The White House would like to wish all of our friends, family and guests a Happy New Year and we hope 2016 is a good one for all of you.  It certainly passed very quickly for us and while the holiday season seemed to be dominated by news of Britain being drenched and battered by storms, here in Somerset we were lucky enough to miss this very bad weather.

And now, while the Christmas Markets have packed up and disappeared, The Somerset Farmers Markets continue and are definitely worth a visit.  There are 16 in total (see www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk for further details of all of them) but those most local to us are:

• Wells:                every Wednesday 9:30 – 14:30 (15:00 in July and August)
• Glastonbury:    on the fourth Saturday of the month 9:00 – 14:00
• Frome:              Cheese and Grain on the second Saturday of the month 9:00 – 13:00
• Street:               every Thursday 9:30 – 14:30 (15:00 in July and August)