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...'