Ann and I are both waiting to see if we’ve won this year. This is some interval entertainment called “I love Skipton” – which I do! Sara & Catherine are starstruck! Update: Congratulations to Wold Cottage at Driffield and all the other winners last night. We had a wonderful evening once again and are proud [...]
The scaffolding finally went up at Throapham House two weeks ago and a welcome period of fine weather has allowed work to progress swiftly. We expect most of the external work to be complete by the end of September and it’s nice now to see things taking shape. The original second floor servant’s quarters will [...]
We’ve had a busy few days at Throapham with many of our guests attending the St Leger Festival taking place at nearby Doncaster Racecourse this week. Over breakfast I’ve been telling some of the local history associated with the oldest of Britain’s five classic horse-races and it now seems that Frankie Dettori will be in [...]
Ann and I are once again delighted to announce that Throapham House has retained its Five Star Gold Award from Quality In Tourism, scoring 100% in both Cleanliness and Breakfast categories following a recent visit by the QIT assessor who stayed in our Dewhurst room. This was our seventh annual inspection and it’s hard to [...]
Just when I really needed a camera… Yesterday afternoon Ann and I were playing cricket in the garden with our grand children when we heard the sound of an aircraft. Soon the unmistakeable outline of a Lancaster Bomber came into few, approaching the house low over the fields from the Brookhouse direction. The Lancaster from [...]
I’ve just spent a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon at the University of Sheffield Engineering Alumni day. Having graduated here in 1978 it was a great opportunity for me to catch up with what was happening at the University, including some ambitious plans to turn the old Jessops Hospital site into an ultra modern teaching facility [...]
Ann and Robert are delighted to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for a Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Award in the B & B / Guest Accommodation of the Year category. This is the second year running we’ve made it through to the finals. Having been pipped at the post at last year’s ceremony at [...]
Throapham House B&B I opened the post today to discover that we’d been awarded a 2012 Certificate of Excellence by Trip Advisor. This is great news for us so we’d both like to thank all those guests who have taken the time to provide their comments. We’re delighted that you’ve enjoyed your stay at Throapham [...]
I’ve just finished watching BBC4 crime drama “The Bridge”, which is based on the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. This and the earlier Great Belt Fixed Link were huge construction projects requiring an awful lot of concrete, all of which had to be mixed to exacting standards. One of the reasons Ann and I [...]
Just received notice from W2Y that the White Rose Awards 2012 are now open. It’s great to see this lovely photograph of our family at the 2011 finals has been included on the promotional page. We had a great time and would like to wish this year’s entrants the best of luck – we hope to [...]
