残り／休憩（する）, relax and recharge on the farm: Why the enchanting Malvern 広い地所 is far more than just a big house in the country
My footsteps crunch over the light 霜 and I can see my breath in the 冷淡な 夜明け 空気／公表する. I reach the end of the farm 跡をつける, turn and look 支援する.
The fields and hedgerows are coated with a glistening white - yet to be melted by the sun's first light.
The treeline 抱擁するs the 山の尾根 to my 権利 and up ahead a meadow stretches out.
In a field beside me a few inquisitive Aberdeen Angus cattle casually wander over.?The morning is still, the peace broken only by the 静かな noises of nature.?
I smile to myself and begin the jog 支援する 負かす／撃墜する the path that leads to the warm bed I had 砂漠d.
The beautiful Malvern 広い地所 from the sky - 始める，決める in the Worcestershire hills
The main house is 400 years old and is as enchanting as it is grand
A few minutes later a nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom Elizabethan mansion?comes into 見解（をとる）.
We had escaped to the Malvern 広い地所 in the Worcestershire hills for a long 週末 and looking at the 400-year-old house in the heart of this magnificent 広い地所, which 含むs a regenerative farm, I didn’t want to go 支援する.
From the outside the house looks like something out of a fairytale or period TV 演劇.
Inside it has been beautifully 回復するd and can comfortably sleep up to 18 guests, with a blend of 初めの character and modern 高級な.
始める，決める in 140 acres in the Malvern Hills, an area of 優れた natural beauty, it is the perfect place for multi-generational families looking for a UK holiday with a? difference.
The seasons bring different delights and activities for children or anyone wanting to muck in on the farm.
As the winter 冷淡な gives way to spring, 訪問者s can help 瓶／封じ込める-料金d the lambs or lend a 手渡す during calving season.?
There is always sheepdog training to be enjoyed and guests can forage for wild garlic and make their own pesto.
Kids on family holidays or 同僚s in 法人組織の／企業の groups can try their 手渡す at the likes of bushcraft - where they learn 生き残り 技術s like how to build a 解雇する／砲火／射撃 in the wild - or 参加する den building, tree 工場／植物ing or hedge laying.
Those 勇敢に立ち向かう enough can go paddle 搭乗 on the lake or even go for a wild swim. And then there is a tennis 法廷，裁判所, croquet, badminton, 弓術，射手隊 or clay pigeon 狙撃.
The 所有物／資産／財産 is also a 港／避難所 for wellness 週末s and people who just want the chance to reset and reground.
And if you 簡単に want to potter around a 巨大（な） house, walk the grounds, sit in the 中庭 and get caterers in, then this is the place.
The 課すing Elizabethan house sits in the heart of 140 acres in?Worcestershire
Guests can swim, 列／漕ぐ／騒動 or even stand-up paddleboard on the lake
It quickly became （疑いを）晴らす to us that this was far more than just a big house in the country.
While it is undoubtedly an incredible 発生地 to host large groups or parties, it is our children who made us realise what a special place it is.
They 即時に fell in love with life on the farm.
They loved the wild ducks, chickens and guinea fowl, but their favourites were the playful farm dogs. It was 不明瞭な who was more excited to see whom.?
And when we went on a farm 小旅行する they were in heaven.
'Sheeps, Daddy!', 叫び声をあげるd my two-year-old daughter, an 爆発 of excitement, as she 始める，決める off chasing 14 four-legged fluffy friends around a field.
The sheep were good sports. They trotted around to 避ける her outstretched 武器 as she frantically tried to 抱擁する them, her 有望な yellow wellies squelching in the morning dew.
During our few days on the 広い地所 the kids fed the animals, 調査するd the 支持を得ようと努めるd, played in the shepherd’s hut, and loved the ride-on tractor.
It was a 全く different experience from any other holiday they have been on - and the house is as enchanting as?it is grand.
One of the beautiful sitting rooms with the 解雇する／砲火／射撃 炎ing
最高の-king-sized beds, 木造の beams and lavish decor adorn every room
The 所有物／資産／財産 features a 抱擁する nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms?
One of the tiny mice that has been painted on the 塀で囲むs - the kids love to find them all?
A 地元の artist has painted 14 adorable 風刺漫画 mice in さまざまな nooks and crannies and the little ones delighted in scampering around on their treasure 追跡（する）, desperate to find them all.
When night fell, and they were 安全に tucked up in 最高の-king-sized beds exhausted from the day’s activities, we lit the 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and enjoyed a few 井戸／弁護士席-earned glasses of ワイン.
Our hosts, Rosanna and Ian Horsley, やめる the London ネズミ race for the countryside and bought the 広い地所 in 2017.
They are 熱烈な about regenerative farming - where 農業者s put the land first to 改善する the biodiversity whilst producing the most nutritious food possible.
'We want to farm in an environmentally 肯定的な way and the house is our way of making it financially viable,' says Rosanna, clutching a warm cup of tea.
'Farming as a 商売／仕事 is an 極端に difficult life - and you have to diversify.
'When we bought the 所有物／資産／財産 we すぐに 始める，決める about up-specing the space to make it 高級な hotel 質 but in a 400-year-old house.
'That meant putting in new bathrooms, new heating systems, we used 地元の 商売／仕事s to help with everything ? even reupholstering furniture.
'It's all about susta 無（不）能 and supporting the 地元の community is a 抱擁する part of our ethos - and we want to create a 維持できる life for our family.
'We have to support the land and support the house. Farming is 24/7.'
Another 抱擁する sitting room to stretch out and relax in
The grand hall connects one 味方する of the 所有物／資産／財産 to the other
The morning sun 注ぐs through the window in a corner of the 抱擁する kitchen-diner
The owners painstakingly refitted all of the 所有物／資産／財産's bathrooms?
The house is a mixture of old character and modern 高級な hotel?
The chickens have their own mock Elizabethan manor
Ian (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述するd as he took us on a farm 小旅行する: 'Regenerative farming is about leaving the land and our piece of the countryside in a better 条件 than we 設立する it.
'Building up from 国／地域s and creating meadows, hedgerows, 支持を得ようと努めるd pasture, and woodlands 供給するs the 必須の diverse habitat that insects, birds and 哺乳動物s need to live.
'We must create habitat, whilst also 存在 mindful that we need to 供給する food for ourselves. Creating nature reserves and 輸入するing our food from abroad only 輸出（する）s our habitat 破壊 沖合いの／海外の.
'It is so important to 改善する our farming practices and envelop them in nature, for the 利益 of all. This is what underpins our farming ethos at Baston Hall.'
It is a noble philosophy and 証言，証人／目撃するing it first-手渡す gives a （疑いを）晴らす 視野 of what a 需要・要求するing life it is.
We walked 支援する up the 跡をつける feeling we had learned much in a short space.
The excited barks of dogs and the happy squeals of the kids brought us 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and we enjoyed feeling 静める and content and away from the city.
Our trip left a 深い impression on all of us and since then the only question on the kids’ lips is a simple one: 'When are we going 支援する to the farm?'
Hopefully soon.
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