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...'

Summers here!

We’ve been busy preparing ourselves for the heights of wedding season, which went off with a bang this May with lovely Laura & Andrew tying the knot on Saturday 11^th.

Karen & Ben followed as our Win a Wedding couple. They were treated to a beautiful day at the Mill with all of their friends and family.
Win a Wedding is a competition run through the local Gazette where couples can enter to win their dream wedding by public vote. Hornsbury Mill offered Mr and Mrs Harris with free venue hire, welcome drinks, three-course meal and a catered evening reception.
Below are some photos taken from the day by the lovely photographer Josie Sturgess-Mills. www.sturgessmills.co.uk

And last but most definitely not least, congratulations to Faye & Ryan who married over the bank holiday weekend and were treated to some rare beautiful sunshine!

Congratulations to our first lot of June wedding couples, Sarah & Gordon and Sam and Alex!

Father’s day is fast approaching everyone! We are now fully booked, so we look forward to seeing you all this coming Sunday!

Our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is coming round the corner and down the rabbit hole, so don’t be late, don’t be late! It’s set to be a fun family day for all to enjoy, with games and food by the lake entertained by the unusual characters played by the Moonstone Theatre Company.
Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for children or a family ticket at £25 for two adults and two children.

Still no baby duck to be seen (however our peacocks are making enough racket!), but our Muscovy ducks are looking very loved up so watch this space!