Woodburn House

16/03/2012

February is not a busy month for tourists so we spend time springcleaning and redecorating our bedrooms where necessary. I have just finished sewing new cushions for our downstairs bedroom and our dining room and kitchen have been freshly painted.
The weather has been mild and Benny has been busy building a wee wall from granite slabs retreived from the banks around The Six Mile River.
Of course everyone is looking forward to the Titanic celebrations in March - from Antrim it is only 30 minutes away by train or express bus or 20 minutes down the M2 by car.

March is here and the longer daylight has made us all feel much better. The local Forum at Lough Road continues to provide us with new guests. The Under 21 Netball Championships took place last weekend and we had parents of girls from the Scottish and English teams staying with us. They were pleased that they were only 15 minutes walk from the venue.
At present there are 3 doctors with us. They flew in via Heathrow, all the way from Pakistan and they came to N.Ireland for a peaceful stay away from the busyness and noise of Lahore - there are 10 million people in that city so it not surprising that they are loving it here!

18/01/2012

January has been a busy time as I have had a lovely business guest from South Korea.
Busy as breakfast,packed lunch and dinner were required each day.
One Saturday we took him to Giant's Causeway and The Rope Bridge The weather was great and it had been some time since we had been to The North Coast so we had an enjoyable day out! The new visitor's centre is really taking shape
Meeting and getting to know guests is so lovely for Benny and me.

30/12/2011

On 28th Nov we had a visit,interview, and inspection by Stuart Park.
Regarding The Green Tourism Business Scheme Grading there are 3 levels and we have been awarded Silver Level which is very pleasing since sustainability of the planet is central to our business

02/12/2011

We are a bed and breakfast in Antrim and have just been helped by Eugene from logon.ni to get on Facebook - I do hope I can get used to this form of communication.
Just wanted to let all know that B&B's in N.Ireland can now be graded
We applied and have had our mystery guest - the good news is he awarded us with a 4****stars - the bad news, we had to return his cheque as assessors do not pay!
Another recent visit from the Health and Hygiene folks at the Antrim Council we were awarded 5*****stars
Hope this information will assist prospective guests

02/12/2011

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02/12/2011