Alkham Court

It will not be long before we really feel Spring has arrived when we start seeing the little lambs skipping and jumping in the fields.   There are several local lambing Days between March and April:

28th March 2010 Brockhill School’s Open Lambing Day – at Saltwood, nr Hythe, CT21 4HL

Easter Holidays from 1.30 – 4.00 pm at Broadlees Farm, Deal Road, Dover, CT15 5DL (near to Dover Castle) www.whitecliffslamb.freeuk.com

Sunday, 4th April organised by Ashford & District Young Farmers in aid of Pilgrims Hospices. See sheep and new born lambs and other animals. There is also a cake stall available, a BBQ using local meat, a plant stall and lots and lots of games. It’s a perfect day out for all the family!

From 10am to 4pm. Entry is only £1 per person. There is ample free car parking available.

Rawnie Farm, Appledore Kent TN26 2DB

Burrows Family Photo 2009

It’s not often we get a family photo of all of us together but we managed it this christmas!

In order of height!  Neil, followed by Henry, then Georgina and little me (Wendy)!

Happy New Year to all our guests for 2010

We are very happy to show off our newly refurbished  rooms with this special offer for January and February.

All our rooms are now ensuite, each room has its own private entrance.

3 nights for price of 2!

Total price for 3 nights £190.00

We have been busy during December refurbishing our bedrooms.  All our rooms are now ensuite with beautiful new carpets and each room has its own private entrance.

Wisteria Room has changed amazingly!  We’ve knocked a wall out to considerably enlarge this room and it’s now ensuite.  We will soon have a new superking/twin bed (delivery promised for end of January).

Badger Room now has a lovely new Wilton carpet and comfy sofa, we’ve taken out the single bed and this makes this room so much more spacious!  We still have a superking bed/twin bed in this room.

Garden Room has a completely new separate entrance into this room.  It has a new kingsize bed and lovely carpet.  I’ve just finished making the curtains which are interlined and have made this room so cosy!

Garden Room and Wisteria Room can now be interlinked to make a suite of 2 rooms ideal for a family stay or groups of friends.

We have been awarded the new ‘Breakfast Award’ which has just been launched for the first time in this country – and we’re one of the first to receive it.  I was lucky enough to be presented this award at the national 2009 Farmstay Conference this week by Pam Foden from VisitEngland (who’s the Operations & Industry Engagement Manager) and Andy Woodward Farmstay Chief Executive!

This is just brilliant as it recognises the care and attention we give when preparing breakfast, the quality and choice of food and service (good old neil!)

We’re so excited to announce our ‘ Silver Award’ in the South East Regional Tourism Excellence Awards in the best ‘Bed & Breakfast’ category!

This very prestigious event was held at the Wentworth golf club, near Windsor and organised by Tourism South East. The presenter of the awards was the well known speaker and frequent BBC ‘The One Show’ guest Giles Brandreth.

This has been awarded for our outstanding level of service & comfort to guests, attention to detail and commitment to the environment.

The judges said to reach the finals this year was exceptional with the high number of entries and so we feel very proud to say ‘We’re the best in Kent’.

Hi, welcome to our blog at Alkham Court!   On here we are hoping to keep you updated on what’s going on at the farmhouse as well as in the local area, suggest tasty recipe ideas and good local restaurants.  To see them click on the tabs above the homepage.   Any comments or suggestions are welcome.. we love to hear your thoughts about us!

Wendy