Practical Caravan & Motorhome Magazine hold an annual competition where people can vote for their favourtie Holiday Park. We entered the competition for the first time last year and guests were given the opportunity to vote for us. The presentation was held at the NEC on Tuesday 19th Feb and we were very pleased to be a South East Regional Finalist. We would like to thank everyone who made the effort to vote for us, we really appreciate your custom. We are thrilled with the outcome and will be entering again this year. A form will be available to download on our website - you will find the form on our homepage shortly @ www.appuldurcombegardens.co.uk

 

Donald & Daffney have had Duckings

Its lovely they have had chicks! Daffney has brought them to show us! She has had 8 in total and hopefully they will all keep safe! She nested in the stream in Meadow Bluebell and has brought them up to the pond behind the house! Its lovely to see them. There are so many obsticles that they have to endure on the journey. She keeps doing the same daily routine so I do hope they don't get run over as it is so hard to see them when you are in a car! She follows the same route everyday and battles against children, dogs and cars!

Daffney and Chicks

Today she is teaching them how to preen themselves. Everyday she does something different with them!

There are 6 today

Everday when the chicks come up from the stream we do a head count! Daffney originally had 8 chicks but today there are only 6 - sadly two have gone!

So vunerable now!

They are growing rapidly now but are still very vunerable. Daffney initially had 8 chicks but now only has 5. She has done so well to keep the remainder safe. They can't fly so they all keep together walking in a straight line. She doesn't know her highway code though! as she just walks straight across the main road and we have gasped sometimes as cars can't really see them and there has been a few close calls!

Growing by the day!

They are starting to loose their baby feathers and growing tail feathers

Cheeky chap!

They are so friendly and allow you to go so close to them.