FOXHILLS musings

As part of Thornbury in Bloom we are delighted to be hosts to Woolbury for 2 weeks. If you missed Woolbury earlier in the year then you missed out. The Knit and Knatter group have knitted a mini Thornbury to raise money for charity. Between them they have knitted over 40 buildings from the High Street and surrounding area, including Daggs Allotments and the Pump. The detail astounds everyone that sees the display. The majority of the buildings have been sold and kindly lent back for this display, with over £1300 and split between Brain Tumour Support (find out more...

Marshfield Farm   We're delighted to now be selling individual pots of Ice cream from Marshfield Farm Ice cream. Perfect for eating in the garden or to take down to the park with you. Flavours include Strawberries in Clotted Cream, Mint Choc Chip, Vanilla Clotted Cream and Chocoholic Heaven.     We also have their Gin and Tonic Sorbet. This sorbet is made with 6 o'clock Gin (which is made in Thornbury) and definitely has a kick to it!For younger children we have some fruit pops made with real fruit juice. Marshfield Farm are a family company and have been...

PAPILIO coffee garden Any customer who has been shopping or eating with us for a while knows we don't rest on our laurels. There's always new things to try and improvements that can be made. Whilst we were on holiday recently we were visiting a Garden Centre and came across a butterfly gazebo. We immediately knew it was the right thing for our garden to help provide a bit extra shade without having to clutter the garden with even more parasols. It just about fitted in my car to make it's way back from Devon and I'm sure you'll agree...

WiFi It's been a battle against the building (thick stones walls and large metal heating ducts don't like electronic signals!), but we have finally won and now have WiFi in PAPILIO coffee. Yippee! We have got a limit of 60 minutes on the WiFi as unfortunately we don't have enough space for people to use us as their office all day, but for updating your Facebook Status and showing friends your photos or just generally looking up photos (since mobile signal in Thornbury can be spotty!), this should do the job.

Chocolate Orange Scones What's better than chocolate? Chocolate orange. With chunks of chocolate and orange juice and zest, these are truly delicious scones.