Down on the Farm
"200 acres to the Moray Firth. Real farmers. Real seasons."
Matthew and Carole Short have farmed Stonebriggs for years — 200 acres that run all the way to the cliffs of the Moray Firth. They raise beef cattle, keep a flock of sheep, and share their farm with peacocks, hens, ferrets, and dogs. The sea is always in view. So are dolphins, if you time it right.
Choose between a High Seas Hideaway glamping pod perched above the coastline, a Coastal Carriage, hobbit-style homes dug into the hillside, or Crossgates Cottage. Carole bakes and the farmhouse bothy is 150 years old.
In spring the lambing shed opens — watch births, bottle-feed newborns. In May the sheep get shorn. In summer the trailer tour rolls through fields to the sea cliffs. It ends with hot drinks and farmhouse baking. You don't forget it.
What you can do here
Experience gallery
Visitor testimonials
“A proper hands-on farm day
We came to Down on the Farm not quite knowing what to expect, and left already planning to come back. The kids were hands-on from the first morning, the hosts couldn’t have been more welcoming, and waking up to that Buchan Coast air was something else. Genuinely one of our best family trips in Scotland.
Seasonal highlights
- → Lambing: April–May
- → Shearing: May
- → Trailer tours: May–September