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High Pocket Farm, offering bed and breakfast lodging in
picturesque Colrain, in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, is
nestled on a knoll on the end of a secluded dirt road.
The New England farmhouse is 160 years old with a new
four-stall timber frame barn, a separate game room, and a hot
tub on 545 acres. If your idea of the perfect vacation
includes your equine friend, High Pocket is the place for you!
Three guest accommodations, appointed with comfortable
furnishings and private bathrooms, are available to inn
guests. For guests' horses, each barn stall includes shavings
and use of the electric fenced pasture. If you didn't bring
your equine friend, horses are available for rent to lodging
guests.
For down time, welcoming living and dining areas are always
available for chatting or watching a movie, and the convenient
kitchen lets guests prepare their own lunch and dinner if
they'd like. The rec room has a ping pong table, puzzle, and
games, and a large mud room stores all your tack and sporting
gear. Evenings beg you to relax in the hot tub with majestic
views around you and millions of stars above.
There are also plenty of things to do when you want to take
it a bit easier. The stores, golf courses, and ski areas of
Wilmington, Vermont, and Mount Snow are not far away from High
Pocket. In nearby Shelburne Falls and historic Deerfield, you
can visit quaint shops, go antiquing, and browse the local
farm stands in season. Mass MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)
in North Adams, Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, and the
Five College towns of Northampton and Amherst are just a
short, scenic drive away. Many fine restaurants with a variety
of dining options are within 20 miles of the farm, as are live
theater and movies. High Pocket Bed and Breakfast and Barn has
it all -- country leisure just a stone's throw away from urban
sophistication. |
Each morning, a sumptuous country breakfast is served fresh
at 8:00 a.m. Enjoy such breakfast favorites as blueberry
pancakes, omelets, and fresh-from-the-oven baked goods. This
hearty breakfast will prepare you for y some horseback riding
as well as adventures in and around the Colrain area.
With or without your horse, the area has plenty to interest
you. Private trails can be ridden, hiked, biked, and skied.
You'll pass beaver ponds and enter lush forests and open
meadows, perhaps catching a glimpse of the local wildlife.
Aside from the daily two-hour guided trail ride, overnight,
inn to inn, and picnic rides can also be arranged. Four-season
activities include fishing, swimming, hiking, biking, golf,
canoeing, rafting, and alpine and cross-country skiing. |