Guest Factor 1998-2017
September is when many of my annual guests return and stay a minimum of a week or sometimes up to six weeks with a mini break to Europe in between. Bob and Feff from Australia have been returning for the…
60 Hours in a Bed & Breakfast
August is always a strange month for B&B when you are based in London. The nights that people stay range from 1 night to 7 nights. I found that I had three rooms empty last Saturday night, unheard of in…
Wimbledon, Cream Teas & Chocolate Mousse Cake
I love July! The main reason being is that for the last two weeks we have had guests from all over the world staying who were coming to watch the tennis at Wimbledon. All of them had tickets except for…
American Month
I should call June the American month, I have had each week at least one or two American guests visiting London for the first or nth time. It has been enjoyable as English is the spoken language. I do struggle…
The Month of May…
I have just realized that I have not posted a blog since the beginning of April – so have set myself some time aside this morning to write about what has been going on these past several weeks. I have…
Springtime
It’s wonderful to see that Spring is just around the corner, the flower stalls are full of daffodils, the days are getting longer which means that when I walk the dogs it is still light. The beginning of March is…
Birds Galore
This Christmas I asked close friends to buy me something for the garden. The reason being is that it’s something I look out onto every day, I spend many evenings in the summer sitting outside with a glass of something…
Chalk & Cheese
This week has been one of those weeks when you wonder why you host! I had the most delightful Texan come and stay for a few days that was working in the area. As soon as he walked through the…
A BIG Thank You to My Much Beloved Dogs
To my dogs who have welcomed my guests all year and brought a smile to their faces a big thank you. Dogs have always been part of my life for over 50 years. I remember as a 13-year-old bringing home…
November has whizzed by…
It has been a busy month with a diverse group of nationalities coming over the threshold. I can’t think of a week whereby all my guests haven't come from at least three continents! We also decided to test out the…