Gosh such a lot has happened since I wrote my Happy New Year post. I was quiet on the blogging front as January is panto time on Seil and George and I were both involved.
can you spot us?
February saw us planning the jobs we needed to do before Spring, and an exciting new venture for us. Did you notice the badge? We were accepted into the Sawday’s family of Special Places to Stay. We were also still busy with the drama club, George producing and me acting in the Seil entry for our local drama festivals. We wondered whether we could sneak in a quick trip to Spain or Portugal for a bit of sunshine before we started welcoming visitors again.
we decided on some new suppliers and had some lovely photos taken*
And then March. Well I don’t need to tell you what happened then, and over the past week our lives have changed drastically as things closed down and events were cancelled. We had our first cancellation today and I’m not expecting to see many, if any guests this year.
But, Seil is still beautiful, we have plenty of marmalade – though we might have to get inventive about what we spread it on as flour seems in short supply! Our lovely local community is pulling together to support those who are having to isolate and distance themselves. Our super local shop is setting up an order and delivery system and our farm shops and shellfish fishers have lots of delicious food for us. I finally got around to curing our own bacon, report to follow….
it’s that marmalade stack again
Who knows what is going to happen over the next few months? It’s going to be very difficult for people in the tourism and hospitality sectors and for many, many other small businesses. If you have them in your area, support them, buy a voucher, order a take away meal. You’ll want them to be there when restrictions are lifted.
We hope to get all those little jobs done, improve the garden and be here for when you can travel again.
Keep safe,
Bramble deep in contemplation
Caroline, George and Bramble
*photographs courtesy of Giulia Giannetti