Now in its fifth year, Bath Comedy Festival 2013 boasts the biggest line-up yet, with more shows and more performers taking part than ever before.
Director Nick Steel said: “This is going to be another great year! Now, I’ve nothing against stadium type shows, but what makes this Festival special is its unique events and the ability to deliver the intimate experience of quality performances in small to medium sized venues, and I’ve tried hard to programme the core events as much as possible along these lines.
“There has been an encouraging amount of applications to take part and more shows are still being submitted. A bigger variety of venues are being used this year, some of which have never been used for comedy before.”
Headliners this year include festival stalwart, veteran performer and broadcaster Arthur Smith who will be hosting one of the biggest shows of the Festival at Bath Rugby Clubhouse, and German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn is back with a brand new show.
Spring has sprung!!! so why not treat yourselves to a lovely few days away in the countryside and explore some of the hidden gems of the West Country.
We have some terrific offers for Self Catering and B&B. You’re sure to have a wonderful time, we are more than happy to point you in the right direction and help you plan your trip and we have great recommendations for places to eat in the area…..
We’re in a great location for visiting Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Lacock, Castle Combe, Avebury, The Kennet and Avon Canal, Wells and Cheddar ….
Great Ashley Farm has the following Spring offers:
Great Ashley Farm Cottage – 2 bedroom barn conversion – the rental includes crisp the white linen, fluffy towels and some yummy local essentials….. Our cottage sleeps four people
22 April 2013 4 nights for the price of 3 nights – £325.00
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Great Ashley Farm B&B including breakfast for two sharing a double or twin ensuite room. Monday – Thursday night between 04 March & 21 March 2013 inclusive
Why not spend the February Half Term exploring Bath and Wiltshire.
We all know that February can be a bit dull – so why not treat yourselves to a lovely few days away in the countryside and explore some of the hidden gems of the West Country.
We have some terrific offers throughout February for Self Catering and B&B. You’re sure to have a wonderful time, we are more than happy to point you in the right direction and help you plan your trip and we have great recommendations for places to eat in the area…..
Great Ashley Farm has the following special offers:
4* Gold B&B – Monday – Friday £75.00 per night including breakfast for two sharing a double ensuite room and breakfast from our award winning menu. We buy local produce wherever possible to support local suppliers and give our guests the true taste of the region and it is cooked in a traditional English way on the Aga.
4* Gold B&B – Friday – Saturday £85.00 per night including breakfast for two sharing a double ensuite room and breakfast from our award winning menu. We buy local produce wherever possible to support local suppliers and give our guests the true taste of the region and it is cooked in a traditional English way on the Aga.
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4* Gold – Great Ashley Farm Cottage – 2 bedroom barn conversion Short breaks Friday 22 February 2013 are £255.00 Friday – Monday 3 nts or Monday 25 February 2013 – 4 nts midweek Monday – Friday – the rental includes crisp the white linen, fluffy towels and some yummy local essentials…..
Why not treat yourselves to a lovely few days away in the countryside and explore some of the hidden gems of the West Country. We have some terrific offers throughout January for either B&B or Self Catering. You’re sure to have a wonderful time, we are more than happy to point you in the right direction and help you plan your trip and we have great recommendations for places to eat in the area…..
Great Ashley Farm is in a fantastic location – The wonderful city of Bath is a twenty minute drive alternatively you can cycle along the canal or leave the car behind and jump on the train or bus (We have safe secure bike storage and maps etc for the cyclist). The Saxon town of Bradford-on-Avon less than 2 miles away with the Kennet and Avon canal running through it, its Tithe Barn, Saxon Church, lovely quaint shops, cobbled streets and great places to eat! The beautiful village of Castle Combe is a 30 minute drive from us and known to be one of the most quintessential villages in the UK – also famed for the filming of the original Dr. Dolittle with Rex Harrison and the more recent filming of War Horse.
We have endless NT Properties, Great Chalfield Manor, The Courts at Holt and Lacock Abbey (famed for the filming of Pride and Prejudice) and Westwood Manor. We are very fortunate to be on the edge of The Cotswolds and in the opposite direction is Stonehenge, Salisbury, Longleat, Glastonbury and Wells with it’s magnificent Cathedral.
Visit Caen Hill locks at Devizes, look out for the drays delivering the Wadsworth beer around the town, onwards to Avebury, Marlborough and through Savernake Forest to Hungerford.
Great excitement in Bath this week as The Fashion Museum in Bath celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013 with a special display that will showcase 50 of its most glamorous dresses with the wow factor! The Fashion Museum in Bath has been named as one of the top ten of its kind in the world.
The exhibition will include a gorgeous gold embroidered Georgian court dress and a delicate 1870s gauze bustle day dress edged with purple fringing and redolent of the paintings of Tissot alongside a slinky jersey evening dress by Ossie Clark and a classic chic Chanel suit. will feature the iconic and influential names of 20th century couture – Schiaparelli, Poiret, Vionnet, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent – as well as today’s most desired fashion designers and brands – Erdem, Burberry, John Rocha. This display will show both the richness of the museum collection as well as key moments in fashion history that continue to provide inspiration for modern day designers along with TV and film makers – think Downton Abbey, The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina.
The display will also include delightfully curious pieces from the Fashion Museum’s world-class collection of original objects, such as a Champagne Dress worn at a fancy dress party in Edwardian times. And men will not be forgotten, from an ornately embroidered man’s coat from the early 18th century through to a pair of bondage trousers by Dame Vivienne Westwood, Queen of Punk.
The Fashion Museum was founded as the Museum of Costume by Doris Langley Moore, a writer, costume designer and passionate collector of historic dress. The museum came to the Assembly Rooms in Bath in 1963 and has for the last fifty years been guided by Mrs Langley Moore’s founding principles of collecting and presenting examples of historic and contemporary dress that show the very best of fashion and style.
The egg to the left is free range, organic and from the farm – the egg to the right is from the supermarket – there really is no comparison!!!
Don’t forget it’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week – so ‘Shake up your wake up’ – pop along to your local farm shop – buy some farm fresh eggs, bacon and sausages and have a fabulous breakfast!!!
Following a great game of Rugby at The Rec on Saturday where Bath won – Bath Rugby 19 – SU Agen 16, we strolled back along the river enjoying Bath’s Pulteney Weir … the fantastically cinematic weir at Pulteney Bridge is famed for the filming of Les Miserables
We all know that January can be a bit dull – so why not treat yourselves to a lovely few days away in the countryside and explore some of the hidden gems of the West Country. We have some terrific offers throughout January for B&B You’re sure to have a wonderful time, we are more than happy to point you in the right direction and help you plan your trip and we have great recommendations for places to eat in the area…..
We’re in a great location for visiting Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Lacock, Castle Combe, Avebury, The Kennet and Avon Canal, Wells and Cheddar ….
Bed and Breakfast £70.00 throughout January
4* Gold B&B £70.00 per night including breakfast for two sharing a double ensuite room and breakfast from our award winning menu using locally sourced ingredients.
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£255.00 – 3nts 28 January 2013
Great Ashley Farm Cottage – our charming 2 bedroom barn conversion has a short break available from Monday 28 January 2013 for 3 nights at a special offer price of £255.00 the rental includes crisp the white linen, fluffy towels and some yummy local essentials…..
A great Bed and Breakfast & Self Catering property near Bradford-on-Avon and Bath!!
Why not take a break from the norm this Christmas season and whisk your loved ones away to Great Ashley Farm – make it an occasion they’ll never forget? We still have some dates available – Rent our lovely romantic barn conversion, we have short breaks available until 21 December 2012 our 3 nights special offer package is £255.00 (Discount of £75.00) this rental includes crisp white linen, fluffy towels and some essentials seasonal fayre – locally sourced of course!! or why not treat yourself to a little bit of TLC by staying at our lovely B&B – we are offering a pre-Christmas Break of 3 nights for the price of 2 nights until 21 December 2012. Just mention the website…..
Our Post – Christmas package from 27 December 2012 for three nights is £255.00 for two sharing a double room with a bottle of bubbly awaiting your arrival. Alternatively why not indulge those special people in your life to Great Ashley Farm Gift Voucher
A chilli start to the day at Great Ashley Farm this morning – but the fires are lit and the AGA is working very hard. The cows are contently eating their way through even more silage and the horses have been put out to play in the snow having been kept in all day yesterday. They won’t be out for too long, just enough time for them to stretch their legs are there hooves fill with snow which ends up as snow balls …… The dogs have been out playing in the snow – poor Cabbage has snow up to her shoulders but she loves it.
