Upcott House Bed and Breakfast http://www.upcotthouse.com Bed and Breakfast in Okehampton, Devon overlooking Dartmoor Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:14:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Starting up the Dragon at Upcott House http://www.upcotthouse.com/2012/01/06/starting-dragon-upcott-house/ http://www.upcotthouse.com/2012/01/06/starting-dragon-upcott-house/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:02:20 +0000 kay http://www.upcotthouse.com/?p=149 Fossil fuels are out and solid fuel is back in at Upcott House. Brothers John Bickley and Charles Enderson, owner and former owner of Upcott House fire up the solid fuel burner better known as The Dragon because we just have to keep feeding it. It has brought a wonderful slightly smoky aroma to the house and a warm and toasty feel underfoot in our kitchen.

Down in the boiler room

]]> http://www.upcotthouse.com/2012/01/06/starting-dragon-upcott-house/feed/ 0 10Kw Solar PV Array Installed at Upcott House http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/24/10kw-solar-pv-array-installed-upcott-house/ http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/24/10kw-solar-pv-array-installed-upcott-house/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:31:06 +0000 kay http://www.upcotthouse.com/?p=143 So exciting – today we finally connect to the grid with our 10Kw Ground Mounted Solar PV Array. Brilliant to think that our electricity will mainly come from a renewable source from now on. This constitutes a serious lowering of our carbon footprint. Bring on that Carbon Tax because we are ready for it. Best of all is the free fuel for our electric car.

]]> http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/24/10kw-solar-pv-array-installed-upcott-house/feed/ 0 Chickens get new luxury accommodation http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/12/chickens-luxury-accommodation/ http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/12/chickens-luxury-accommodation/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:42:34 +0000 kay http://www.upcotthouse.com/?p=135 The ‘girls’ (our chickens) are now newly ensconced in luxury accommodation in our paddock with heaps to eat surrounded by an electric fence to keep away the fox, Buster the dog and me. 12v can pack a hefty punch as I discovered when the Upcott House team installed it yesterday. Just put your hand on that said Barry!! I don’t think we will be seeing much of Freddie the fox. Lets hope that with all that

The chickens get new luxury accommodation in the Upcott House Paddock

Chickens get new luxury accommodation

vegetation that the girls start laying even bigger eggs for breakfast – yum yum.

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Zero Carbon World Tezla Electric Car

Zero Carbon World Tezla Electric Car

]]> http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/11/ev-page-upcott-house-website/feed/ 0 Public Devon EV Charging Point at Upcott House http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/06/public-devon-ev-charging-point-upcott-house/ http://www.upcotthouse.com/2011/10/06/public-devon-ev-charging-point-upcott-house/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:54:41 +0000 admin http://at-lucytor.co.uk/~upcottho/?p=105 Hi-Tech: WiFi and a 32 amp Commando Charging Point as a public charging point for Electric Vehicle (EV) users. We are the only charging point in the South West (SW) between Exeter, Bristol and Cornwall that offers free charging along the lines of WiFi Fon network. Take a look at our EV Charging Point Page for more details.

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