Cornwall Tourism Awards 2009, here we come….
We are very excited to announce that the Fowey Hotel has yet again been short listed by Visit Cornwall for the “Small Hotel of the Year” award. You may have read about this last year when I was delighted to announce that we proudly received the Silver award in 2008. Our neighbouring hotel The Old Quay House in Fowey deservedly received the gold award last year, but who knows what the future holds??? We will be finding out on the 15th October, fingers crossed from now until then.
UFO’s spotted over Fowey???
There were almost 50 UFO’s sighted floating over the Fowey river estuary last Saturday, and it was easy to see why it had caused such a commotion! If you have never seen them before you could be mistaken for thinking they were a mystical vision that silently floats in the September night sky, and they can almost appear ghostly as they are illuminated from inside with a slow burning taper.
These lanterns were lit and sent off into the night sky by guests from the wedding party that were here last weekend, it was perfect weather conditions and very romantic to see. With the weather continuing to behave itself it was a perfect ending to a perfect day……
Well, up until 2 days ago I would not have been able to tell you what the expression ‘jelly jazz’ meant. However, after last night I now understand a little more and was lucky enough to experience it first hand at our very own Eden Project, and what a night! It was being advertised as “The Monster 1st Birthday Bash” celebrating Funk, Live Graffiti, Hip Hop and Turntablism it was a fantastic atmosphere promoting a funky ‘new age’ style of music in a way that only Eden know how. For anyone visiting the area it is worth keeping an eye on the Eden web site to see when these nights are happening, as its well worth a look. www.edenproject.com
The hotel’s ‘Autumn’ offers are really taking off this year, with a record number of bookings coming in for the October and November months. It is possible that the hotel is benefiting from the credit crunch this year with a lot of guests choosing to visit the west country instead of taking their usual trip overseas. September and normally October are still busy months largely due to the climate remaining mild and the children returning back after the school holidays, and with our ‘Autumn Glow’ offers at (some would say) amazing prices it is well worth a quick break away before the nights draw in and the Christmas parties start. Take a look at out website on the ‘Special offers’ page should you be considering a last minute break away.
I gave a lift (to the top car park) to a lady and gentleman this morning who were spending a few days together before he started his “end to end” cycle trip from Lands End to John o’groats. He is expecting himself and his group to do the 800 + mile trip in just 18 days, we wish him and his cycling buddies the best of luck in their cycling adventure. I wonder if Andrew (GM) at The Metropole would be interested in joining them, I would need to warn the others that he is a bit of a speed demon and takes some corners at quite an angle on occasions – hope the bumps and bruises have healed now Andrew!….
Jelly Jazz at Eden?!
Well, up until 2 days ago I would not have been able to tell you what the expression ‘jelly jazz’ meant. However, after last night I now understand a little more and was lucky enough to experience it first hand at our very own Eden Project, and what a night! It was being advertised as “The Monster 1st Birthday Bash” celebrating Funk, Live Graffiti, Hip Hop and Turntablism it was a fantastic atmosphere promoting a funky ‘new age’ style of music in a way that only Eden know how. For anyone visiting the area it is worth keeping an eye on the Eden web site to see when these nights are happening, as its well worth a look. www.edenproject.com
The hotel’s ‘Autumn’ offers are really taking off this year, with a record number of bookings coming in for the October and November months. It is possible that the hotel is benefiting from the credit crunch this year with a lot of guests choosing to visit the west country instead of taking their usual trip overseas. September and normally October are still busy months largely due to the climate remaining mild and the children returning back after the school holidays, and with our ‘Autumn Glow’ offers at (some would say) amazing prices it is well worth a quick break away before the nights draw in and the Christmas parties start. Take a look at out website on the ‘Special offers’ page should you be considering a last minute break away.
I gave a lift (to the top car park) to a lady and gentleman this morning who were spending a few days together before he started his “end to end” cycle trip from Lands End to John o’groats. He is expecting himself and his group to do the 800 + mile trip in just 18 days, we wish him and his cycling buddies the best of luck in their cycling adventure. I wonder if Andrew (GM) at The Metropole would be interested in joining them, I would need to warn the others that he is a bit of a speed demon and takes some corners at quite an angle on occasions – hope the bumps and bruises have healed now Andrew!….
Ohh the lengths we managers go to….
When it comes to staff members taking time off I have pretty much heard every excuse under the sun. So when our night porter said that he had to have a few nights off because of his in-growing toenail it did evoke some suspicion in me. I have since learnt just how incredibly painful this can be and poor Stuart does sounds as though he has been in a lot of pain over the last few days.
So with Stuart off on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night that left 3 nights that Candace, myself or Natalie had to pick up. Thankfully, on two of the three nights there was a room free. However on the Saturday night there were no available rooms and guess who’s turn it was to be the night porter that night? You’ve guessed it, yours truly! So in true Girl Guide fashion, I pulled out the only spare z bed and made this up in my office ready for an interesting night ahead.
When I received my hand over from Candace on the Saturday she reluctantly informed me that there was a bride and groom arriving “after 1am” as it happened they turned up at 2:10am! Just a smidgen later, but I didn’t mind. It wasn’t as though I was worrying about the ghosts and gremlins that come out when everyone has gone to sleep, noooo not me. That night a friend of mine reminded me of the age of the hotel and the likelihood of the hotel being haunted – I was so grateful, so thanks Jon he he…..
So once the happy couple had arrived and tip toed off to bed I then turned off the lights, locked up and took myself down to my little office/bedroom on the fourth floor. I must have been asleep for about half an hour when the phone rang (this is the phone that acts as a switchboard in the night). I was a little disorientated and as I shot out of bed I managed to hit my shin on the bed frame before turning on the office light to then find the phone….. It was some-what of a comedy moment (well I can see the funny side now), because just as I had turned on the light and grabbed the phone it stopped ringing – yes I may have muttered a rude word under my breath, but at the time it was appropriate to do so.
As you would imagine I didn’t get much sleep after that and the icing on the cake came when Harrie (receptionist) called down very apologetically at 7am to say that I had locked her out of the office, I assured her it was fine as I was already awake. So I promptly marched up in my pyjamas to let her into the reception office. So all in all it was a very eventful evening and one I hope I don’t have to repeat for some time.
