Family guest room at The Gables B&B Yeovil

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"Thank you making us so welcome, the room was spotless and very comfortable and food excellent. we will certainly be seeing you again."
Nick, Paul & Charlotte

"We want to express our sincere thanks and appreciation in making our short stay with you very enjoyable and comfortable."
Sandy, Dev, Lyndsay, Des and Neta.

"We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Gables. Tony & Sandy were friendly, welcoming hosts and our room was very comfortable. We can't wait to come back"
Mr & Mrs H, London

"Thank you for the superb evening you gave us on Mike's 65th birthday. The meal was excellent, you made us so welcome with your hospitality, friendliness and attention......thanks for making it such a memorable evening."
June and Mike B

Latest News

Locally Produced Food
For more info on buying locally produced food, look at this website. Montacute and Levels’ Best Farmers Markets In the Old Stable Courtyard at Montacute House

Winter fresh air
The Blackdown Hills AONB team run practical volunteering days monthly - tasks vary. Other activity sessions include foraging for mushrooms, making natural Christmas decorations using willow and hedgerow material, hedge-laying. Read all about it on this link http://www.blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk/calendar.htm?view=table

Winter warmers

Heaps of enjoyable autumn and winter activities in the great outdoors are coming up! How about seed gathering around Ninesprings (16^th October) pumpkin carving (27^th October) and coppice crafts (6^th November) at Ham Hill? Or plan ahead for a crafty Christmas evening at Ham Hill on 14^th December. All details at http://www.southsomersetcountryside.com/latest-news/news-update/countryside-events-for-2011.aspx

Montacute Craft and Farmers Market

Autumn markets on Saturdays 29^th October, 26^th November and 17^th December in The Old Stableyard at Montacute House. There will be added entertainment at the October market in the shape of an arty workshop for all ages, to create collages inspired by the reintroduction of the Great Crane on the Somerset Levels. Damon Bridge, manager of the crane project, will be there with information about the big birds. This is the second year of the project and there’s a new group of fledgling cranes. Find out about these babies - and the old babies hatched in 2010 – and best spots for seeing cranes at www.thegreatcraneproject.org.uk

Great Bow Wharf café

This riverside retreat is to re-open its doors this autumn with catering by an exciting new tenant with an established reputation for good food.

http://www.greatbow.org.uk/

See SAW events…

During Somerset Arts Weeks there are loads of events going on. Here’s a taste but go to the website for the full picture. Night of Light (30^th September at Hestercombe) sounds magical - a journey through the Gardens filled with light and sound installations. Related (starts 19^th September at Ilminster Meeting House) shows-off the talent of five members of the same family. Show of Trees (starts 17^th September) is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures by six artists, at the Yeovil Innovation Centre

http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk

New Yurts
Congratulations to Janis and David Crabbe on the success of their yurts at beautiful Oxenford Farm. In a difficult year for setting up a new business, they have let one or both of their yurts right through from Easter until mid-September. Yur'tis indeed!
http://www.yurtis.co.uk/

New to Somerset
Well done to The Rusty Axe in Stembridge for their new to Somerset award at the Somerset Business Awards. Accolades given say the pub is an active part of the local community with profitability increased by a series of creative, themed evenings and refer to the modern but sensitive refurbishment and the owners’ commitment to using only locally sourced products.

Look out for this....
Vintage Fair is a clever new business in Yeovil with a focus on community. The cafe offers local, seasonal food with excellent service. The Snug is a quiet area for grown-ups with comfy sofa, wood burner and magazines. There is another area for young children to play. Art exhibitions and a shop selling high-quality local cards, crafts and quirky objects complete the cafe society feel. Find out more on http://www.vintagefair.net/

Somerset Rural Life Museum
The Singing Landscape: A Celebration of Cecil Sharp: photographs tell the story of Cecil Sharp's remarkable record of Somerset folk singers and their songs in the early 1900s. Running now until 18th December.
In a Good Light is a collection of photographs taken by the Reverend John Derrick from 1887 - 1907, capturing rural life. Starts 4th January.
Somerset Rural Life Museum 01458 831197 or Click @:
www.somerset.gov.uk/museums

Paralympic countdown

“If I don’t know, I don’t go” – with less than 12 months to the Paralympic Games, this is the powerful message to tourism businesses from a visitor with reduced mobility. Tourism businesses can help guests with disabilities- and themselves - by giving a clear description of what they offer, including any features that might be difficult. Visit England has a step-by-step tool for producing an Access Statement and real examples of how this can look for a B&B, self-catering accommodation and tourist attraction. Go to the link below and click on Information

http://www.visitengland.org/busdev/bussupport/access/index.aspx

Somerset’s museum opens

The new Museum of Somerset opens on Thursday 29^th September with guests including Professor Mick Aston of Channel 4 Time Team and the bells of St Mary’s Church ringing in celebration for an hour. The Frome Hoard is one of the treasures on display for the first time at the Museum - the second largest collection of Roman coins ever discovered in Britain. A talk by British Museum staff about the discovery of the hoard – with Dave Crisp who found the hoard with a metal detector – is in the Museum’s November programme. Added attractions at the Museum include a café, shop with a Made in Somerset range, guided tours and venue hire

Jelly anyone?

Jelly is for people who work at home. Jelly is the chance to get together in one place, with other people who work at home, to share gossip, knowledge and experience. It's free and wifi, tea and coffee are all provided. Called Jelly because the inventors were eating jelly-beans when they were struck by inspiration, you can find out more at

www.uk-jelly.org.uk

To attend your first Jelly event at Great Bow Wharf, Langport – contact amanda@greatbow.org.uk

Martock brochure

Check out this super guide to the busy little town of Martock, published by the Somerset Market Towns Forum - there’s also a good one for Axbridge but that’s off my South Somerset radar! Martock’s walking route highlights important buildings, local artists and makers, food producers and events. It goes to show you don’t need to travel far to have an interesting day out and it IS easy to get there with a half-hourly bus service from Yeovil.

http://www.somersetmarkettowns.co.uk/uploads/documents/martock_guide.pdf

Green Fingers

Somerset’s Classic Gardens featured on a Secret Gardens stand at the National Gardening Show (Bath and West showground 2^nd to 4^th September). Judging by the popularity of the stand, the beauty of the gardens was a welcome distraction from overgrown parsnips and marrows. The Bishop’s Palace at Wells was one of several gardens given rave reviews by a visitor to the stand. She was particularly pleased with a tree she had grown in her own garden from seed collected in the Bishop’s garden!

Birdtalk

Autumn IS here. A group of 50 or so starlings were getting wildly excited doing acrobatic swoops and dives over the Brympton Way car park yesterday. In training already for that big event they put on, on the winter levels. http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/264236-hotline-for-starlings