Sunday 6th September

It's late Sunday night and I have realised I need to update you all on what’s been happening since the start of the week.  Well, I have had three sets of people working on the house this weekend, a roofer,…

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Tuesday 1st September

Well the weather was a real dampener for all our guests, it was dark and overcast most mornings at breakfast and everyone was asking was it going to rain all day!  Plans for visiting parks changed to museums and believe…

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Sunday 23rd August

My lovely mother and daughter left yesterday morning; they crowned their holiday with tickets to see Hamlet at the Barbican starring Cumberbatch!  I was so jealous, I asked them how they enjoyed the production and they were speechless – words…

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Sunday 16th August

I had a mother and daughter who arrived after a long 7-hour journey from Cornwall on Saturday.  The mother was not sure if she was dead or alive after the journey, saying her daughter was too fast a driver.  These is…

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Thursday 13th August

The young man took me up on my offer from yesterday and helped me cook breakfast this morning. It was delightful to see him grinning from ear to ear as he turned the bacon and mixed the eggs in a bowl.  He listened and carried out…

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Sunday 9th August

We had an international table at the weekend, Spain, Germany and Italy.  It took a few minutes at breakfast for everyone to warm up and start chatting around the table. Thing that gets discussed after everyone has found out where…

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