Yesterday evening, Lisa and I got a breath of fresh air in Devizes - a beautiful Spring evening with leaves on the trees where 2 weeks ago there were just twigs.


Moored at the wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal was a cluster of modern narrowboats (and what a wonder it is that my modern camera let me shoot this right into the sun!


Looking out towards Honey Street and Pewsey, "Unity" is moored up. Now "Unity" is a famous name - a barge built in the days of commercial carrying, horse drawn, and operated by Robbins Lane and Pinnegar - a long established firm of carriers on the canal. She looks beautiful - but is she original, or a reproduction? And if she's original, just how much of the original boat remains? Questions that I don't know answers to!


Questioning "Unity"s credentials is rather like questioning our credentials to describe our breakfast as "Continental" when we're certainly not on the mainland of Europe, and our breakfast products are sourced locally where possible. Not only do local products help us to support local businesses, but they also cut down on greenhouse gases from Transport, and they give distant visitors a local taste rather than the standard fayre from a worldwide chain.


Our niche at Well House Manor, where we cater for business travelers to our computer courses and to other local businesses also allows us to provide products that would be out of the question at a more general hotel. The picture here shows the preparation of fruit which we allow guests to juice for themselves - bringing a true new meaning to FRESHLY squeezed orange juice - but it's something we couldn't entertain allowing if we were to accept bookings from children.

(written 2008-05-08, updated 2008-05-09)

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  [809] What to do during a Linux build - (2006-07-20)
  [824] Pictures of Avebury, Longleat and Dyrham - (2006-08-06)
  [825] Pictures of the Vale of Pewsey - (2006-08-07)
  [854] Morgans Hill - (2006-09-03)
  [861] Ballooning from Devizes - (2006-09-10)
  [865] Catching the slope - (2006-09-14)
  [935] Autumn leaves in Wiltshire - Potterne - (2006-11-21)
  [1070] Java Deployment course - lunch break - (2007-02-07)
  [1071] Making a mountain out of a molehill - (2007-02-08)
  [1346] Evening, Devizes and Sells Green - (2007-09-11)
  [1640] Walking on The Wiltshire Downs - (2008-05-12)
  [1830] Caen Hill and Olivers Castle - (2008-10-10)
  [1842] Lua Course, and the Wiltshire Countryside too - (2008-10-16)
  [1846] Old Piles of the South West - (2008-10-18)
  [1916] Why I remember East Grafton - (2008-12-02)
  [2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury - (2009-04-30)
  [2362] Thornham Farm Shop, Seend Cleeve, nr Melksham - (2009-08-15)
  [2443] Contrasting Cambridge, Bristol and Wiltshire - (2009-10-08)
  [2687] A lovely spring afternoon - (2010-03-21)
  [2830] Poulshot Village Fete - (2010-06-27)
  [3284] What to do in the evening during a Tcl course - (2011-05-10)
  [3376] Kennet and Avon - Walk from Bedwyn to Pewsey. TransWilts day out. - (2011-08-01)
  [3382] What is the picture? - (2011-08-08)
  [3482] Taking a boat down Caen Hill Locks - (2011-10-15)
  [4233] Open for the new year - Imber - (2013-12-31)
  [4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire - (2016-02-21)

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