Blog
2011
Celebrate with Chestnuts this Festive Season
“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping on your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos.” Any time I hear this merry little tune it makes me think of the wonderful aroma given off by the chestnuts roasting the oven in our kitchen. Brown like a dull mahogany wood, [...]
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2011
Visit Townhead Farm on Open Farm Sunday
Our friends at Townhead Farm in Helensburgh are holding an Open Farm Sunday on 12th June from 12pm to 5pm. The day will provide an exciting and fun day out for the whole family who can discover for themselves what really goes on on a working farm. Visitors can see for themselves how natural plant [...]
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2011
Charity Lunch for Cancer Research UK
The team at Knockderry House are gearing up to support Cancer Research UK in May. We are joining up with Lifeworks 11 art exhibition for Cancer Research UK which is being held on 7 and 8 May at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, Helensburgh. The exhibition features a variety of contemporary [...]
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2010
The Glasgow Boys at Knockderry House
Late last year, the BBC approached Knockderry House to be the location for a documentary on the ‘Lives of the Glasgow Boys’ to tie in with the wonderful exhibition that is currently running at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, in Glasgow. The documentary is presented by Muriel Gray who tells the story of the Glasgow Boys, a [...]
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2010
In Celebration of Mothers
Like your wife’s birthday and ‘the anniversary’, Mother’s Day is one of those dates that for a truly peaceful life is best not forgotten. So even though it is a busy time for us at Knockderry House with many families taking their mums out for a lovely lunch to say thank you, we all make [...]
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2009
Decorating and Digging up the History
With the end of the season approaching we are taking the annual opportunity to carry out a few repairs and offer the building a bit of tender loving care to see it through another winter. Since taking over the hotel 8 yrs ago we have redecorated, or in some cases made wholesale renovations too, all [...]
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2009
Autumn at Knockderry House
Why does nobody believe me when I tell them what beautiful weather we are having this autumn at Knockderry House? Granted it’s a wee bit late and we can never guarantee it but it just makes the gift of the late autumnal sun all the more precious. The most sceptical are often expatriate Scots, brothers [...]
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