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CROUCH VALLEY

AND SOUTH EAST

KOI CLUBS VISIT

CUTTLEBROOK

Steve Rollins.

I imagine there are few readers of Koi Net who have
not heard of, or even visited, Cuttlebrook Koi Farm.
The farm was built back in 1990, the year my current
pond was built and is therefore a place I have visited
many times.

Of course, these days, they run some hugely popular
and successful Open Days with hundreds of hobbyists
attending and taking the opportunity to grab a net and
Steve Rollins. bowl to hand select from the thousands of Koi bred by
Mark Davis and his team.
However, having had the opportunity many times to
experience a guided tour behind the scenes, earlier this
year I contacted Sam, the farm manager, to arrange a
CUTTLEBROOK visit for Crouch Valley Koi Section – a visit that was to
RUN SOME later become a joint one with our friends from the South
East Koi Club. I knew this experience would be great for
HUGELY our newer members and that even those, like me, who
POPULAR AND had been many times would see/learn something new
as the farm is always evolving and this certainly turned
SUCCESSFUL out to be the case.
OPEN DAYS I checked in with Sam a few days before the visit to
confirm we were still on and the answer was, yes, we’ve
had a busy week preparing for spawning next week but

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