We are so lucky to be able to enjoy, and welcome guests to some amazing local festivals. We are in the midst of Winter Fest that runs until Sunday… Then comes the Taranaki Garden Festival November 1 – 10th and it’s mate the Fringe Garden Festival And the largest Tattoo Festival in Austrasia – The […]
Falling in Love
With New Plymouth…. This reviewer/blogger really touched me with their enthusiasm for the little part of the world that I’ve made my new home. https://www.danflyingsolo.com/new-plymouth-taranaki-activities/ image courtesy of Dan Flying Solo “New Plymouth is without a doubt my favourite city in Aotearoa.” “slowly but surely New Plymouth got under my skin, and to my surprise, found it’s […]
Our region
“a scenic, gastronomic and artistic haven” Ever since Taranaki was voted as the one of the top places in the world to visit in 2017 (number 2 to be exact) we have had many eyes on our beloved place. It’s great to see the press experience just what we and our guests love about this […]
Sharing
As I mainly work at home, for and by myself… I am always looking for ways that I can connect with fellow small business owners. I’ve joined some groups of fellow B&B owners on Facebook and really enjoy being able to bounce ideas off of this very professional group, many of them in the Northern […]
Wooohooo!
For the second year, we are so excited to be recipients of Booking.com’s Guest Review Awards! Thank you to all of our fabulous guests for taking the time to share their thoughts on the House, their experience and this amazing place we live in! Thank you! […]
Happy New Year
We’ve had a fabulous start to the year with guests in from Israel, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands, a few brides and grooms – it’s been amazing. We love recommending local places and restaurants and experiences that we’ve enjoyed in New Zealand. After recommending a local winery in Martinborough our guests wrote to us….. […]
Note from Today
Hi Rachel Thank you so much for today we enjoyed watching the rugby with you both. You go the extra mile for your guests and we really appreciated your kindness. […]
YUM!
We had a fun day at the House yesterday…a local chef, Helen Filtcroft has expanded her business, Cook Learn Love to provide cooking classes in local hotels and B&Bs. The Taranaki Daily News were here and covered one of the lessons and created a lovely video you can see here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/84665018/chef-expands-cooking-classes-into-the-hotel-room-market It’s fabulous to think of […]
Restaurant Review – The Hour Glass
I can’t believe that I have not written about the Hour Glass prior to this…I started this post months and months ago, and then just couldn’t finish it. There is so much that I want to write about this awesome place – our ‘local’ and so much more. The only thing to do this place […]
Kindness of Strangers
It has been a very, very long time since I’ve written on this blog – all is very well, great really, at the House, business is growing and we’ve had some really amazing guests…but this year has been a very tough one personally for me and for Rod. I will write about our losses and […]