The One Where Terri Gets Married
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I am always shocked at how quickly the weeks fly by!
What has been happening this past week at the hotel? Well we had the company of the Saler Society as they arrrived in town for their annual sale. We have had the pleasure of the same hotel guests every year now for I think 14 or 15 years! They have all booked again for 2025 so that must mean they enjoy it! We certainly enjoy catching up with friendly faces and hearing all about what they've been up to since the last visit, and again, it blooming flys in! I always struggle to believe it's been a year!
Some arrive on the Wedensday evening, with most coming on the Thursday. I always make sure I am on shift on the Thursday evening as I genuinley enjoy seeing them all meet up, catching up, enjoying a meal in the restaurant, and good drink too. It always makes me smile and I do have to say, we are very lucky with the bunch we have stay with us for this cattle sale, they are all so lovely and I look forward to seeing them every year!
The work heads go on come Friday morning for the show, and again, even more serious for the big day at the sale on the Saturday! Not coming from a farming background, I do like to brag about what I learn each time our regular farming visitors come to stay with us, I think I could hold my own pretending to be a farmer for the day at Wallets Mart! Just kidding, but I do enjoy hearing all about it.
We used to host the annual dinner for societies such as the Salers and the Luings, for over 12 years acatually, and we did always really enjoy it. For all that it's a very intense kitchen for a few days, it was really nice seeing it all come together and getting great feedback afterwards, after covid 19 we just weren't equipped to continue serving 90 to 100 people at once. Our team had halved in size and we were all a little apprehensive about having such large dining groups in again. Things didn't really chanage, and although our team is absolutely wonderful, we aren't a big team, so we decided to have a sit down dinner limit of 40 or below from now on. We can cater for larger parties in terms of buffets for functions and events for sure, but decided to always prioritise quality over quantity and it's working out.
So the wonderful Saler crew kept us busy during the week and into the weekend, and then, I had a real treat! Instead of working Saturday evening, Megan stepped in and Mum and I got to head to Friars Carse Hotel for team member Terri's wedding! It was absolutely amazing, and so wonderful to be able to do something like that on a Saturday! As expected Terri looked beautiful, and we enjoyed the company of some people we hadn't seen in a while too. A really wholesome evening celebrating the wedding of Terri & Brodie!
As I was driving I sampled a non alcoholic gin for the first time, and although I thought I wouldn't enjoy it, I really did, a close match to the real thing! We've stocked a great non alcohol range for a while, including gin, pink gin, prosecco, wines, ciders & beers, but I have to admit I always wondered why they were growing so much in popularity, thinking I'd much rather opt for a soft drink as non alcohol still isn't cheap! My mind was changed and I now totally get it! I felt like such a grown up with my pretend gin and tonic! Lol!
So all round, a very busy week, topped of with a wonderful time at a beautiful wedding.
Another busy one this week, will fill you in on the next blog!
Thaks for reading,
Emma.
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