Autumn News

Autumn News

What a fantastic summer we have had at Canal Farm! The weather has been great (If not rather too hot at times!) The fishing has been very good – and we are delighted that many of our guests have booked to stay again next year! Now we are well into autumn – another...
Grainthorpe Arts Festival Aug 2022

Grainthorpe Arts Festival Aug 2022

Grainthorpe busy with Festivals during August and September 2022! The Grainthorpe Festival of Art is back after a 3 year gap due to the pandemic! This will be the 25th Festival in the village. 66 artists will be exhibiting in St Clements church, and there will be...
Austen Fen Warehouse Sold!!

Austen Fen Warehouse Sold!!

Many of our visitors will have been impressed by the imposing warehouse on the bank of the Louth Canal – for many years used by beekeeper Harold Pennell for processing his honey. Sadly Harold died in recent times and the warehouse was put up for sale and very quickly...
The Burton Family

The Burton Family

The Burton Family at Canal Farm In 1998 Richard and I bought Canal Farm from Anthony Burton, the third generation on the farm – he and his wife have since emigrated to Australia.  A couple of years ago I contacted him to see if he had any old photographs of the farm,...
The Drinkel Family

The Drinkel Family

The Drinkel Family at Canal Farm. At the end of July this year we will have lived at Canal Farm for 20 years!  However this is nothing compared with our predecessors the Burton family who had lived at Canal Farm for 99 years!  In the early years of living here, we...