Happy New Year to all our past and future guests.
2011 was a very good year for occupancy in the Barn and we hope 2012 will be even better – we should have some great new upgrades for the Barn during 2012 and all will be revealed here in due course.
We’re now down to our last week of availability for 2011 – it has been a really good year!
The week starting 9th December 2011 is available for £481 or for a long weekend (Friday to Monday) for £373.
Why not get away for a last blast of fresh country air and stunningly quiet walks before Christmas?
Give us a call on 01298 687006 to book.
Warslow Village Gala 2011 will be held on Saturday 6th August.
The Gala is a great opportunity for the village to get together and there are always lots of stalls, games, music and much jollity!
The event usually kicks off with a parade of floats and the crowning of the new Gala Queen at around 1pm.
Warslow Silver Band always play a rousing selection of tunes and this year, a professional children’s entertainer will be on hand to paint faces, blow up balloons and put on a magic show.
Local food producers will have stalls selling cakes, jams, chutneys, etc. and there’s a fully licensed bar in the village hall to wash it all down with!
If you’re in the area on Saturday the 6th August, why not stop by and have some fun.
A couple of weeks ago, one of our guests commented that she could feel the springs in one of the single beds in the twin room.
We had always intended that this room would be reserved for children, but over time, we’ve seen an increase in groups of 6 adults booking the Barn for walking holidays in the Peak District.
We’d recently bought a memory foam mattress for our rapidly growing son and having tried it myself, thought a pair of these would do well in the Barn.
We are so delighted with these mattresses (as are our guests since) that I thought I’d highlight them here.
The mattresses are made in Italy by Perdormire and called the Duet 500 and we got ours from a superb bed shop in Leek called Bedz, Bedzz & Bedrooms.
They arrive rolled up very tightly and vacuum packed for ease of transport, but once unwrapped, expand to produce wonderfully comfortable memory foam mattresses.
I’ve read that some people find memory foam mattresses a bit hot in summer, but there is no doubting the orthopaedic benefits of having your weight evenly distributed over the mattress.
I’d welcome your views on the Perdormire Duet 500 memory foam mattress if you own one, or indeed your thoughts on memory foam mattresses in general.
This weekend, we were treated to the wonderful sight of the moon, closer to Earth than at any time in the last 20 years, floating over Ecton Hill.
A few drifting clouds added to the atmosphere and it was actually warm enough to be able to stay outdoors for more than a few minutes!
The first floor living room in the Barn is always swathed in light as the sun rises over Ecton but this moon rise was something else – it was a pity there were no guests this week to enjoy it.
We are blessed with very low light pollution here in our part of the Peak District, so any of you who are astronomy fans would be well advised to bring your telescope with you – the Milky Way is always bright here on a clear night.
