Chelsea, Gardens and Smoked Sugar
I look forward every year to The Chelsea Flower Show and it must have played with my conscience as I arranged at the end of last week to go with Ali to the Garden Centre at Banstead on Monday. We…
Heating, Builders and a visit from AO.com
Well, the weather this week has been warm by day and cold by night, so the heating was put back on at Parklands B&B during the night, allowing everyone to keep snug in bed. I hope this is the last…
Sun & Snow
It was a week of having friends to stay ! My girlfriend from Wales came down at a moment’s notice so she could go and watch her son run his first (and possibly last) London Marathon, which he managed to…
Spring is in the air… 8th April
We have had guests recently who really enjoy a hearty breakfast, so to keep it varied as they were staying several nights, we opted to cook them several different dishes in the morning. They were all up for trying something…
Easter Weekend… 28th March
Easter has been a quiet affair, not sure if that is down to the weather forecasts for rain and storms or that Easter was too early for tourists who chose to have a holiday in the sunshine or snow. The…
Monday 22nd February
Adriane and Claudia arrived late Thursday for a three-day ‘weekend’ break. It was delightful to see them again, they first came to stay 10 years ago – it’s so special to have guests that return year on year! They had several…
Monday 25th January
After a busy week, it has been really nice to catch up with other things that help to keep me organised! As we were not expecting guests until the weekend, I took the opportunity of doing some further de-cluttering, this time…
Monday 18th January
Last Sunday morning (10th) was a more casual affair, as we had a lovely couple sitting at the breakfast table who had been B&B hosts in the not too distant past. We swapped stories of guests and the funny things that people…
Saturday 9th January
The first week into the new year we had guests who were out of the house at 7 am with only one wanting a breakfast-to-go. We made the most of the moment in that Zuzana and I had the rooms…
Tuesday 5th January
Christmas was a lovely family affair, leisurely meals, long walks with the dogs on Tooting Bec Common and a glowing fire in the evenings. We had some lovely couples staying with us who shopped until they dropped, grabbing bargains in…