News and Views from West Compton Manor!

Anyone for Croquet!

We had great fun last week playing croquet on the front lawn.  There was lots of cheating with rules being made up as the game progressed and Taff assisted by retreiving stray balls from the undergrowth.  The croquet set will be available to all guests who wish to play and assistance is on hand if a description of the game is required.

Beaminster School Activity Day

A group of three lads from Beaminster School came and spent a day with us last week.  Arranged by Rev David Harknet chaplin to the school and assisted by Dr Andrew Tomkins, they helped Ashley build a jetty leading out into the larger lake. 

Each year The Beaminster School (Technology College) arranges an activity week, designed to allow the pupils to experience a range of pursuits they otherwise wouldn't and therefore increase their self confidence, motivation, self discipline, socila skills etc.   

They worked very hard durning the day which started with driving the supports into the lake bed using a sleve hammer.  After a welcome lunch break it was back to work with Andrew Tompkins and Chris clearing weeds from the damb which runs between the two lakes and the rest completing the cross members for the jetty.  By 3pm when they had to depart it was allmost completed and Ashley and Jay finished it off the follwing day.

New Arrivals!

We had a new arrival... well several new arrivals actually, in the form of Tufted and Moorhen ducklings.  Little floating balls of dark fluff can be seen bobbing around on the lakes, with the parents keeping a watchful eye on them....oh so sweet!

Refurbishment

The Rose Room Suite refurbishment is now complete and has already been test driven by a couple of guests and been thoroughly approved of. 

West Compton Manor arrives in the 21st Century!

   I'm pround to announce that we now have our very own blog which can be found at: westcomptonmanor.blogspot.com.  Our blog will be updated regularly and you can follow us to get all the latest news. 

    We also have a page on Facebook where you can see photos and tell us if you like what you see. 

  And, as if that's not enough, we are now happily twittering with the bes of you!  Our twitter page will give you soundbites on an almost  daily basis and you can see it on: twitter.com/WestComptonMnr 

We hope you enjoy hearing from us and seeing wha'ts happening here at West Compton Manor, we always love hearing from you so please do message us and give us some feed back.

Fascinator Workshop @ Bridport Hat Festival

A new event is coming to Bridport and it's all about hats, hats and more hats!  A head-y mix of headwear combined with music, demonstrations, talks and exhibitions.  It runs from Friday 17th until Sunday 19th September and as part of the festival Oonagh will be running a fascinator workshop on the Saturday at Bridport Town Hall.  Tickets are £35 for the day and available from Snooks. 

More information can be found on facebook and  www.bridporthatfest.org.