Posts Tagged Bed and Breakfast
February 15, 2019 at 12:30 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Cake, recipes ·Tagged B&B, Banana cake, Bed and Breakfast, cake, cake recipe, cakes, Lodge House B&B, ripe bananas
Occasionally we get left with ripe bananas. Rather than getting rid of them in the compost I make banana cake, and I made one yesterday for our guests. Here is the recipe:-
Ingredients:
125g butter
150g caster sugar (I used light brown caster sugar)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 egg beaten
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
190 self raising flour (I used wholemeal)
60 ml milk
Method:
- Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over a medium heat.
- Remove from heat and add the mashed bananas, mix well.
- Add the egg, mix well.
- Stir in the flour and the milk.
- Pour into the prepared tin, sprinkle with a tablespoon of demerara sugar to give a crunch topping if liked.
- Bake at 170 C / Fan 150 C / Gas 3 for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool and enjoy!
Come to Lodge House B&B to taste a slice, all guests welcome. http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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March 4, 2018 at 3:50 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Snow, Winter ·Tagged B&B, Bed and Breakfast, chilli, dinner, guests, snow, snowplough
On Thursday afternoon there was a red alert for snow in Devon and Somerset. And did the snow come down, it was thick and fast, and before we knew we were knee deep in snow and drifts.
We got a call from a couple stuck in the snow on the A303 on a hill behind a lorry that couldn’t make it up the hill. They asked if we had a room for the night and we said we did. It wasn’t until about 7pm (after they had been stuck for over 6 hours and realised they were going nowhere that night) that they walked up the hill to our junction with the A303. Neil got suitably attired and plodded through the snow to meet them and walk them back to our house. They were truly grateful to be in the warm and the first thing we did was make them a cup of tea.
Normally our guests would go to the local pub for evening meals but there was no way they were going to do that in the bad weather, so a I rustled up some dinner for them and we all ate together.
The next day after breakfast they togged themselves up and went back to their abandoned car to see if they could dig themselves out. They managed to move their car a couple of 100 yards but couldn’t go any further as the A303 was still blocked and shut.
They realised they would have to stay another night. This time I made a meat and veg chilli for us all and they shared their bottle of Cava with us to make it nice evening.
The couple had been talking to the Police who told them that snowploughs and gritters would be out all night clearing the A303 so they should be OK on Saturday morning. They duly kitted themselves out for the snow, waved us goodbye and trudged back to their car and were able to make their way slowly home.
We spent more time with them than normal B&B guests so it felt like we had made new friends.
visit us at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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August 25, 2016 at 4:03 pm · Filed under B&B, bed and breakfast, Bees, Honey ·Tagged B&B, Bed and Breakfast, Bees, honey
It was the right time to year for Neil to collect the honey from his strongest hive. He had put 3 supers on to give them plenty of room to store the honey. But when he looked they had only filled the frames in 2 supers. He donned his new all-in-one suit to collect the frames.
(That’s shadow on his face, he has not grown a moustache!!)
Yesterday we set to spinning the frames. First he uncapped them one by one.
Then two at a time he put them in the spinner. Centrifugal force pushes the honey out and it is collected in large jar below, first going through a sieve to collect any wax.
It’s wonderful to see the golden liquid collecting in the jar.
Then it has to be poured into jars and weighed to get exactly one pound in weight that is 454g. That was my job.
We got quite a haul. The jars are just waiting for their labels to be printed and then we will be ready to sell some. It will be £6.00 a jar. Don’t forget this is an expensive premium product, not mass produced, hence the cost. All proceeds go back into care of the bees.
visit us at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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August 19, 2016 at 10:57 am · Filed under Birds ·Tagged B&B, Bed and Breakfast, swallows, wild birds
The other day the swallows were circling round and round and in great numbers. I thought perhaps they were amassing before their migration but it’s still a bit early for that. They landed on the telephone wire in front of our house. I tried to capture them on my camera but some flew away as soon as I went into the front garden. Here are the ones I managed to capture.
A couple of days have now passed and they are still here, so I don’t know what all the flying around was about!!
visit us at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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August 10, 2016 at 6:55 pm · Filed under Lodge House ·Tagged Bed and Breakfast, Lodge House B&B, painting
This year for our anniversary Neil’s sister commissioned a painting of our house, oil on canvas. It is a remarkable likeness and very well executed.
Neil found a suitable frame in a charity shop of all places, and today mounted the painting. We now have it hanging in pride of place above the front door.
So everyone will see it as they leave. It’s marvellous that it just fits perfectly.
Our porch is quite busy, with shoes and coats and other pictures but the painting looks the business above the door.
Want to see for yourself? visit us at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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July 22, 2016 at 3:57 pm · Filed under bed and breakfast, Flowers ·Tagged Bed and Breakfast, flowers, flowers in pots, hanging baskets, Summer Flowers
I made all my hanging baskets up myself this year and I am very proud of them. They are full of colour and just lovely at the moment.
I particularly like the half moon baskets with their pink trailing geraniums and colourful lobelia.
The hanging basket near our Lodge House sign is one of my favourites.
I have several pots of plants around the front patio and many of them are full of colour too.
I wish the vegetable garden was as well ordered, unfortunately the weeds are winning there at the moment so more work needed!!
visit us at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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February 7, 2016 at 4:48 pm · Filed under Uncategorized, Woodcutting, Woods ·Tagged Bed and Breakfast, Staple Hill, woods
Neil has got himself a wood scavenging license from the Forestry Commission. This allows him to take wood that has fallen, but not to cut down wood and not to use his chain saw, but only to use hand tools. The area covered is near here on the Neroche estate.
So on Monday he went off to Staple Park and loaded the car up with logs, some small, some larger.
He unloaded this in front of our stables ready to be sawn into fire ready pieces.
This wood will then have to dry out and will be ready for next Winter, to keep us nice and toasty warm.
Want to visit our nice warm B&B see http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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July 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm · Filed under bed and breakfast, recipes ·Tagged B&B, Bed and Breakfast, Lavender gin, Lavender gin cup
This year we thought we would try making Lavender Gin. Firstly find your lovely bush of lavender flowers and cut 20 unsprayed heads for a 70 cl bottle of gin.
Dry the heads on a sheet of kitchen paper for approx. 10 days
Then add to the gin bottle and allow to macerate for 14 days.
To make Lavender Gin cup you then pour approx. 50 ml of lavender gin into a tall tumbler containing ice and top up with old fashioned cloudy lemonade, adding a few drops of lemon juice to taste. Serve with a stalk of lavender. Very refreshing!!
Want to try some? come to Lodge House B&B http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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July 8, 2015 at 10:21 am · Filed under country matters, Summer fete ·Tagged afternoon tea, Bed and Breakfast, book stall, Buckland St Mary, cake stall, Summer Fete
Saturday saw the annual Buckland St Mary Summer Fete take place. We were so lucky as the sun shone and we have a glorious day for it. Neil’s sister Carole came down to help on the book stall. We raised £72.80 which isn’t bad when you think we were selling paper backs for 50p!
There were lots of other stalls including a cake stall where I bought a delicious lemon drizzle cake.
The afternoon tea and cakes proved very popular.
Over £1200 were raised altogether which goes towards funding our youth worker.
The summer Fete was a great social occasion in the village, a good time to meet up with friends and neighbours and have a chat in the sunshine.
Next week it is the Duck racing so watch this space for news of that!!
http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
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