Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Last Saturday we hosted our Halloween Murder Mystery evening with Murder to Measure which went down a storm with our guests. It was a sell out evening with lots of chaos and of course a big murder to solve. 

We still have a small amount of spaces left for one this Christmas, so hurry if you’d like to book a place!

 Our clever chef making our delicious strudel dessert spooky....

 Christmas at Hornsbury … bookings are being taken for Christmas dinners throughout December and we only have a couple of spaces left for our brilliant Buble tribute night!

Please note we are closed for Christmas Day and New year, see our diary for more information on upcoming events or feel free get in touch.

Its not too late to make yourself free for this Sunday either – our wedding fayre is set to be a bustling day full of everything wedding! With numerous suppliers from flowers to photographers, we have everything to cater for your needs. 

Come and say hello, picture yourself celebrating one of the most special days of your lives and have a little nose around at our beautiful venue.

Check out our new Pinterest board -  from great ideas for that perfect day to recipies and much more...

Duck News

George is back everyone!
With particular thanks to the lovely residents of Colyton, who after months of being terrorized by our naughty peacock, managed to capture him and bring him home.
Catching a peacock is almost impossible, as we have experienced over the summer with countless attempts by all involved – never underestimate a peacock!

George is adjusting nicely back at Hornsbury, though we think he enjoyed his time at Colyton a little too much…!

The Countdown begins....

We’ve all been so busy with the end of wedding season we’ve almost forgotten a world outside the Mill existed!
It’s been a brilliant end to the summer, with 14 beautiful weddings, 22 ducklings, countless days of sun and all of our regular business in between.

On the 3rd of November we’re hosting our annual wedding-tastic day – choc full of suppliers from photographers to florists.From 11am to 3pm our experienced wedding co-ordinators will be on hand all day to offer advice as well as the opportunity to explore our beautiful venue at your leisure.
Feel free to roam the informally landscaped garden surrounding the lake, say hi to our ducks or grab a warm cup of tea and stay cosy inside with all the wedding suppliers at your disposal.
It’s a great day to bring along the in-laws-to-be or your own mum and dad too, as we know how daunting all these wedding choices are!

Don’t miss our wedding fayre coming up, on Sunday 3

We have so much to look forward to in the run up to Christmas – only 81 days to go so far! Visit - www.xmasclock.com to get your fix on Crimbo, we get all excited watching the seconds count down!

We have seasonal Murder Mysteries running up to Christmas which are great fun, with delicious dinner and hilarious entertainments brought to you by Murder to Measure, it’s too good to miss.

Let’s not forget our Michael Buble tribute night! We are over excited to see the super talented David Bradley perform some of Buble’s best loved songs – let’s hope he sneaks in some Christmas songs too.
Just not to be missed, call us to book a place for Friday 20^th December from 7pm. Its £38 per person with a four course Christmas meal included, we couldn’t possibly pass up an offer like that…See you there!

Duck news

 

Lady 2.0 decided winter doesn’t mean anything and surprised us all by hatching 9 ducklings this Monday! We knew they couldn’t possibly survive the winter being so little, so they’re safe and sound with mummy at Mistletoe Farm until they’re all big enough to come home.

What a month!

What a month! We've had a heat wave, thunder and lightning, torrential rain and quite probably snow somewhere!
July saw four lovely couples marry in the Gazebo under sparkling sunshine and intimately in our Cornloft through a little British drizzle. Many congratulations to Zoe & Andrew, Maria & Lee, Jodie & Anthony and Jo & Craig!

Duck gossip

we've had many surprises with in the last couple of weeks; one of our ladies kept her nest a secret and out popped four little ducklings last week.  

We’ve had terrible luck this year with nasty crows, so our local Mistletoe Farm kindly stepped in and took our babies ‘under their wing’ until they are big enough to fend for themselves!

Our other Lady’s hatched this Sunday so we’re not quite sure how many there are yet, we’ll be sending them off to boarding school as well for safe keeping.
They’ll all be returning when they’re big enough, we’ll keep everyone updated when they are back home.

Sunday Best

Why not come for Sunday lunch? Our delicious roast dinner is to die for especially with Chef’s special gravy. We always have a scrummy veggie and fish option too.
For £9.95 a main course, you can’t go wrong! As we do tend to get very busy for Sunday’s, we like to advise our customers to book in advance to avoid disappointment!

Hello July!

We’ve had more sun this last month than we had all of last year and it's been a perfect weekend to mark the end of June, so we'd like to start by congratulating our recent newly weds who all tied the knot in the last couple of weeks.

Michelle & Josh, Rebecca & Carl, Leigh & Michael, Emily & Aaron - all of our couples had beautful days and we couldn't be happier for them. 

Duck Watch News!

We all got a little worried last week when one of our Muscovy Girls went missing - she hadn’t been seen for a little while and we had all started to think the worst.
We decided to have a little peek on Duck Island just to make sure, and lo and behold! There she was snuggled up in a cosy nest of down. We couldn’t be more excited to be expecting our first baby ducklings to the lake this year!

Watch this space for the new arrivals…

  Summer Murder Mystery is fully booked now and is set to be a brilliant night, but if you love the plots, characters and our sumptuous dinner we still have room for our Halloween Murder Mystery. If you would like any details then pop onto our website or give us a call. 

Sunday 18th August 2013
12pm-4pm
Bring the whole family and enjoy an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon.

Tickets must be purchased in advance:
Under 5’s Free of charge
Children: £5
Adults: £10
Family ticket- 2 adults, 2 children: £25

We’re having a love affair with Chef’s dish of the moment - pan fried Sea Bass with sesame seed & sherry prawn toast, chilli jam and mixed leaf salad. It’s deliciously light and packed full of flavour, perfect with a bottle of our Marques de Caceres Rioja Blanco.

 

And finally....

…One of our peacocks was up to no good last week when it decided to move home with an unsuspecting family. The poor victims unwittingly drove home after collecting their children from the school prom, with our naughty fowl snug in the back of their horsebox!

We bet the poor family got quite a shock the next morning, we think they’ll find having a peacock is quite an experience!
It reminded us of a very funny article in the telegraph - if you own a peacock you would have a good chuckle at this! 'I don't manage my peacock Henry...'