About Us | Isle of Mull Self Catering Holiday Home

Jim and Pat Spence

Tourism :

Jim Spence has been in the business of Self Catering Tourism for more than 30 years. Committed to, and consistently striving to, provide visitors with the very best Self Catering Holiday home experience.

Farming:

The farm at Penmore runs a flock of around 100 North Country Cheviot sheep, with an Agri-Environment plan in place which ensures a suitable habitat for invertebrates primarily aimed at marsh fritillary, narrow bordered bee hawk moth, transparent burnet moth, slender scotch burnet moth, brown hare and skylark.

January -

Feeding sheep in the winter at Penmore isle of Mull — Feeding the sheep.

February -

sheep-scanning-at-penmore — Scanning time, this is when we find out which ewes are expecting singles, twins or are empty.

March -

Sheep getting a feed pre lambing on Penmore farm — Feeding time pre lambing, feeding for the growing lamb.

April -

Help with lambing on Mull — A welcome hand at lambing time.

Its lambing time at Penmore, long days and hard work — A busy time of year, feeding an orphan lamb.

May -

Spring work harrowing bracken — Spring work continues, harrowing dead bracken.

Marking the lambs at Penmore — Marking time for the lambs

June -

6 spot burnet day flying moth — June is a lovely time of year on Mull and this is the time to see the day flying 6 Spot burnet moths

July -

Collecting ragwort on Penmore farm — Weeding out ragwort

August -

Collecting eggs from our own free range hens — Collecting eggs

September -

Hedgehog — The farm is still busy, but we still have time to meet the wildlife.

October -

archaeology dig reveals Corn kiln — An Archaeology dig to reveal an ancient Corn kiln

November -

December -

Tree planting at Penmore — Tree planting wind breaks and shelter