13/01/2026
I was in the Chapel yesterday and I wondered what it looks like with the lights off and just the fairy lights on. I was guessing that this is what the guests see when they switch off the lights and go to bed ( though they probably close the blinds and the fairy lights go off by about 10, so maybe not).
It's part of letting out a place that you prepare it, usually for a stranger, not having any idea if they'll like it, and the next time you see it is after they've gone - I go in and am struck by the changes brought about by what has happened in between.
It's a small part of how I process what we do and if we do it well ( I don't read reviews because I find them hard to read - my other half reads and responds to them- and anyway reviews don't necessarily tell the real story of the stay).
Apart from our own guest book where people leave us messages, I take in the little clues left behind, especially after a celebration...glitter, broken balloons, little bits of candy cane, a cork that crash landed into a plant pot...I love finding them because it's those things that really tell the story.
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