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We’re very excited to announce we’ve just been formally approved as venue for Wedding Ceremonies & Civil Partnerships – Yay!
We’ve just received the great news from Cumbria County Council, Registration and Coroner Services that Thorney How Independent Hostel has been approved as a:
“Venue for Marriages in Pursuance of Section 26(1)(bb) of The Marriage Act 1949 and as a Venue for Civil Partnership in Pursuance of Section 6(3A)(a) of The Civil Partnership Act 2004”
Phew!
We’re one of a very few alternative accommodation providers and destinations in Cumbria that can also hold a wedding ceremony on site. So if you’re looking for something a little different and maybe on a smaller budget we’re here to help.
Our very first wedding is scheduled for April 2013 and we have a number of key weekend dates still available during 2013. We’ll be putting a new wedding package together very soon, just give us a call anytime for an informal chat. Ask for Taylor or Carolyn.
After the months of waiting, we can finally announce that our planning application to develop Thorney How has been accepted.
We’re thrilled that we can now make a start on making the improvements that this wonderful Grade 2 listed property deserves.
This is an overview of what we’d like to achieve over the next few years. But we won’t be rushing to do everything at once and we will be remaining open for business.
Of course what everyone wants to hear is that there will be more showers!
We will update you here with more details of the plans, photo’s of progress and all the news as the redevelopment takes shape. Of course we’d also love to hear your comments too.
Don’t forget that you can ‘Like’ us on Facebook too.
We often post more chatty updates here, share news with Thorney How friends and make staff introductions. You can also follow our #projectthorney developments as they happen.
Today’s posts include:
We are missing one cat since yesterday Ptolemy……
A few changes here at Thorney..we would like to welcome chef Paul and others…….
If travelling in Grassmere or the surrounding lakes you might enjoy the hospitality of our friends who run Thorney How – contributed by Anthony Mark Cutter
Congratulations to @shaunbades winner of our August competition via Twitter to win a weekend for two.
This could be you!
Shaun Bades has won our competition. By simply ReTweeting our offer and Following us on Twitter, Shaun was entered into our prize draw. He has won a two person room for two nights on the weekend of 31st August and 1st of September.
This is the last weekend of the summer holidays. We’ve reserved one of our 2 person private bunk rooms just for Shaun and a friend for two nights; equivalent value = £96.00
There’s lots to do in Grasmere and the local area, from:
fishing to the Grasmere Guzzler beer festival
a visit to Allen Bank to a hike over Helvellyn
trying out an electric bike to a Poetry workshop at Dove Cottage.
We’re adding Friday night’s to our film screenings on Saturdays during August. With the addition of a later screening from 9pm and a focus on director Danny Boyle.
With a wealth of great movie titles from a range of genres to choose from we should have something that you will want to watch.
Schedules may vary according to availability and other events, but typically we will show a Danny Boyle film on a Friday night with something else chosen from recently released films on DVD.
To whet your appetite Danny Boyle’s repertoire includes:
2008 Slumdog Millionaire
2007 Sunshine
2004 Millions
2002 28 Days Later…
2000/1 The Beach
1997 A Life Less Ordinary
1996 Trainspotting
Note: that we have already screened 2010 127 Hours
Avatar (2009) – 12, 162 min
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s intentions of driving off the native humanoid “Na’vi” in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na’vi people with the use of an “avatar” identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand – and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.
Review by Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 December 2009
Strip away from this movie the director’s massive reputation, and you have a truly weird story about an aggressive futureworld corporation bankrolling avatar-technology so that human beings can insinuate themselves into the lives of aliens to seduce them. What an indie-freaky idea it is – and that is what makes it an experience.
The Awakening (2011) 15, 107 mins
Director: Nick Murphy
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the ‘missing’ begin to show themselves.
In 1921, in London, the arrogant and skeptical Florence Cathcart is famous for exposing hoaxes and helping the police to arrest con artists. The stranger Robert Mallory tells her that the headmaster of a boarding school in Rookford had invited her to travel to Cumbria to investigate a ghost that is frightening the pupils to death. He also tells that many years ago there was a murder in the estate and recently pupil Walter Portman had died. The reluctant Florence finally accepts to go to Cumbria. On arrival, she is welcomed by governess Maud and the boy Thomas Hill. Soon Florence discovers what had happened to Walter and then the students, teachers and staff are released on vacation, and Florence remains alone with Robert, Maud and Tom in the school. Florence is ready to leave the boarding school when strange things happen. Florence comments with Robert and he tells that there is only three people in the boarding school, leaving Florence scared.
Giardian Review by Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 November 2011
“Here is a supernatural melodrama in the tradition of The Innocents, or Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others….. I have to say I found the final, colossal revelation to be contrived, but there are some nicely creepy moments, and director and co-writer Nick Murphy interestingly dramatises some of the neuroses feeding the appetite for ghostly phenomena – repressed sexuality, guilt and self-harm.”
As our busy summer period approaches fast we’re looking for a capable cook / chef to help prepare and deliver our daytime and occasionally evening menus.
You will compliment the working hours of our existing hostel team in ensuring that a high standard of delivery and full catering offer is always available.
Job Advert
Part time cook / chef required to support busy Independent Hostel in Grasmere Lake District for the summer season. Be part of our small team, enthusiasm, a sense of humour, flexibility and experience essential. Immediate start Sorry no accommodation. Hours variable.
Call Taylor or Carolyn on 015394 35597 or send cv plus covering letter to Carolyn@thorneyhow.co.uk.
Spirited Away (2001) PG
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (original title)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
In the middle of her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.
This weekend’s film is for families and fans of Miyazaki’s Japanese animation of all ages. According to the Guardian – Spirited Away is the most successful Japanese film ever.
Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad don’t hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is terrified to see the area fill with faceless spirits, but when she runs to find her parents, she discovers that they have been turned into pigs. She is found by a mysterious boy named Haku, who promises to help her. He gets her a job working in a nearby building, which turns out to be a bathhouse for the thousands of Japan’s gods and spirits. Though the work is hard and the people strange, she does as well as she can. Her parents, however, are still waiting in the hotel’s stockyard…
