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A month full of festivals

You may think that things calm down significantly after the heady summer months of June, July and August, but September has been just as busy for us here at The White House and October looks to be heading the same way.

There are four different festivals taking place during October. As well as the Literary Festival on14th – 22nd October and the Food Festival on 9th October, there is also New Music taking place between 16th – 20th October and the Wells Art Contemporary between 8th and 22nd October.

You can find out more about the festivals on our “Things to Do” page, and if that isn’t enough to tempt you to Somerset this Autumn, then the blackberry picking and stunning red, orange and yellow of the trees perhaps will.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Red Sky at Night…..

What a beautiful weekend we had here at The White House in Dulcote. The weather was glorious and we packed loads in; including a visit to the Wells Food Festival and a new load of jam making after a trip to Wookey Hole to collect blackberries.

The Food Festival was very busy and the smells from the numerous stalls were divine. We came home with bags loaded with goodies, including local cheeses and dried meats. Just managed to resist temptation to buy a huge plum pudding for Christmas Day but only after confirming we could also buy online at a later date!

Wookey Hole was awash with Blackberries and although I was on my own for this trip; a waddle of Geese and herd of young cows kept me company (or watched over me to make sure I didn’t take too many) and so Sunday evening was spent making 10 huge pots of Blackberry and Apple jelly (using the lovely Bramleys that Ros gave to me last week from her garden)

And just before we settled in for the evening my daughter Lucy took this lovely photo which really captures just how special a weekend it was.

Wells Food Festival

Wells Food Festival returns on Sunday 11th October. This annual event grows every year and last year attracted 7,500 visitors to Wells.

This year, with over 100 producers and street food vendors, the Festival includes an Artisan Market, street food stalls and a family marquee as well as activities; debate; and “The Soup” in Bishops Barn; and a pop up tea room in the Town Hall.

Here at The White House we can’t really get our heads around the fact that a full year has gone by, it seems only a short while ago that we were wandering around the delights of the Festival last year.

Definately worth a visit and I’d be delighted to hear from any of you who have visited the Festival in the past.