John and Pauline offer you a real home from home, we aim
to make your stay special.
Highway Farm offers
comfortable accommodation combined with peaceful surroundings,
wonderful panoramic views, a wealth of wildlife, lovely circular walks and
less than one mile from the sea,a good local pub and the Market Town
of Bridport! Superb coastal walking and the local bus stops
every hour outside of our entrance so we are an excellent base for those
trekking the South West Coastal Path.
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Exclusive Arty Workshops
especially for you!
Come to West
Dorset and learn a new skill! Beautiful
surroundings, enjoy warm Dorset hospitality and home-cooking, combined
with local expert tuition. We have a
wealth of artistic talent in our midst, come and let our wonderful
tutors inspire you.
The
workshop days are fun and friendly, always productive and many have
returned for more! We’ve
been joined by guests, many locals come along, and all ages. Some
places given as gift vouchers for those don’t know what to
get people, and all are looking for an interesting day out.
We’ve had groups, Mother and daughters, and granddaughters too, but
you can come on your own and take the opportunity to chill and meet
new people. Why not gather a party together of works
colleagues, friends or family? Let me arrange your accommodation and
tutor.
- short affordable courses
- small friendly groups
- tailor-made/improvers/beginners
- excellent tutors
- please see Art Page for workshop details
- Like to be on my workshop email list for updates?
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some course
photos:
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Painting
for pleasure ...
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 During your stay you’re invited to join
Ann Gray's regular local art classes.
Friday mornings at Charmouth and afternoons at
Axmouth.
£20
per session.
Tel: 01297 442532
 Introduction
to Botanical Painting? Suitable for anyone who loves the beauty of
plants. With local artist and tutor Alison Waspe. Can arrange
individual or small workshops. Tel: 01297 442976.
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Painting and
sketching day with tutor Ann Gray.
A friendly and informal
workshop, an enjoyable day out for artists of all abilities. Sit
and paint the Dorset countryside from our terrace or sketch by the
lakeside.
next
class date to be arranged
10.30-4.30pm. Cost £40 Home
cooked lunch additional £5
Individual help and attention
given.
Please ring for more
information.
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KISS COOK BOOK UPDATE
12.06.09 £18,200 raised
so far!
Supporting UK Charities and supporting people in Africa.
29/4/08 Malawi-
Our first donation has gone to help complete the building of a
new house for James and also will help Articles, local Handy/ DIY
man. He is bringing up his nephews and the money will go towards
their education and school uniform for the next 2 terms. There is
also the on-going work of The Chembe Water and Malaria Projects.
www.chembewaterproject.org
whose aim is to provide safe drinking water for the people in Cape
Maclear. Our daughter Lucy can be found at Mumbo Island or
Gecko Lounge, situated in the heart of the village of Chembe on beautiful
shores of Lake Malawi, the place to savour stunning
sunsets! Lucy and boyfriend Simon provide tourist
accommodation, employing many locals and are committed to
working with the village people wherever possible to ensure
that their success filters into the local area. They buy local
products and use village carvers, painters, builders and other local
tradesmen.
2/9/08. Malawi news- Simon and I went to a football match in
the village on Sunday - using your football posts, probably over 2000
people watching - pitch invasion after every goal. Anyway our team,
Bad Bays, won 5-2! They have put their prize money towards football
boots!!
4/10/08 Good News! The KISS Charity Ball held on 20th Sept here at
Highway Farm raised
over £11,500!
The event has exceeded all our expectations. It was a real accolade
to local people working together, an amazing evening and such fun
gathering everyone together, we had a fantastic time and we raised
lots of money for our chosen charities.
Click
here to view press release (pdf file)
23/11/08 Money donated; Cancer
Research £6248, KISS it Better Appeal at Gt Ormond Street £4060,
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance £3400 and Chembe Water Projects
in Malawi £2741 nd Symondsbury Church £60.
23/11/08 From Lucy in Malawi - Brilliant effort! 2 projects I would
like to support with the money donated, start of phase 3 Chembe Water
Project at traditional fishing village of Msaka (very poor, no
tourist and high incidence of infant mortality, dysentery etc) - we
could give this a real boost I think! I would also like to support
Vision with his orphanage-feeding programme. He is a great guy based
in the village and he feeds about 60 orphans every day, they have a
garden, so grow and sell veg to help, and £25 a month would make a
huge difference.
And finally -
My gratitude to fantastic friends and family who have joined in too,
supporting in many different ways to make it all possible and all the
lovely guests who bought my Cook Book, thank you.
P.S. We have sold over 1000 Cook Books - and you
can still buy a KISS Cook Book (KISS, stands for ‘Keep It So
Simple’, I like feeding people but don’t want to be in the
kitchen all day!) Full of keep it so simple recipes, local,
seasonal ideas and useful, tried and tested cooking tips!
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Late
dates and ideas?
If you usually drive
through Dorset, please don't, instead think long sweeping
beaches, quaint Lyme Regis, arty Bridport, sleepy rural
villages and a foodie's paradise with top chefs and some great
pubs! The perfect base from which to explore.
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Bed
& Breakfast
Winter
OFFER 4 nights for the price of 3, excl school
holidays.
Valentine
week. Any 2 nights for 2 with wine
and flowers £175.
We'll
make it special for you.
Winter
midweek 4
nights same price as 3 nights weekend in
Feb from £200
Ganders
15-20th FEB, 4 nights £200, 5 nights £250
or B&B farmhouse breakfasts! 40pppn
Chideock
Cottage available from 19th FEB
WINTER
WORKSHOP DATES
Lots on offer, come
and have a go!
26th Feb-Hats to go!
Cloche hats, 27th Feb-Rags Rugs,
2nd March Aga Cooking,
28th March Living Willow
Would you like to be on
my workshop emailing list?
Arty workshop gift
vouchers, a nice gift.
Coarse
Fishing Lakes
- Lovely secluded location for good fishing £5 for 2
rods per day. Fishing Lessons can be
arranged please ask.
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"
Why not purchase a KISS from
Highway Farm and help our charities "
This Cook Book has been inspired by my B&B Guests.
They have been nagging
me to gather together my breakfast specials and
favourite recipes, so here it is……….!
I hope you have fun with the
recipes and appreciate your support.
Bon Appetite.
A
tasty bite ........ (article download)
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Just
a couple of visitor comments:
Even better than
the website - beautiful views, perfect weather and
excellent hospitality. Thank-you. Sue & John 09
Couldn't be better,
hosts, grandchildren, livestock, food....... All wonderful.
Thanks Lesley & Simon 09
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