Sunshine & Strawberries
June is one of my favourite months for many reasons; it’s the start of summer, gardens are full of colour - my garden this year is themed mauve white and pink – and because strawberries are in abundance at this…
For the love of Carrots…
The weather, just like our guests, seems to swing between warm and cold. There are times when guests will show up and they apprehensively ask if we are a B&B (to be fair we do not have a sign outside).…
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…
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…
Recommendations & Recipes
As much as I love the winter months of sitting by the fire with a steaming mug of hot chocolate – I look forward to the Sunday in March when the clocks spring forward. It means no more mornings where…
The Day & Night Manager… 4th April 2016
This past week we have been busy with three rooms. You easily forget when you have only had one room booked for the past four weeks how much work is involved when you step up from two guests to six!…
Saturday 6th February
I was invited this week to lunch at a girlfriend's. I really can’t remember the last time I went to someone for lunch. It’s a girlfriend I have known for over 30 years and she persuaded me, (yes very sad…
Monday 16th November
The whole weekend has been tinged with sadness as the tragic and terrifying events in Paris were televised on our screens late Friday evening with the full aftermath slowly unfolding on Saturday and Sunday. All our thoughts are with the…
Monday 2nd November
The weekend was a complete whirlwind! I had a full house and was ‘one man down’ and some close friends had come to stay. My friends and I spent Friday night in and I cooked supper – I did Crepes…
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