On Saturday it was the Godney Gathering 2016 official Launch Party and now this year’s full line up is now public on their http://www.thegodneygathering.com/ and they have a great mix of bands and performers with Scouting for Girls headlining.
The event begins on Saturday 16th of July and Tier 1 tickets are on sale direct from the website at midnight on Monday 1st of February.
Finally we are having crisp cold mornings here in Dulcote with a couple of nights reaching “minus” Celsius. A bit of a shock after so long but certainly welcome.
Walking Bob in the morning there is a frost in the fields and along pathways, and it looks beautiful in the half morning light. Wish I had a photo to share with you but, to ensure I’m back in time to get the children out of bed for school, it just is a little too early to get anything worthwhile……
I was delighted at the weekend to find out that The White House Bed and Breakfast has won a booking.com Guest Review Award. for an overall score of 9.6 across a total of 73 reviews.
A huge thank you to all of our booking.com guests for showing their appreciation of our efforts.
I was intrigued by a conversation I had with a colleague earlier today and couldn’t wait to get back home to try it out……
Apparently google have come up with an alternative to replace the complicated geo-co-ordinate numbering system to help you navigate to where you need to be when visiting unfamiliar places. The system, called what3words.com, uses three words to navigate you to within 3 square meters of your destination. The site also allows you to navigate to the pin and also share the pin location.
Given that the whole of Dulcote shares the same postcode, and this postcode sends you to the opposite end of the village to The White House, some of our visitors in the past have experienced problems finding us, especially in the dark.
Our new swinging sign seems to have resolved this problem but I remained interested in finding what the three words might be for The White House.
Having switched on my computer this evening, I eagerly accessed the site to find our three words are:
softly.positives.units
Could have been a lot worse………………………………………..
Last night The White House went to see the Wells Cathedral School production of Les Mis at Stroud Theatre in Street.
What a performance! – This was not typical of a school production and would not be out of place in London’s West End. The audience agreed and gave a standing ovation to the cast, crew and orchestra, all of whom were students at the school.
It would be impossible to pick out two or even three outstanding performers, and I wasn’t alone wiping away tears at the end.
Unsure if it is too late to book tickets but if you can manage to catch a performance, I can guarantee this will be the Christmas treat you will remember above all others.
http://www.strodetheatre.org.uk/whats-on/view/les-miserables-school-edition/
I was chatting to Rod in the car the other day while charging my iPhone in the pod deck. He realised the music playing was coming from my iTunes playlist and suddenly started to giggle.
When he finally managed to talk again he relayed a story he had heard on the radio. The story set me off too so thought you would like me to share – see if you can guess what comes next……
A couple were listening to an audio book while travelling and found it really hard to follow the story line. They finally agreed it was the most complex plot ever and eventually switched it off as it was just impossible to understand.
It was only later they realised they had their device on shuffle 🙂
Now that Carnival is over we are all getting into the festive spirit here at The White House. My daughter Lucy spent yesterday afternoon wrapping her gifts (wish I was as organised……) and we are all looking forward to going into Wells for a little late night shopping on the 3rd December.
As well as Mulled Cider and Street Food, more than 80 traders will stay open for the event with lots of them offering discounts on their usual prices.
The Carnival is almost on us and we all have our fingers crossed that today’s downpour stop in time!
Taking the children to school this morning the A371 from Wells back up to Dulcote is already closed and the enormous floats are already lined up. The result was a school traffic jam that emulated Fulham, but the floats look fantastic.
Such a shame that I’ll miss it this year (business trip to Brighton) but I’m sure the rest of The White House will be there to enjoy it.
I can’t believe its been a year since we attended our first Carnival and yet the 20th November is now looming large.
For those of you who haven’t yet experienced a Somerset carnival, I would definitely recommend you come along. It is a huge event with enormous floats (a mix of dancing and tableaux) and interspersed with street performers all winding their way slowly through the medieval streets of Wells. Costumes are amazing and the amount of effort that goes into each float is unbelievable. All for charity, make sure you bring along plenty of pennies to throw into the collection vehicles and to find out more and see a video of last year’s carnival, visit http://www.wellssomerset.com/search/entry1045_somerset_carnivals_the_wells_carnival.html
Unfortunately The White House Bed and Breakfast is full for the event but please don’t let that stop you……..
Just found out that the Countryfile team recently filmed at the Frome Food Assembly to highlight local food in the town.
The Food Assembly, which has over 800 members, and over 20 food producers delivering food to the local community each week, has also won the Best British Food Initiative at the BBC Food and Farming Awards this year.
I’ve spoken about Frome Independent in the past and it remains a favorite day out for us all at The White House. The street food is delicious, and the market is superb.
The next event is on 6th December, (find out more at http://www.thefromeindependent.org.uk/), just in time to collect all of our favourite treats in time for Christmas and the Countryfile episode will be aired on 15th November.