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Here's the family...
Martin: He is my very hard-working husband - my rock, and he makes me laugh lots too! We have been married for over 22 years now - a fairly good innings by today's standards. He is my action man - very practical and logical with a great business mind.
Despite working together, most of the time we get on famously - just as long as he does what he is told!!! (Only joking). He loves motorbikes and has competed in many different disciplines of motorcycle racing over the years.
Our Kids: Our daughter, Camilla is 21 and is competent and highly gifted with languages. She has worked with us on the parks, as well as working in France as admin manager for an educational adventure centre and locally for a local corporation in administration. She has joined us again for the 2011 season.
Ashley is 18 years old, and he works for us here at Newberry Valley out on the grounds, and is setting up his own pet food supplies business. He also enjoys motorbike racing too - almost good enought to beat his Dad. Like his dad he is extremely practical and loves to be outside in the fresh air.
It's very rewarding to see the children develop into young adults, learning to work as part of  the team.
Our Dogs: We sadly lost our old charming Labrador/German Shepherd cross rescue dog called Taz in May 2010, but are still kept busy with a pretty but very noisy German Shepherd called Amber, a very beautiful Utonagan called Tehya, then there's Diesel, who is a twelve month old Sarloos/ Inuit cross and our recent addition to the pack, crossbreed Barney.
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It all started back in April 2000 when we sold our house in Worcestershire and bought a touring park called Hidden Valley.For more than six years we invested every ounce of energy and all our pennies into the site.
Then in May 2006 we found Newberry Valley and we moved about ten miles, to the edge of Combe Martin Village to live in the 250 year old farmhouse on the site.
Having given 10 years to developing and upgrading Hidden Valley, culminating in us winning the National Caravan Park of the Year Award, we sold the site in May 2010 to be able to concentrate our efforts on Newberry Valley.
The farmhouse is in need of some renovation, but I love living here as I can look out of my bedroom window and see the sea. For someone who was born and lived in the Midlands until her mid-thirties this is a real pleasure.
Yeh - it's really pretty good down here in the depths of North Devon. I am hugely passionate about the park - I love the wildlife, the intrinsic beauty, and the entralling magic that can be found here. Being surrounded by the wonders of nature does give you a different perspective on life, and one of the most rewarding aspects of running this is being able to share it with all our visitors.
Our businesses have grown over the years - we have another picturesque, small site called Pine Valley near Liskeard in Cornwall. This site lies adjacent to our Touring Caravan Dealership, Atlantic Caravans which was set up in 2009.
Managed by Darren and Sarah Bull, Atlantic Caravans offers new & pre-owned touring sales, service and accessories, based in another lovely part of the West Country.
Finally my other passion is living life naturally and to the full, and helping others to do so too hence my special online business surprisingly called... Live Life Naturally!
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