Goodbye to 2009 and welcome 2010........
I suppose that I should be sad to see the close of 2009, but along with the rest of the team, am very much looking forward to 2010.
The last couple of weeks has been very busy as you might expect, with all the festive parties, followed by Christmas, the New Year celebrations, plus a wedding on the 2nd January, but I am pleased to say that all went well.
The challenges of the weather was perhaps the only main concern for us all. Thankfully, more or less all the staff managed to get to the hotel for their various jobs - which is a credit to them all as it would have been simpler to stay at home, and, with a few exceptions, all our guests also arrived safely, and as far as I am aware, had a safe journey home.
The hotel looked especially festive, with a good cover of snow all the way through from the 22nd December. The biggest problem for us has been to make sure that the access paths around the building were kept clear - a real issue when the supplies of salt and grit were running short. Even today, Andy (the gardener) has been out and about clearing the snow that fell last night, and there is more to come according to the forecast.
Our Hogmanay House Party was once again a great success, with a good mix of guests, many of who had been before for the same event.
After all the dancing on Hogmanay, we were delighted to have 45 people out in the big field for the Highland Games. Despite the snow, we did manage to have the caber-tossing, welly-boot throwing, and of course, the Haggis Hurling. There was a clean sweep for the Haggis Hurling, with the Sears Family winning the gents, ladies and under 15s competitions - so well done to them!
With a good bonfire, and some mulled wine, everyone managed to stay warm and at the same time blow away some of the cobwebs.
So, now onto the planning for the next twelve months - it should be lots of fun, especially with the Open championships in July!
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