Three days of fabulous Spring weather was topped off by a night of fun and laughter at Swanage Comedy Festival last night. Three fantastic professional comedians toured three venues, each with their own hilarious MC. We went to the British Legion, but reports from both Swanage Bay View and the Football Club indicate that all three venues were a huge success. The next Comedy Weekend is 23rd and 24th September and I'm sure it will sell out quickly. Visit http://www.swanagecomedy.com/ to keep up with events and book tickets when they become available.
The Limes is now closed till April 8th as we're heading to Spain for a quick bit of sun before the season 'proper' kicks in. More next month....
Sunday 27 March 2011
Monday 21 March 2011
Swanage Comedy Festival Sells Out
Great to hear that Swanage Comedy Festival is totally sold out for the Saturday night - at all three venues. There are still tickets for the Open Mic night at the British Legion on Friday.
It should be a good night!
If you missed out on this one, though, there will be another festival in September - watch this space for details.
If you missed out on this one, though, there will be another festival in September - watch this space for details.
Saturday 19 March 2011
What a Difference a Day Makes
Well, after yesterday's damp grey gloom, today Spring arrived. Swanage looks so different when the sun shines and everybody smiles. Lots of visitors about, though many of them seemed to be day trippers.
We have some regular guests and some new ones, including two gorgeous little chihuahuas. They may be small but they're certainly characters!
Short post today as a needle Rugby match about to start - England v Ireland is quite an event in our house!
We have some regular guests and some new ones, including two gorgeous little chihuahuas. They may be small but they're certainly characters!
Short post today as a needle Rugby match about to start - England v Ireland is quite an event in our house!
Friday 18 March 2011
A Damp Day in Purbeck
Spent yesterday afternoon at a Hospitality Association Committee Meeting. Always come back energised as there is so much going on. the Comedy Festival (27th March) is almost sold out and plans are already coming together for the next one in September and the Walking Festival in May is also looking good, though how I have found myself leading three walks I'm not quite sure. There's more plans for later in the year which sound exciting too. For a small town, there's an awful lot going on!
Need something to cheer ourselves up today as it's grey and wet - although the forecast is good for tomorrow which should help us fill the rooms we have left for the weekend. Hope to sneak out to the Anchor to listen to Finnan for a late celebration of St Patrick's Day tomorrow night. Well, if you're married to an Irishman, it's pretty much the law!
Should have done something for Comic Relief, really, but it's a bit late now...
Oh, well. A dog walk in the rain beckons.
Need something to cheer ourselves up today as it's grey and wet - although the forecast is good for tomorrow which should help us fill the rooms we have left for the weekend. Hope to sneak out to the Anchor to listen to Finnan for a late celebration of St Patrick's Day tomorrow night. Well, if you're married to an Irishman, it's pretty much the law!
Should have done something for Comic Relief, really, but it's a bit late now...
Oh, well. A dog walk in the rain beckons.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
PS To Blues Festival
A Virgin Blogger
I had this idea that it would be fun to keep a diary of the season. It would have been much more interesting if I'd done this from the start, twelve years ago. So much work has taken place that you would have enjoyed sharing our suffering with us. Now, though, when we're 'just running the guest house' is when I may find time to blog.
At the moment, we're finding it quiet in the week, though busy at weekends so this is a good opportunity to learn and practise this whole new world.
So much goes on in Swanage that our guests say 'oh, we never knew that'! This is a way of sharing some of this news.
Last weekend was Blues Festival - a packed weekend of music when all the pubs, packed out, rocked to the sound of music. Declan and I went out Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon - it's all only a few hundred yards from home so it's got to be done. We're already looking forward to the next Blues weekend in October, but for now it's onward to the Comedy Weekend at the end of March. Starting on Thursday 25th with a Comedy Quiz it goes on to an Open Mic night on the Friday, through to the three simultaneous professional gigs on the Saturday. The first one was last October and it was a huge success - so we're doing it all again.
Now, though, I have to find out how to make this all look more interesting - put up some more pictures and encourage people to find it. See you here soon!
At the moment, we're finding it quiet in the week, though busy at weekends so this is a good opportunity to learn and practise this whole new world.
So much goes on in Swanage that our guests say 'oh, we never knew that'! This is a way of sharing some of this news.
Last weekend was Blues Festival - a packed weekend of music when all the pubs, packed out, rocked to the sound of music. Declan and I went out Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon - it's all only a few hundred yards from home so it's got to be done. We're already looking forward to the next Blues weekend in October, but for now it's onward to the Comedy Weekend at the end of March. Starting on Thursday 25th with a Comedy Quiz it goes on to an Open Mic night on the Friday, through to the three simultaneous professional gigs on the Saturday. The first one was last October and it was a huge success - so we're doing it all again.
Now, though, I have to find out how to make this all look more interesting - put up some more pictures and encourage people to find it. See you here soon!
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