It feels like it's ages since I last wrote a blog – we've been away in Derbyshire for a week with the children. Funny climate Derbyshire......the rest of the country can be bathed in hot sunshine and Derbyshire seems to remain consistently cooler, cloudier and just that bit wetter. I should
There are some things which can be described as above and beyond the call of duty......and here at the marina we seem to be faced with such things fairly often....like being forced to work on front desk with a whole basket of chocolate right in front of my nose...you know how it goes – the more you want
Phew, it's been a hectic couple of weeks – that's my best excuse as to why I've not blogged sooner. We were away last weekend at the wedding of one of Angus's college friends. Steve lives on the east coast of Cumbria in a little village called Seascale – probably better known by most,
Being at a marina you get to talk to an awful lot of people and hear an awful lot of stories – which means I seem to spend an awful lot of my time standing around chatting – what a great job!! One of the main topics of entertainment is "falling in" stories, but the one I heard this week has
It's official – we're in a glossy centrespread!! The new edition of Canals, Rivers +Boats Magazine features us in it's centre pages – now obviously it's perhaps not the normal sort of centrespread you might dream of – but it does look pretty good!
The title of this blog should really be "Saving the Wine Boat" – picture the scene....we were just stood outside the front doors of Reception having a moment of peace and quiet after the folk band had departed when a large bottle of wine cruised past.........After rubbing my eyes a couple of
I'd like to say that I've been asked to do some pretty unusual things in the past, but actually I'd be lying – I've had a pretty ordinary life doing normal sort of stuff – so it was quite a surprise to be asked to do something really rather unusual . Two of the nicest people I know asked
There's a big announcement to be made today – the cygnets have hatched! We've all been watching the swans on the island for weeks now – they have a deluxe "des res" on our very exclusive island and have been sitting patiently. I've not seen them yet, although I have reports in
Isabelle was given a lamb for her birthday at the beginning of April – it was a triplet which needed hand rearing. The idea was that she got the cute bit and the bottle feeding, then when it got bigger we'd send it back and perhaps enjoy it one Sunday with new potatoes and a bit of mint sauce. Well....that
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