We are now coming out of lockdown ans are opening our doors to guests this weekend
At the moment, here in the B&B, we are offering the luxury of an in-room Breakfast experience, as, in Wales, we currently cannot open our communal rooms.
What a delight! To have breakfast in bed with no additional service charges!
Have you been missing your trip to Pembrokeshire?
I know I have had many guests contact me and say that they are missing their trip this year due to the lockdown restrictions.
And that got me thinking
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Here we are in lockdown at the moment in sunny Pembrokeshire. We are so lucky to be in this area to live through these lockdown weeks.
So many past and future guests have contacted me to let me know how much they are missing their stay in Pembrokeshire this year, so far. So I wanted to try and bring a taste of Pembrokeshire to those that are missing our great county.
Missing Skomer Island and the puffins?
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There is plenty of hype going on around the Corona virus at the moment, driven in no small way by the media. There are stats around showing that the ‘ordinary’ flu virus we deal with every year, still kills more than this virus does, and yet, do we go into a melt down about the flu virus each year?
No.
But how safe are you?
If you’ve started to think about having a holiday, then usually, it will come with an element of stress.
A survey by Lastminute.com found that around 30% of people find planning a holiday stressful
Here at Fields Lodge Boutique B&B, we’ve created an Awesome Travel Planner to alleviate some of the stress and make sure you get on with beating that holiday stress.
Well, that’s a question.
I love the seasons, I love to see the changes and I look forward to certain things happening at certain times of the year.
As I write this(February) I have already enjoyed watching the first snowdrops appear-there are certain places in Pembrokeshire where you will have a wall of snowdrops and I do love to go visit these.
One of my beliefs for years has been the benefits of being outside, getting fresh air and in particular, sea air or woodland air, great big gulps of it into your lungs.
It’s something I encourage all my guests here at Fields Lodge Boutique B&B to do at least once-go out for a lovely walk, no matter what the weather! It’s just so good for you.
I’m delighted now, that there seems to be ‘real’ evidence to prove this now. Even just recently,the BBC programme, ‘Trust me I’m a Doctor’ undertook an experiment to evidence this in real terms.
It was proved that a 20 minute stint out in nature was beneficial to mind and body and the ‘guineau pigs’ also confirmed it was good for their soul too.
Here at Fields Lodge B&B, we love making pancakes and our guests love them too.
Scroll down for Gooey Fudge Pancake recipe.
Since we’ve launched our Fudge, we’ve also been making Gooey Fudge Pancakes to add to our breakfast menu and you can get our Fudge pancake recipe below.
There’s a perception that the weather in Wales is always bad., always raining.
Even I used to think that, when I worked in my corporate job, so following on here are some of my favourite ideas of things to do on poor weather days in Pembrokeshire.
Importantly, what I have learned, from taking more notice of our weather, so that I can effectively advise guests, is that, that perception is wrong!
There are not THAT many days where, when we have ‘poor’ weather, that it’s in for the whole day. The weather does tend to come in and go out with the tides (I’m taking real old wives tales here!) and on bad weather days, that does give you some comfort.
In fact, it’s quite often true- ‘rain before 7(am), gone by 11(am)’. Guests have thought me a weather witch doctor when I have assured them that would happen on a particular day!
But, what to do if the weather is bad, and, for this, I am thinking more about the winter months here. If you’re looking for some summer months inspiration then check out my ideas here.
Here at Fields Lodge Bed & Breakfast we have been wowing guests for years with the taste of our fudge. I have been asked so often in that time to sell it for mementos and gifts that I have now taken the decision to bring it to the general public. How did we do it?
OOO-exciting! Th judges have been announced for the Eviivo Hospitality Awards. We are honoured to be amongst the finalists in these prestigious awards. And, we are in TWO categories! I feel we are flying the flag for Wales & Pembrokeshire.
So, who are we being judged by? Our breakfasts are going to be judged by a Celebrity Chef-very scary to be judged by someone so knowledgeable.
Well, the short answer is no!
I used to think this too actually about our Welsh Weather, that was until I got into the hospitality industry, what a surprise I had then, once I started taking more notice!
Whoop whoop! We have been shortlisted for TWO Eviivo awards!! A UK Based award ceremony, we have been successful in being declared finalists from all the applications received throughout the UK and couldn’t be more delighted!
We have been successful in the Tastiest Breakfast and also the Hidden Gem category. The awards ceremony takes place in October, so watch this space.
Henry Tudor landed at Mill Bay on 7th August 1485 (534 years ago). He marched from here to Bosworth to ultimately take the Crown at the Battle of Bosworth from Richard III and this was the start of the Tudor Dynasty. He was only 28!
We have hosted a lovely gentleman called Dean today who is literally walking in Henry’s footsteps and is making the trek from Mill Bay to Bosworth. He plans to arrive in Bosworth 534 years t the day that Henry arrived. What a fabulous journey to make. He is walking for two purposes, he studied History at Oxford and concluded that Henry VII was our greatest Monarch and having just retired, felt he has both the time and fitness to pay homage to his great achievement. Dean is also Type 1 Diabetic, so his walk will also raise about £2,000 for Diabetes UK-what a great thing to do!
Bed and Breakfast…the two things you have to excel at, if you’re looking to run a successful establishment and create a great ambience for your guests. Sleep has so many repercussions into daily life, it’s a massively important topic for me.
So, what’s my take on the importance of sleep…
Having spent a vast amount of time in my previous career travelling and therefore spending many nights in strange beds, I am a keen advocate of getting a good nights sleep.
And why is this? Well, years ago I noticed quite starkly how a poor night’s sleep impacted on my performance, behaviour and appetite during the following day. This is way before the internet and social media came on the scene. Just saying that is weird now though—can you imagine the world without those two things now??
Anyway, before the vast amount of information now available to us to advise us how important a good nights sleep is, I had worked it out for myself!
We love to give our guests a taste of the traditional Welsh experience, and one of their favourite breakfasts is our take on Welsh Rarebit, dating back to 1725 when it was originally called Welsh Rabbit.
Take a look at our recipe to recreate this delicious breakfast at home!
Ingredients
200ml milk
300g grated Welsh cheese
1tsp mustard powder
A pinch of chilli powder
1tbsp cornflour
2tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 eggs
Method
1. Heat the milk in a non-stick pan, then add the cheese and heat on low until melted
2. Add the chilli, mustard powder and Worcestershire sauce
3. Remove from the heat, and add the cornflour – mix well
4. Return to the heat, and beat with a wooden spoon or whisk until thickened
5. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly
6. Whisk in the eggs
7. Pour into a lined tin and cook for 20 minutes at 170 degrees
8. Leave to cool, then slice and store in the fridge
Happy cooking!
I am often asked so many questions about Skomer Island and visiting the Puffins, so I thought I would pop lots of great information here under various headings and then you can choose which sections you would like to know about!
The puffins have all left by the middle of August, but there’s still plenty of things to enjoy on Skomer and you can read more about that here.
Skomer Island is open to visitors April until end of September, so when do you choose to go? In an ideal world, I’d say go twice—May and beginning of July.
Read here about my favourite times to visit-can you guess?
