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Oct 9, 20176 min read
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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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