The Championships are now over after a difficult cones course which adjusted all the placings.
Julie said ”The German Course Builder had built a very difficult cones course with a ‘box’.  It was also an extremely tight time.  We unfortunately had 2 cones down and dislodged the last element of the box which dropped us to [...]

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Since starting work at the hotel in October 2008, our Brazilian colleague Dan Araujo has been attending Thornbury Baptist Church and has made many friends within the congregation.
13 years ago the Church began a link with a Baptist Church in Northern Romania.  Each year they send a team of volunteers to help with children and [...]

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Congratulations to all those who have received their confirmation of tickets for the Ryder Cup.  The first ballot took place last week and already we have received many enquiries for rooms.
Don’t leave it too late to reserve your accommodation as the area will be booked up well in advance.

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Head chef Ben Halliday spent time with a local pre-school recently, teaching groups of 3 & 4 year olds some tricks of the trade.
Ben arrived at Covey Pre-School armed with loaves of white bread, forest berries and moulds to pass on his secrets on how to make a great Summer Pudding.
The tots were gathered in [...]

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Many visitors to Alveston House Hotel ask about the hotels history and its previous occupants.
One famous family – the Barnwells – lived in the house during the 20’s and 30’s.  Captain Frank Barnwell lived with his wife Marjorie and 3 sons, David, John and Richard at Alveston House after moving to the area to work [...]

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Congratulations to Henry Wilmer who has received the ‘Alveston House Hotel Ambassadors Award’  at the recent Castle School Achievement Presentation evening.
Henry received the award for helping the School with various projects including the producing of the ‘Music from the Castle School  Show’ on Thornbury FM.  As well as helping his teachers with the technical element [...]

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