A fantastic festival - gardens, the harvest & gin!
Here’s one for you! It’s about our day at Toby Buckland’s Garden and Harvest Festival, a few Sunday’s ago. If you remember, we had a chat...
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Sep 24, 20176 min read
Happy on the hill - a truly special stay
“I’d love to potter about, grow flowers and share this beautiful place with others. I just want to be happy on the hill”, said Susan...
Sep 23, 20176 min read
Somerset Art Weeks - Celebrating visual arts in Somerset
It’s here! The time of year when we see these yellow signs pop up all over Somerset and we get a little bit excited ;). Yep… Somerset Art...
Sep 16, 20173 min read
Coffee and tranquility - The Walled Garden at Mells
Fancy a coffee surrounded by flowers, plants and trees as you while away the hours? How about relaxing in the open air with the daisies,...
Sep 8, 20173 min read
Toby's Garden & Harvest Fest - Four Thoughts
Well, September is here, Autumn proper is just around the corner and it’s time for our last festival of the season! No camper vans and...
Aug 31, 20172 min read
YOUR ART HERE - Ace postcards at ACEarts
We love postcards. There’s something very special about them isn’t there? We have some Somerset cool ones of our own that we leave in...
Aug 29, 20174 min read
TAH Veterans Appeal - Four Thoughts
We’re often on Twitter (that’s a bit of an understatement! :)) and a little while ago we spotted a post about a charity appeal we really...
Aug 20, 20176 min read
Jacks & Stripes and awesome artwork!
Be cool. Two little words on a fab wooden sign that caught our eye last year… can’t imagine why! :) The sign was made by this lovely lot...
Aug 12, 20174 min read
The Queens Arms – a special Somerset country pub
UPDATE: Since writing this blog, the Queens Arms has changed ownership. We hope to update you in due course. We’re on a bit of a quest to...
Aug 8, 20173 min read
A designer garden with a difference!
Tuesday is the day that social media celebrates all things charity and on this particular #charitytuesday, we’re giving a huge shout out...
Aug 5, 20173 min read
A magical Forest Feast
We’re always on the lookout for unique things happening in Somerset, so when we heard about a feast being organised in a secret forest...
Jul 28, 20173 min read
Valley Fest - More Four Thoughts
It's back! The festival party that is Valley Fest will be lighting up Chew Valley Lake once again in a week's time (4th-6th August) and...
Jul 24, 20175 min read
Soaking up Samphire - Samphire Festival, Porlock
We miss Samphire! Not the sea vegetable (although we do love a bit of that too). We mean the fab boutique festival that’s just celebrated...
Jul 15, 20176 min read
Lydia and the fifty bees...
...that's a great name for a band if you ask us, but no! This is all about the Bees. Fifty beautiful, almost life-sized ones,...
Jul 6, 20176 min read
Somerset flower power - Manor Farm Cottage Flowers
It was British Flowers Week recently… a time to celebrate all things ‘grown not flown’ and support our local growers and florists. We’re...
Jun 24, 20173 min read
A chat with the Brewed Boy!
UPDATE: Sadly this brewed boy bar is now closed. Few beers on the cards this evening? Well, here’s a quick one for you if you love craft...
Jun 21, 20172 min read
Give peace a chance
That’s all we are saying… well actually, that’s all The Green Fields at Glastonbury Festival are saying at lunchtime tomorrow (Thursday...
Jun 17, 20173 min read
Samphire Festival - Four Thoughts
Woo hoo! Festival season is just around the corner and with a whole host of them to escape to these days, there’s nothing we love more...
Jun 6, 20173 min read
The Litton - one cool Somerset pub
If you’re looking for a beautifully refurbished Somerset pub to visit this weekend, then stop the search right now! :) The Litton, in the...
May 30, 20176 min read
Laying the foundations to make a difference in Somerset
In this barn in Shepton Mallet, there’s something pretty special going on! It’s the home of Somerset Community Foundation… a team on a...
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