Sneaking a peek...and 110 years

A hectic and fun weekend in the garden again this week - the weather is certainly making live more entertaining for us with lots and lots of visitors as well as some parties too.

This weekend we had a 60th party in the restaurant with neighbour Sue coming to celebrate with us in style. Sue chose a traditional English salad/picnic menu including a welcome drink of Cider punch.  The party was in the conservatory so we could see the proceeding including some great dancing later on - the music was great and everyone in the party mood!

In the garden marquee there was another party going on celebrating Bobbi's 50th birthday - so we celebrated 110 years all in one night - not bad.  The marquee party also enjoyed the English menu - it worked so well on a very warm night!  As the daylight ended so the candles were lit and the whole ambiance was pretty chilled out quite special.  We had a peek in but someone spotted us too

Sneaking a peek!

Enjoying the warm evening in the marquee

 
Sunday, the fun continued with another party in the gardens, this time to celebrate a very young life - this was a christening party for Jacob.  The Christening had been at Hanbury church so we heard the bells ring for him before they came down for food and fun.

While the staff were working in the gardens we managed to catch up with the news a bit, here are a couple tidbits:

Gina - one of the Chefs reporting seeing some of my colleagues holidaying in Zante - swimming in the sea would you believe it...they did not need to go so far for the good weather this year.

Mallards - Just about to play volley ball in Zante?

Caroline - has just been skydiving - we white ducks don't fly, so we can't image what possessed her - but she has raised money for charity so she is not completely mad... Bravo!

I'd be quacking too at this point!

Caroline - normally in a green shirt at JR

Sam - who supervises in the restaurant and runs a lot of the events front of house has just come back to work after two weeks off when she cracked her ribs -- she was not skydiving - just slipped in the shower - she clearly needs feet like mine!