Hikes include opportunities to witness spectacular views and beautiful trails. On a biking tour, you can enjoy the hilly back roads or a more relaxing ride on the rail trail.  If kayaking is your preference, you can paddle across a magnificent lake or meander down a quiet river.

Equipment is provided for you, and a minimum of two people is required to book an outdoor excursion, which is only for guests of Brook Farm Inn.  Please inquire when you phone to reserve your room.

RATES

 Hiking                                  2 hours    $ 50 per person

Appalachian Trail Hike             4 hours    $105 per person

Biking                                   2 hours    $ 55 per person

Kayaking                               2 hours    $ 65 per person

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Stockbridge, MA — Horse & Carriage Driving Event Comes to Orleton Farm on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 & 16 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. — Just minutes from Brook Farm Inn Brook  in Lenox, MA.

Presented by members of Colonial Carriage & Driving Society. the 15^th Annual Orleton Farm Pleasure Driving Show offers visitors the chance to enjoy the atmosphere of horse and carriage days gone by as they watch drivers in their traditional turnouts compete with their magnificent horses, beautiful carriages, and gleaming harness for ribbons, for the love of the sport, and to be part of the history and tradition of carriage driving in the Berkshire Hills.

The Berkshires was the place to come and be seen driving your horse and carriage during the Gilded Age of the late 19^th Century. The large estates and wonderful carriage houses provided the perfect setting. Summer residents would be met at the Stockbridge train station and transported by the family horse and carriage to their “cottages.” Orleton Farm, a beautiful 200 acre farm nestled in the Berkshires at 31 Prospect Hill Road in Stockbridge, has been a part of that tradition as a horse facility since 1900.

 The modern Pleasure Driving Show, presented by members of the Colonial Carriage & Driving Society, started 15 years ago at famous sculptor Daniel Chester French’s home, Chesterwood, in Stockbridge. The show remained there for three years, with the number of exhibitors and spectators increasing each year. The need for more space prompted the show to move to Eden Hill, one of Stockbridge’s great estates. In 2006, with the desire to add more classes, the show expanded to a two day format and moved to Orleton Farm. A Combined Test consisting of driven dressage and timed obstacles was added to the schedule in 2011.

 Drivers (called “whips” in pleasure driving vernacular) come from the Northeast and as far away as Virginia to demonstrate their skills in reinsmanship in both ring and obstacle classes. A water crossing is a popular feature of the Cross Country Course. New classes this year include Old Guard (for drivers 65 and over!) and American Heritage, a nod to the turnouts of the turn of the century.

 This unique annual event offers something for everyone as you stroll through the beautiful grounds of Orleton Farm, watching history come alive. The highlights of the show include:  Berkshire artisans and other vendors at the Coach Barn Shoppes; tours of the collection of antique coaches, carriages and sleighs; wagon rides (weather permitting); and the “Horse Power Meets Horsepower” Car Cruise on Sunday. Food, catered by Madjack’s BBQ of Pittsfield, is available on site each day. The event is a perfect way to spend Father’s Day weekend with your family and friends. General admission is $5.00

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Master Class
featuring ANNETTE MILLER and DEBORAH GRAUSMAN
with ALEC DONALDSON, NORA MENKEN, LUKE REED and JOSEPHINE WILSON 
May 24–August 18
Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

Shakespeare & Co is around the corner from Brook Farm Inn in Lenox, MA. 

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The winner of the Memorial Day Marathon in Lenox MA is Ian Mulikin.  He is pictured above with Dolores Blais.  Ian attributed his victory to the good night sleep he got at Brook Farm Inn Bed and Breakfast.  Congratulations to him and Dolores.  We hope to see them back again next year to defend his tittle.

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Marathon Info

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Andris Nelsons and his wife Kristine Opolais

May 16, 2013 – Andris Nelsons has been appointed the 15^th Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since its founding in 1881. The announcement was made today by Chairman of the BSO Board of Trustees Ted Kelly, BSO Board of Trustees Vice Chairs Stephen B. Kay and Robert O’Block, and BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe, following a meeting of the orchestra’s Board of Trustees earlier in the day at Symphony Hall. At 34 years old, Andris Nelsons is the youngest music director to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in over 100 years; he is also the first Latvian-born conductor to take on the post.

Nelsons and Opolais will be performing Verdi Requiem with the BSO on Saturday July 27th at Tanglewood.  Brook Farm Inn has availability for that weekend.

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Barrington Stage Co. presents this wonderful performance in June.  It’s Berkshires theater at its best — convenient to the inn and near good restaurants too.  And did you know that Leonard Bernstein, who wrote the music, stayed at Brook Farm Inn when he was a conducting fellow at Tanglewood Institute?

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A great event for guests of Brook Farm Inn!  We’re located right in between the two venues, Pittsfield and Great Barrington.   There will be documentaries, shorts, and feature films from all over the world.

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Sat.-May 25,-RHURBARB FESTIVAL-Roche Reading Park

Sat.-May 25, “LENOX MARATHON”-Lenox & Tanglewood

Sun.-May 26,-“LENOX MARATHON”

Fri. ,-June 14,-“LENOX MOTORCAR CLASSIC”

Hope to see you here!

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Erin Keefe, violin

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 Berkshire Cycling Classic June 9th

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Lenox Motor Car Classic June 14th

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