Robert has been invited to play ‘cello in The Easter Anthem – Love’s Young King at a performance of the People’s Passion at All Saints’ Church, Aston on Maundy Thursday (5 April, 7:00pm). This is part of a weeklong event broadcast across Radio 4 and local radio involving choirs across the country. Robert said… “I’m delighted [...]
I was at University of Sheffield last night for the BIN@Sheffield2011 conference dinner. A brilliant evening at Firth Hall with some old friends and colleagues from Digital South Yorkshire and the IET. Excellent local food with some fabulous music provided by Ray Gelato. If you get chance to see Ray and his band perform then [...]
Our congratulations go to the winner of the category ‘Best B&B/Guest Accommodation’ – Kilham Hall which is situated near Driffield. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our guests and suppliers for their support since we began the business 5 years ago. We took our daughters Sara and Catherine to the awards [...]
We are delighted to announce that we have once again been assessed by Visit England and have retained the Five Star Gold Award which we have maintaned since we opened 5 years ago. We thank all our guests for their continued support and also our local suppliers, in particular Fenton’s butcher of Tickhill for providing [...]
We’re always looking for ways to improve what we do, so we’ve just gone live this afternoon with a new on-line reservation and payment system, making it even easier to book your stay with us. Watch out for our special offers on midweek breaks – just click on the Check Availability button at the top [...]
A few days ago I went to the Butterfly House with my daughter and two grandsons and had a wonderful time. We just missed the birth of two goats by minutes. It is amazing how they manage to stand up within a few minutes of being born. Also a first for me – I held [...]
Ann and Robert are absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve made it to the finals of the Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards in the Best Guest Accommodation category. The news came exactly five years to the day since a group of our friends helped us cut the ribbon to open Throapham House for business. [...]
The Swallows are certainly having a busy time at the moment. It doesn’t seem two minutes since I went into the garage and saw five tiny birds pop their heads up to be fed by mum. Their bright yellow beaks were almost all I could see. The other day, I saw them take their first [...]
We’ve recently upgraded all the TVs in our guest bedrooms ahead of Digital Switchover in Yorkshire later this year, so now all our guests can watch Freeview in their bedrooms and only one remote control to contend with. With Internet TV guests can also use BBC iPlayer and a number of other catch up services [...]
Last spring we planted about thirty strawberry plants, thinking they would look nice among our rose beds. Big mistake – they ran amok so we were able this year to replant about two hundred having given a similar number away to friends and family. They are now ripening nicely though so it looks like our [...]
