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The White House at Wookey

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The White House is delighted to launch its new venture, The White House at Wookey. This luxury two bedroom apartment at Wookey Hole complements and extends our existing Bed and Breakfast and self catering offers with a holiday let available for short breaks, weekends and weekly breaks.
The apartment works equally well for families or couples and is perfect for relaxing and as a base for exploring the Somerset landscape.
Please visit our website at http://www.thewhitehousedulcote.co.uk/the-white-house-at-wookey/ to find out more and hopefully we look forward to seeing you soon!

Wells Film Festival

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We all know that Wells is a favorite location for Hollywood film makers and this year, the City is to host its very first film festival.

The event will take place between 21st and 24th April, with a focus on those films which have scenes in and around Wells.

An outdoor screening of the sequal to Snowhite and the Huntsman (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) kicks is an obvious inclusion and here at The White House we are still waiting for further details of the festival, which will be released soon.  Watch this space……………………..

 

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The Bath Literary Festival begins on the 26th of this month and goes right through to the 6th March.  Looking at the website, there’s a great line-up of authors participating; there’s something for everyone; and Bath is a great place to visit so I’d definately recommend putting the date in your diary.

Bath is so close to Wells, why not treat yourself to a special weekend with Bed and Breakfast at The White House and visit these two fabulous City’s.

Follow the link for more details:

http://bathfestivals.org.uk/literature/

 

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what3words…………

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I was intrigued by a conversation I had with a colleague earlier today and couldn’t wait to get back home to try it out……

Apparently google have come up with an alternative to replace the complicated geo-co-ordinate numbering system to help you navigate to where you need to be when visiting unfamiliar places.  The system, called what3words.com,  uses three words to navigate you to within 3 square meters of your destination.  The site also allows you to navigate to the pin and also share the pin location.

Given that the whole of Dulcote shares the same postcode, and this postcode sends you to the opposite end of the village to The White House, some of our visitors in the past have experienced problems finding us, especially in the dark.

Our new swinging sign seems to have resolved this problem but I remained interested in finding what the three words might be for The White House.

Having switched on my computer this evening, I eagerly accessed the site to find our three words are:

softly.positives.units

Could have been a lot worse………………………………………..

 

Happy New Year from The White House Bed and Breakfast

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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)

 

A Very Merry Christmas from The White House Bed and Breakfast

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We are just about to sign off until after the Christmas and New Year break and would like to wish all of our friends and the wonderful guests who have stayed with us since our opening in May a very merry Christmas.  The tree is up, the Christmas parties have started, the children are excited, but the nicest thing so far has been our very first visit to a bell ringing tower in Croscombe Church.

Towards the end of November we started, as a family, to attend bell ringing classes, a new after school activity at Wells Cathedral School.  The hobby already has us hooked, although it is much more difficult than you can imagine.  We aren’t yet good enough to be let loose on the bells alone, but yesterday we were invited to watch actual bell ringing in practice at a local Church.  The experience of climbing the very steep and narrow medieval staircase and hearing the bells from inside the tower was exhilarating.  The bells are extremely heavy and everyone worked so hard, so, when you hear those wonderful sounds over Christmas, spare a thought, and maybe a mince pie and something warming, for those wonderful bell ringers!

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The White House is preparing for a very merry Christmas…..

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The children have now finished school and my daughter and I spent a happy afternoon yesterday bottling the Sloe Gin and Plum Brandy we have been lovingly nurturing since picking the fruit in the Autumn.

At the time it seemed such a long time until Christmas but all of a sudden it is almost with us.

Of course Rod and I had to try them both out, and we still have the Blackberry Vodka to bottle so all set for a very merry Christmas…..

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Christmas comes early to The White House

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This morning came with a frost in The White House gardens and surrounding fields, bring an early Christmas feel to Dulcote following the recent mild weather.

This will be our second Christmas in Somerset and we haven’t yet experienced snow.  Think we are some way away from that possibility but we can always dream…….

Some of our guests who were with us at the weekend visited the Christmas market at Bath, whilst others visited the Christmas Festival in Cheddar.

All had a great time and it was a reminder of how good a location we are in with our base in Dulcote.  We are only an hour away from Bath and 20 minutes from Cheddar, making us the perfect place for exploring the South West of England.

Wells Reindeer Parade

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My daughter and I took a stroll into Wells yesterday to see the Reindeer Parade.  We missed the event last year as we were frantically trying to complete renovations to the inside of The White House before Christmas and were keen to see it.

The streets were crowded with families and young children and the atmosphere was festive.  The town crier was in attendance with local dignitaries in a vintage car; a local brass band played carols; and they were followed by Santa pulled by his Reindeers.

Market traders were selling street food and it put everyone in the mood for Christmas.

We’ll definitely be going back next year!

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Wells Cathedral School: Les Mis

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Last night The White House went to see the Wells Cathedral School production of Les Mis at Stroud Theatre  in Street.

What a performance! – This was not typical of a school production and would not be out of place in London’s West End.  The audience agreed and gave a standing ovation to the cast, crew and orchestra, all of whom were students at the school.

It would be impossible to pick out two or even three outstanding performers, and I wasn’t alone wiping away tears at the end.

Unsure if it is too late to book tickets but if you can manage to catch a performance, I can guarantee this will be the Christmas treat you will remember above all others.

http://www.strodetheatre.org.uk/whats-on/view/les-miserables-school-edition/