Gardeners Rest #19 (2024)

[greenishfing]

Mrs Go-4it headed to the kitchen to check how breakfast was coming along. The chef was singing happily to himself and the food smelled amazing. He was even better than his references promised. No doubt he would have a drawback: A drunk? A womaniser? An axe murderer? But it was not in evidence yet.

There were two rather tiddly looking guests sitting under the large kitchen table who insisted that they could not move. Looking at them she was hardly surprised.

A group of the most unlikely looking bake off contestants ever were gathered at reception. Their first ordeal would be to make a dozen perfect sausage rolls each. She had a feeling that a couple of the more unlikely contestants would be resorting to frozen pastry with bought sausages inside. In fact she could even see a Gregg's bakery bag poking out of a large handbag......

[lottie dolly]

Snoop or indeed anyone experiencing a probelm aroususing any of our waiters,look at him and clap your hands,if that fails we have servise required please flags,available at the front desk,if you cannot use one of them,get your helper to help,servis dogs are also most welcome,

[bramble]

Bramble signed in as she hadnt realised The Gardeners Rest had opened....She didnt drink coffee, do she ordered a cup of tea...She had to clap her hands very loudly before she could get the waiters attention....I'm not sure we have any tea he said. Just let me go and see....

[Florence Fennel]

Do you want a nip of something in that tea Bramble? Nicos and I are just trying to find a hairy dog, but I can flag down a waiter for you.

[lottie dolly]

Miz Spelling came to greet the new guest's and offer the last of the mince pie and sausage rolls,Bramble there is definatly tea,as Mrs Go-4it did all the ordering and personaly checked it in,and where to put the supplies,as stated this is a high end establishment,and every need can be catered for,even for help drying of with a towel after a splash around in the pool,i must say it is nice people are choosing this establiment ,

Please take a look at our notice board of other activities
tonight in the lounge will be a B&B night,(bingo and board games)
the bar will be open until 10 PM
snacks on the house will also be on the bar(well got to get rid of the left overs somehow)

Miz Spelling had a sudden wiff from the kitchen,and hoped the guest like it also,she bade he goodby for now and went to see how Mrs Go-4it needed any assistantce .........

[Snoop Puss]

Snoop was feeling a bit cautious. A nip from a hairy dog did not sound ideal. But maybe she'd got the wrong end of the stick. It wouldn't be the first time. Bramble was looking altogether better than Snoop felt. She decided she might go for tea for breakfast tomorrow. Maybe there was something in the coffee. But snacks on the house sounded interesting. She wondered how they got them on the roof. Oh, she was definitely feeling a bit squiffy and couldn't quite get her thoughts together.

Maybe she'd go for a lie-down. A bit of B&B (bed and blanket) to ready herself for the fun and games to come...

[Florence Fennel]

I hope there's not going to be any funny business with the Scrabble, mothhawk should be watched carefully, she may have an unfair advantage.

[bramble]

Why Flo, have you played scrabble with Mothhawk before? Maybe I might play bingo instead. Thanks Flo, if you're having a nip you might as well include me
Looki g forward to the snacks tonight..popcorn I expect..or even mince pies.

[Nicos]

Nicos had spotted the Cluedo !…her most favourite board game.
Nothing like a good mystery she said to herself.
And , of course, there’s nothing like Christmas as a time of mystery, magic and fun - especially if accompanied by pigs in blankets and a rather large glass of fizz!

[lottie dolly]

Good evening, said Miz Spelling,hope your all enjoing our games evening,tommorrow morning we have a Half price special offer on a sauner package for the first 6 people to arrivals,we have secured a real hunk of a guy for the massage's,we got him for a song from the French fire bregade the offer includes a drink of choice and a fragrance of your choosing,and before anyone says they not got what you want,think again,see i am starting to get the measure of some of your antics,as were carry on and enjoy the rest of the evening,and do not forget the bar snacks,or you could end up having them for brakfast,she gave her usual smile and left the room

[Nicos]

French Fire Brigade? Mused Nicos….yummy yum!

[lottie dolly]

Miz Spelling enters the bar,rings the bell to make sure everyone knows its last orders for 10 pm tonight,as the barman has to rest up,his gout is giving him gyp,poor sole,yes Nicos i have heard it talked about on here in the past and thought it would help to bring in the punters,i must find Mrs Go-4it as she is setting up the advertised bake off competition,only she has the power to do it,or else we maybe have to canncel it,she also has the list of entrants,if not,i perhaps could rely on the entrants themselves to contact me,so i can set a few challenges,heaven help us all,drink up please ladies and gents,i also need a sittown,my feet and legs belong to another body

[greenishfing]

As the last few drinkers were draining their glasses blue flashing lights could be seen outside the front door. All eyes were on it when Mrs Go-4it stumbled in accompanied by two policemen.

"I need brandy" she said "Just give me the bottle. I've just spent three hours in A & E with four of the contestants who went foraging for mushrooms earlier, managed to poison themselves, and have just had their stomachs pumped. Hopefully they'll be back tomorrow."

She collapsed in a big easy chair. " These contestants will be the death of me, and they haven't even started cooking in earnest
yet!" She headed for the stairs .... brandy bottle in hand.

[greenishfing]

By 7.30 am there was a queue outside the sauna and spa. It consisted entirely of women eager to meet the French fireman/masseur. Mrs Go-4it sent coffee and croissants to sustain them while they waited in anticipation. She was tempted to join the queue herself ..... but had work to do.

[Nicos]

Nicos woke up, stretching her luxuriously long legs( yeh …right) in the most cozy bed she’d slept in for quite some time .

Oh heck!….she woke with a start….and with a flurry of soap bubbles she quickly got dressed and slathered on a very decent application of lippy ( florecent lippy at that - from last year’s Xmas Cracker). Always be prepared she said to herself…you never know when you might need to be found by a French Pompier

Dashing downstairs she was dismayed at the sight of the long queue outside the sauna….