A new venture for us we have had our first bed and breakfast guests. A lovely family who were caught in heavy traffic for hours getting here. They were thankful to fall into the swimming pool. Then they chilled out in the garden and picked cherries in the orchard,ew beating the birds to it. Next morning some marauding crows were helping themselves. I cannot blame them they are very good this year. We are really pleased with how the complete redecoration of the ba
throom and bedrooms has gone. Worth the very much family effort with one s
ister in law finding wallpaper and another giving very helpful ideas for improving and upgrading. All our experience B&B sitting and running charter boats is coming into play. So we hope that our guests will enjoy Gatcombe as much as we Meanwhile we have had several parties around the house mostly in glorious weather and the roses this year have responded to the cold winter by being fantastic. Helped along by several tonnes of FYM spread by the long suffering husband in not very nice weather early in the spring. He suffers from bad circulation in his hands very painful when its cold. A good reason to work abroad in the winter. But its summer now and where better to be than here. Barbeque last weekend in hot sunny weather and the Welsh pony bathed for two hours, plaited and polished went off in fine fettle to the Bath and West Show to do his bit with Tom in the Riding for the Disabled display. He gleamed white for two days but now that it has rained he is back
to the red brown colour that is the soil here.The Banksia rose which thought blooming in January a good idea last year then never a flower has outdone intself this year. Fantastic sort of frothy champagne rose scent as you wander down the green walk.
