OPEN AGAIN!

Following a lot of building work and being closed for over a year, the B&B is open again for 2007. We are looking forward to sharing our lovely cottage with guests old and new! Our first guests were real heroes - Allan (in addition to his day job as a coastguard) and John were riding their motorbikes from Lands End to John O'Groats for charity, including medical services for the Manx TT races - please visit their web site www.end2endfund.com

WALK THE MENDIPS - NATURAL HISTORY & WILD FOOD WALKS

Since the B&B has been shut I have been developing the guided walking, for individuals, groups and corporates. I'm also writing a regular Monthly article for The Mendip Times on Wild Food and am currently finishing a chapter for 'A History of Blagdon, Vol 3'. There's lots more news on my web site www.walkthemendips.com.

FRENCH LEAVE

We have finally found a wonderful farmhouse in the Calvados region of Normandy, France, which is now available to rent for holidays. It is in a great location not far from a bustling town, close to the wonderful Lake Dathee with boating, golf, etc, and within easy distance of all the Normandy attractions, yet in a lovely quiet spot rich with wildlife. See www.rentinfrance.net/lamartiniere.htm for more information.

RENT IN FRANCE TAKES OFF!!

My new web site, Rent in France, was only launched a short while ago but already offers a really good selection of quality properties to rent in France, direct from the owners. www.rentinfrance.net.

OUR NEW BABY HAS ARRIVED HOME!

Our lovely Arabian mare, Khylie arrived home with her beautiful colt foal.

The photo to the left shows him at 2 days old, with his mum Khylie, and me (Adrian) at the stud in Devon. The foal is growing every day.

More pictures can be found on our photo gallery page.

BIRD PHOTOS

Visitor Susanne Mueller of Switzerland, was kind enough to send some of her wonderful photos taken on her visit to Wales and the West Country. There are some photos by Susanne of birds and Blagdon Lake on our 'activities nearby' page. We love Susanne's pics so much, we've made a special page for her - click here to see more of Susanne's photos of birds and the lakes.

LIFE & CAREER COACHING

We very much enjoyed a recent visit from an old friend and colleague, Lynda Benham, who moved to the Highlands of Scotland last year. An experienced and highly talented trainer, facilitator, life & career coach, Lynda is offering guests of The Cottage B&B a 10% discount on their first three coaching sessions. Coaching is face to face or by telephone and to give you a taster, she is offering a free 40 minute sample session. How many other B&B's can change your life too?! Contact Lynda on lynda.benham@btinternet.com or telephone 0845 458 9934 (local call rate). Click here for more information about coaching with Lynda.

NEW PHOTO GALLERY PAGE ON WEB SITE

We have introduced a new photo gallery page on the web site with pictures of the horses, views, animals, etc. Click here to see the page.

CLIC 24

In May it was CLIC 24, the 24 hour Mountain Bike event for charity. Based at the Charterhouse centre on the top of the Mendips, we're probably the closest B&B! Visit CLIC 24's fantastic web site at www.clic24.org.uk.

WALKING HOLIDAYS

Adrian is offering walking breaks and holidays for 2005 and a special web page with information for walkers can be found at www.walkthemendips.com.