May 2009
Gold Award
Our two cottages – Forda Barn & Stables have just been awarded the top rating of “Gold Award” for 2009/2010. This means they are rated in the top 624 cottages in the whole country!!
New Team Member at Forda
We are delighted to welcome a new member to the team at Forda – Birgit (or “Bee”) has joined us, having managed the Bude Tourism Association and Bude TIC for the last few years (where she achieved the best TIC in Cornwall award for 2008). She is an excellent and very welcomed addition to the Forda Team – so she will be answering the phone and your emails sometimes, in addition to Jim & Gillian.
March 2009
New comfy suites in all the lodges! (Right)
Winter Works
After all the major refurbishments over the last three years (kitchens, bathrooms, roofs etc), this year it is more cosmetic but still important! We hope everyone will enjoy the new fires in all the lodges and the new kitchen lighting in the “A” frames – there were favourable comments from regulars who came at Christmas and New Year ! We have also upgraded all the “fire” equipment, with new extinguishers and smoke and heat detectors, and changed the door locks in the “A” frames (smaller keys so less wear on your pockets!). There is also a new fireplace in the Barn lounge. Following the record wet 2008, the freezing ground in early January provided the ideal conditions for a lot of new drains and pipe work and repairs and stoning of paths, especially around the ponds which had deteriorated in the wet last year.
Digital TV
We are one of the first areas to go digital in 2009 so we have all new flat-screen TVs and all the freeview channels in all of the accommodation together with new DVD and video recorders/players.
Waitrose in Holsworthy & Sainsburys in Bude!
We know some of you are fans of Waitrose and Sainsburys – the local news is that they are planning to take over the Somerfield stores in Bude and Holsworthy – planned changeover is for June 2009.is for June 2009.
Bude Tourist Information Centre and Bude Canal Centre
We did not enter any awards this year but were thrilled that Bude won the best Tourist Information Centre in Cornwall award. Bude now has a lovely new refurbished TIC and shop as well as a new Bude Canal Centre, to go along with all the work on the refurbishment work on the Bude Canal – well worth a visit the next time you are here.
Forda and Bude Rugby
Cornwall and Bude are rugby-mad, Kilkhampton is the home of England’s Phil Vickery (his family run the local farm shop) and we have a son who is rugby-mad. So when it came to deciding on Forda’s local sponsorship, there was little choice. Forda is now the name on the shirts of Bude rugby – under 13’s in 2007/08 (winners of the Cornwall Plate last season!) and under 14’s in 2008/09.
Ducks!
So many of you are fond of the ducks – and their morning and evening lodge visits for bread. They are still thriving and looking forward to your next visit. Photo above right: Ducklings crossing the bridge
Swallows and other birds
Over the last few years swallows have realised that, with a bit of effort, they could build nests in a safe position on the patios of the 'A' frames. Many families have been successfully raised – a real joy for anyone in the lodges, watching the parents flying in to feed them and then the young flying off for the first time in July and August. In 2008 fewer swallows came but we all enjoyed a new experience – using the old swallow nests as a base, two pairs of wrens built their nests on top, successfully raising their young. Photo above right: One of the swallows with its young
Winter 2007 - 2008
At the South West England Tourism Awards this month, we were very pleased to again be a finalist and this year we were placed in the top three for Accessibility for the whole of the South West. Also some baby news – many of you have met Jo, one of our therapists, and knew she was expecting. Her baby, Logan Matthew, arrived on October 10th, weighing in at 8lbs 4ozs. Mother and baby are doing fine.
Growing Pups
Please do not expect to find us now as two cute Andrex puppies! We are two years old in August and we are now two big handsome boys – but still friendly and playful so we look forward to seeing you at Forda. from Boris & Buster (photo avove right)
Winter Refurbishments
Last year many of you enjoyed the new kitchens and flooring etc in the “A” frame lodges. This winter the Delta lodges have had their makeover, with new kitchens and roofs. That means that all of the lodges now have new kitchens, bathrooms and roofs! We have also replaced the glass in all the lodge velux windows. A few of them were misting and it was a good opportunity to replace them all with new insulating “K” glass.
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