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The Royal Bath and Wells Show

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The Royal Bath and West Show returns between 1st and 4th June.  It’s the only four day royal show in the country and its history goes right back to 1852.

As well as the chance to sample and buy some of Somerset’s best produce (including my favorites cheese and cider) there are opportunities to view some of the finest livestock in the country

There are art exhibitions, showgrounds and a chance to experience canoeing of all things, the most exciting part is a new music area, with Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury Festival, sourcing acts.  Music will take place right throughout the day and early evening, and given his experience of Glastonbury, that means there will be a real festival feel to the showground.

Tickets are on sale now at https://bathandwest.yourticketbooking.com/events/royalbathandwestshow
And with The White House Bed and Breakfast so close, why not book yourself an early June treat?

May Day in Wells

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We have been extremely busy at The White House over the May Bank Holiday, welcoming lots of guests and also our daughter Mel and her partner Sam to celebrate our son Eddie’s 14th birthday.

The weather has been mixed but much better than the forecast with the sun shining for the majority of the weekend.

Despite the rain today, The Wells Lions organised another great traditional May Day Celebration in Wells Market place today with Maypole Dancing, Stalls, vintage cars and buses (one of which drove in a circit via Dulcote throughout the day), games, music and traditional dancing.

Yet another of those “I just can’t believe the bed and breakfast has been open for a full year” moments!

 

Spring is here and another cycle begins

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We had such a lovely weekend at The White House after what originally looked to be a bit of a disappointment.  Original plans to visit our friends in London and see the Rugby were dashed at the last minute as our friend was ill in bed with a very high temperature.  Luckily all worked out ok and Miranda is now, thankfully, on the mend.

The sun was shining and we spent the weekend with our older daughter, Melanie, who had agreed to house sit for us while we were away.  Our bed and breakfast guests were particularly lovely and on Saturday afternoon, after a trip to Wells marketplace, we all started the transformation of our kitchen garden into a nicer looking area.

Photos below and I’ll post more as the transformation continues….

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The White House wins Booking.com Award

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I was delighted at the weekend to find out that The White House Bed and Breakfast has won a booking.com Guest Review Award. for an overall score of 9.6 across a total of 73 reviews.

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A huge thank you to all of our booking.com guests for showing their appreciation of our efforts.

Frome Independent and Country File

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Just found out that the Countryfile team recently filmed at the Frome Food Assembly to highlight local food in the town. 

The Food Assembly, which has over 800 members, and over 20 food producers delivering food to the local community each week, has also won the Best British Food Initiative at the BBC Food and Farming Awards this year.

I’ve spoken about Frome Independent in the past and it remains a favorite day out for us all at The White House.  The street food is delicious, and the market is superb.

The next event is on 6th December, (find out more at http://www.thefromeindependent.org.uk/), just in time to collect all of our favourite treats in time for Christmas and the Countryfile episode will be aired on 15th November.

Thankless tasks……..

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photo (2)Autumn is here with a vengence. The nights are drawing in and it seems strange to be preparing supper each evening with the normally beautiful view of the garden masked by complete darkness.

While the treees are stunning and a mass of yellow and russet tones, collecting the leaves is a thankless task. It doesn’t matter how often we tidy up, we get up the next morning and the grass is completely covered again.

Last year, we had to ignore this as we were up to our neck in renovating the property and the lawns suffered greatly as a result. This year however, we can’t afford to ignore and so we’ll just have to keen raking……………..

The White House

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Our long awaited holiday to America whizzed by and we are now settled back at home. We had such a good time and enjoyed so many aspects of the trip.

One of the highlights, as well as seeing our old friends, was our trip to The White House. As we expected, breakfast wasn’t included but the accomodation looked extremely impressive!

Wells Literary Festival

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On Friday evening I attended the Wells Literary Festival with a friend to listen to Jeffrey Archer discuss his latest book in the series The Clifton Chronicles.  It is many years since I read one of his novels, although I remember them as extremely entertaining.

As a speaker he didn’t disappoint, chatting about the “overnight” success of his first novel – well over a year in the making; his rise to the best seller list; and the mechanics and creativity of the writing process itself.

Following the talk, I bought all five books in the series and have already finished reading the first – can’t wait to begin the second….

The Festival continues until the end of the weekend and tomorrow I will be there again, this time with my husband Rod, to hear Mary Berry.

Well recommended for those of you who haven’t yet visited the festival and it would be great to hear from any of you who have been to the event either this year or in the past.

Wells Cathedral School Save the Children Walk 2015

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Yesterday I joined my daughter Lucy; good friend Ros; and hundreds of other walkers from Wells Cathedral School, on a hike through Ebbor Gorge for Save the Children.  Thank goodness he day dawned beautifully sunny and, after registering at the school, we set off to Wookey Hole on our way to the gorge.

The scenery and views were stunning; the gorge itself is limestone and was designated  in 1952 as a 63.5-hectare biological site of special interest.  Donated to the National Trust  in 1967 it is now managed by Natural England as a Nature Reserve.

The full hike was 10 mile, and we managed 5 mile, all uphill, before finally giving up the ghost and calling Rod to plead a lift home.

It really is a fantastic place and well worth a visit during your stay at The White House Bed and Breakfast.

 

Jam making at The White House

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The weather here at The White House Dulcote seems very Autumnal and at the weekend our thoughts turned to jam making.  Our shelves are now groaning with Blackberry jam following my foraging trip with my good friend Ros (and more later about her bravery when Bob attracted the attention of a fieldful of young cows…..)

Sunday saw us turn our attention to the ancient plum tree in the kitchen garden and I’m pleased to report that the jars of plum jam have now joined the blackberry ready for our next guests to arrive and taste them.

Lucy and I gathered a huge basketful from the lower hanging branches with the aid of a step ladder but we had to enlist Rod and a lacrosse stick to reach higher hanging fruit.  Me thinks he enjoyed hitting me on the head with a load of plums just a little too much…………………