Priddy Folk Festival

Glastonbury may be over but the music continues in Dulcote’s surrounding area with the Priddy Folk Festival on 10th – 12th July.   With a very different look and feel the festival is organised and run by a group of volunteers.  Over the years, it has grown from a fund raiser for the Priddy village hall to a huge fund raiser promoting music and arts and dedicated to improving the environment around Priddy.

There are still some tickets available, go to the festival website at priddyfolk.org to find out more

Darlek invasion of Wells

After an energetic day in The White House garden yesterday, replenishing all of our pots, I settled down with a cup of coffee to read the Wells Journal.  Imagine my surprise to hear of an imminent invasion of Wells of those old Dr Who adversaries, the Darleks…..  According to the Journal, intergalactic messages have been intercepted, indicating that an army of Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors and Pig Slaves  will invade Wells on Saturday, August 15, in the Market Square at around 11am, and moving onto the Bishop’s Barn at around noon.

Here’s hoping they don’t make it up to Dulcote!

Read more: http://www.wellsjournal.co.uk/Daleks-ready-invade-city-s-market/story-26806943-detail/story.html#ixzz3f5nmW4tg

Major Movie to be filmed in Wells

Rumour has it that The Huntsman, a prequel to the 2012 smash Snow White and the Huntsman, will be filmed in Wells in July.  Star gazers could be in for a treat with casting including stars from Mad Max, Fury Road, Hot Fuzz and Avengers.

May be too late already but the Wells Journal is asking for extras…..
Read more: http://www.wellsjournal.co.uk/Major-Hollywood-fantasy-movie-starring-Mad-Max/story-26744379-detail/story.html#ixzz3eWoFu2YN

The White House, Dulcote, Wells

Everyone here at The White House was surprised to receive an email yesterday from our new Miniture Schnauzer puppy. It read “Hello my new family.  I am BOB.  Dont you think I look smart now that I have had a haircut?  I am so looking forward to coming to live with you very soon, in the meantime I will continue to grow, eat and run around the garden causing chaos. Love from BOB”

We just can’t wait to being him home and can’t believe how much he has grown just in one week.

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The White House Kitchen Garden

Back in March I began to plan out our kitchen garden and the vegetables are really taking off.  We have a huge range of vegetables growing and so far have been able to pick broad beans, broccolli and spinach.  We have so much spinach I’m beginning to think its vampire spinach – we cut it right back for supper and the next morning its right back, as big as the day before.  So much so the family are rebelling and refusing to it more!  Anyone for spinach???kitchen garden 1kitchen garden 2

The White House Garden and Dinder Open Gardens

Its beautiful here today in Dulcote – hot and sunny with lots of bird song.  The garden continues to amaze me blue flowers frontage– when one lot of blossom fades, another is ready to take its place.  The frontage of the house is covered in lovely blue flowers now and looks gorgeous, and my to do list continues to grow with “must learn the names of all of our plants and shrubbery” now added to the never ending list.  But talking of gardens, its the Dinder Open Gardens this weekend with nine gardens open for public viewing as well as a large wildflower meadow.  All welcome on Sunday afternoon.  I did suggest to Rod we joined in but he has told me I’m not nearly professional enough to compete yet…….

 

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Mary Berry to attend Wells Literature Festival

It has just been announced that Mary Berry will be the star speaker at this years Festival of Literature in October.  It may seem a long way away, but time seems to go so quickly here in Dulcote.  It doesn’t seem five minutes since we moved to The White House from London, and yet we have now been here for 10 months.

But I digress…….

Tickets go on sale on 17th August either online or from the Bishops Palace shop