The Quirky Traveller (a.k.a. Zoe Dawes) and Britain’s Best Travel Blogger 2011 came to the Beech Hill Hotel to experience our Gourmet & Wine Tasting Night in March this year and she very kindly blogged about her experience of the Hotel and the Event:

“It was the quacking that woke me up … and pulling back the curtains I found a handful of ducks chuntering around on the grass outside the bedroom. Looking up, it was the view that really caught my attention. Lake Windermere spread out her long arms to embrace flirty yachts, wooded banks and distant fells…….”

To read more why not visit Zoe’s website to see the full article – www.thequirkytraveller.com

If your interested in our Gourmet & Wine Tasting Night we are hosting another one on Friday 30th September 2011 to see further details including the menu ‘click here’

Our thanks go out to Zoe for putting here experience on paper so to speak!

Fraser Richardson

Managing Director

As a receptionist here at The Beech Hill Hotel and a lover of food and wine, I was lucky enough to experience the first of our Gourmet evenings from a guest perspective with my parents who were staying at the time (not planned honest!!).

The evening started with an enjoyable champagne and canapé reception in the lounge area before we moved through to the restaurant.

Once we are all seated, the wine sommelier  introduced himself and explained about the wines that were to compliment each course.  Following this, we had a 5 course meal with a different glass of wine with each course to enhance the different tastes.  Each wine and course was served with information from the sommelier, so it gave me an idea of what kind of wine to order when I dine in the future, as I am a novice to this!  I tend not to drink red wine, but the two red wines served with the courses were not too heavy, all were easy to drink with beautiful flavours.

The food was mouth watering and the service was exceptional.  Each course was well presented and thought out and I loved every single mouth full!

After the meal myself and the other guests retired to the lounge area.  I had a chance to talk to some of the other residents in the hotel, all of whom stated what a very relaxing and enjoyable evening it had been and many can’t wait to return to the next one on 30 September 2011.

Please follow the link  http://www.beechhillhotel.co.uk/special-offers/special-events/gourmet-and-wine-tasting-nights/ for full details of the next Gourmet night and all other up and coming events.

I would thoroughly recommend it!

Rachael Tigwell

Receptionist

Here at the Beech Hill Hotel we are not quick to join bandwagons. However it seems that Facebook is here to stay and more importantly absolutely everyone I know is using it, including my wife.  I had resisted but the peer pressure was so great that I caved in but before setting up my page I thought I would get the hotel to set up its page first namely www.facebook.com/beechhillhotel so I could see what all the fuss was about.

Well after a few teething issues, such as understanding the differences between pages and profiles, I managed to upload photos, link to websites and create up and coming events, and yes I’m converted what a great way of staying in touch. So as you will see if you look at the hotels page I have now set up my own profile! Scary!

But that leads me nicely to what  I wanted to highlight, because its such a great way to communicate and keep in touch it clearly would be perfect for letting our guests know what’s going on in the hotel! Whether it be events such as our gourmet & wine tasting nights, mothers day lunches or our spring and summer balls or our great value offers you can get to find out if you log on to facebook and “Like us”! Simples!

Now I know I’m asking you to do something for me so in turn I’d like to do something for you, if you “Like” our facebook page then you could get exclusively 15% off your stay at the hotel if you book on-line (terms apply). The promotional code will be revealed once you have liked us on our face book page.

This offer is not available anywhere else and it means you can see more of the beautilful Lake District for less! Thank you for reading.

Fraser Richardson

Managing Director