Start of Life At Low Nest Blog
We've decided to start a blog! We've tried to start one on numerous occasions, but wanted to wait for a momentous occasion, or the start of a week/month. We also didn't know what to write about, but with both of us now working at Low Nest and with the management of...
How to Hatch Chicken Eggs
We're hatching chicks! The chickens have been a major focal feature for Low Nest over the last 12 months. With plenty of space we decided to get a couple more chickens, but instead of just buying point of lay 14 week old chickens we fancied a challenge; hatching and...
The Old Milking Parlour
I've milked many a cow in those two studios. Little known fact - should the need arise you could fit 2 cows side by side in the bathrooms with room between to get in to milk them. It's true. The old 'Byre' (posh name milking parlour) was divided in two to make...
How to Climb Coniston Old Man
The Old Man of Coniston is a real special mountain. It's easy to navigate and riddled with slate mining ruins to explore. Distance: 12km Time: 5 hours Activity Level: Strenuous Navigation Level: Medium Path condition: Good, some loose slate then steps followed by more...
Opening of the Low Nest Farm Honesty Box
https://youtu.be/Ie7QFg4rYiE We love our chickens, particularly the fresh eggs. However as they produce 6 eggs a day, even when we're at full capacity we never need that many. So we're proud to announce the opening of the Low Nest Farm Honesty Box. While romantic...
Climbing Dollywaggon
A gander up Dollywagon & Helvellyn This walk takes on one of the highest mountains in England, Helvellyn, while passing a tarn hiding a golden crown and all importantly finishes in a pub! Leg 1 - Dunmail Raise to Grisedale Tarn After 15 minutes on the bus...
Cumbrian Dialect
Ignoring the southern accent I am a proud Kendalian, of Scottish descent. While at school I always remember a friend of mine messing about. When asked what she was doing she replied "Nowt", only to receive a swift sharp reply of "What?!". Dialect levelling is the...
Sheep Terminology
If you visit an agricultural show, a shepherds meet or a stock auction you'll rarely hear the word Sheep. Farmers have a wide terminology and vocabulary describing not just the gender, but age and purpose of the sheep. Cull Yow - An old female yaw (ewe) that is too...
Introducing our new apartment; Stybarrow We are proud to announce the opening of our brand new apartment; Stybarrow. When taking on somewhere as special and successful as Low Nest Studios making a personal stamp can be hard. However we hope we have done...
New Logo
When we took over Low Nest Studios we never inherited a logo. For website and social media purposes we needed to cobble one together, which we did. As the months have rolled on while we did really like the logo we'd done, it never really felt quite right. Over the...