in mind we recently produced a guest blog for http://www.dartmooraccommodation.co.uk/ on where to take your mum for afternoon tea on Dartmoor and thought we would share the article. Here is a list of 5 places to take your mum for an afternoon tea on Dartmoor this Mothers Day: 1. Primrose Cottage Tea Room, Lustleighhttp://www.primrosetearooms.co.uk/ Nestled in the Wrey Valley on the edge of Dartmoor, Primrose Tea Rooms resides in the picturesque village of Lustleigh. They offer delicious...

With its imposing granite tors, rugged moorland, deep wooded valleys and freely roaming animals, it’s not hard to see why Dartmoor attracts so many visitors every year. For anyone visiting Dartmoor National Park www.dartmooraccommodation.co.uk is an excellent resource listing lots of local hotels, B&B’s, holiday cottages and campsites. The website makes it easy for visitors to find what they’re looking for, whether it’s a dog friendly farmhouse or child friendly hotel. Dartmoor Accommodation isn’t just useful for finding great places to stay; it also provides lots of local information and great ideas for places to visit. The activities page lists...