Welcome Jamie.

Well, the new arrival was successfully delivered at Dorchester Hospital, so Welcome to the World, Jamie.  Rather sorry his parents are not following Posh and Becks' example.  What's wrong with Purbeck as a name?
Easter is upon us but somehow the weather seems to have fooled itself into thinking it's August.  Fantastic!  We celebrated with a beer at Ocean Bay this afternoon.  Sitting on the deck in the sun there was just bliss.
And now - a full hotel for the next three nights - the season begins!

Great Expectations

A flurry of excitement here amongst all the fantastic Spring weather, as a guest is taken into Dorchester hospital having gone into labour.  Baby is due on May 1st, so we had been joking about boiling water and hot towels for several days, little expecting that anything would actually happen.
Now waiting for news...
Meanwhile, the phone is ringing off the hook for Easter weekend and the next few days as people want to take advantage of the wonderful, August-like weather.
Long may it last!

Back in the old routine

Well, there we were, sitting on our roof terrace in Spain, looking out over our beautiful white Andalucian village and the mountains beyond, and as I picked up the emails and looked at Facebook, what did I see?  "Spring has come to Swanage", "20 degrees and I'm putting on my bikini" (bit extreme in my opinion, but. still), "Just going for an ice cream".  Basically, it was as warm in Swanage as it was in our village in Almeria.  Still, we weren't working and the beer and wine is cheaper in Spain.

So we came back on Friday and hit the ground running with a busy weekend at the beginning of the Easter holidays.  Lovely to have lots of repeat guests and enjoyed the company of two Jack Russell Terriers, with separate guests, both called Scooby!  Confusion reigns!

Weather's settled down to its April average now, but Swanage is still busy - so, to the laundry.