Random News and Titbits
Happy New Year!
…May 2013 be good to us all…Our blog and our Facebook Page activity has been strangely static recently, which I really regret. It is nothing personal, nothing other than other excitements and responsibilities that can happen over Christmas with a happy houseful. We have never been less than seven and and recently nine in the [...]
Booking Glitches, Facts and Promises
…And we’re really sorry about the glitch…don’t forget that 2012 prices still hold until the last minute of 2012. As Auld Lang Syne starts up, so do our 2013 prices. There is so much to write about, and I have just been reminded (even perhaps gently reprimanded?) by John that anyone would think we spent [...]
Florence in a Week
…Starting with an introduction to Florentine Food…Ever hopeful I started this post in Florence but never got very far through laziness? Or greed perhaps (we spent a lot of time lingering over meals in the evening) or just sheer lack of time as we packed so much into every day. Now we are back at [...]
Leave of (Very Temporary) Absence
…just for a while we’re going all Italian…This will really be a non-blog post, a rather negative explanation and warning of possible inaction or a surprising geographical shift. Just where is the Peak District? Are we talking Tuscany or Derbyshire? Who knows? The truth is we’re talking both, really. For the next week we will [...]
The Mystery Shopper Challenge
…Have you got what it takes to ‘inspect’ Tom’s Barn?…As you probably know, after we, the ‘Mr and Mrs Mary Portas’ from Orchard Farm, had spent a very happy few days doing our best to identify the slightest failing Douglas’s Barn, we had been planning to focus our relentlessly beady eyes on Tom’s Barn and [...]
Be Warned: We Are Not Receiving All of Your Emails
…Please ring if you do not receive a reply…We seem to be having some bother with our email, which is deeply concerning. On the face of it, at this end there seems nothing wrong, and numerous emails are arriving all the time. But of course, it is not obvious what emails are NOT popping up, [...]
The Dreaded Inspectors Drop in on Douglas’s Barn
…Will they never give us a break?…The mystery shoppers are at it again, honing in again on Douglas’s Barn, where we last stayed almost a year ago, in November 2011. We get wonderfully appreciative comments from all our guests but there is always the sneaky worry that they are just being polite. And of course, [...]
Two Country Mice from Parwich go to London
Every so often John and I are lucky enough to hit the highlights and enjoy a pleasure driven weekend in London, thanks to our London-based young and their many friends. It doesn’t take much to find an excuse for a visit; this weekend our daughter Ruthie was singing in a concert with the Addison Singers. [...]
Dining Secretly in Sudbury Open Prison
…A Great Value Bargain Lunch Tip…Having written recently about the fantastic food at Fischer’s I though perhaps I would redress the balance slightly and let you know about a very nice lunch we had recently at the Secret Diner, in Sudbury (Derbyshire) Open Prison. Just for your interest, Sudbury is a Category D open prison [...]
Keep the Home Fires Burning?
…A Busy Friday in Tom’s and Douglas’s BarnsA busy day today and it is pleasant to relax now. Fridays are always busy but today was busier than necessary. We had a Fire Safety Assessment scheduled for today (they had to have entry into both barns, so it had to be a Friday). When I realised [...]
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