Textured Landscapes, with Jennie Rayment
This course has been changed to 27th - 29th of May...
Create a unique 3D textured, embroidered and embellished landscape. Discover the manipulative marvels of scrunching, ruching, tucking, folding, inserting and pleating for a dynamically tactile design. Add decorative embroidery from free motion to set machine patterns, learn machine quilting either with or without a walking foot. It is creative play for all - twiddle and fiddle your way through a wide range of amazingly manoeuvred machinations. No artistic ability required - it can't go wrong and if the result is not as intended, the effect will just be a little different! For coloured photographs see http://www.jennierayment.com/ - workshops.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Be our guest, be our guest...
Why not be our guest?
We are offering a special rate over the Easter period of £50 per night for a cosy double or single room for a minimum of a 2 nights stay.
Your bedroom is one of 89 well-appointed en-suite bedrooms from four locations on the Estate. These are sympathetically set in 300 breathtaking acres of Cotswold scenery.
Unwinding has never been easier.
Please contact Lesley on 01386 854206 for more information and to check availability.
We are offering a special rate over the Easter period of £50 per night for a cosy double or single room for a minimum of a 2 nights stay.
Your bedroom is one of 89 well-appointed en-suite bedrooms from four locations on the Estate. These are sympathetically set in 300 breathtaking acres of Cotswold scenery.
Unwinding has never been easier.
Please contact Lesley on 01386 854206 for more information and to check availability.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Extend your stay at Easter...
During Easter weekend we have a wonderful range of courses running from Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th of April and from Sunday 24th - Tuesday 26th of April.
For any new bookings we receive for a course on Easter weekend we are offering a complimentary overnight stay including Dinner for the night preceding or the night following any of our courses.
The courses we have on offer for Easter weekend are:
The French Revolution and its Enemies – 22nd – 24th April with Sean Lang
The Bloomsbury Group – 22nd – 24th April with Geoff Doel & Fran Doel MA
Oil Painting Techniques – 24th – 26th April with Ian Coleman
Everyone Can Sing - A Voice Workshop – 24th – 26th April with Dan Evans
The English Republic 1649-1662 – 24th – 26th April with Andrew Lacey
To take advantage of this great offer please call us on 0333 456 8580 and quote 'Easter11' at the time of booking. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Please visit our website for full terms and conditions.
For any new bookings we receive for a course on Easter weekend we are offering a complimentary overnight stay including Dinner for the night preceding or the night following any of our courses.
The courses we have on offer for Easter weekend are:
The French Revolution and its Enemies – 22nd – 24th April with Sean Lang
The Bloomsbury Group – 22nd – 24th April with Geoff Doel & Fran Doel MA
Oil Painting Techniques – 24th – 26th April with Ian Coleman
Everyone Can Sing - A Voice Workshop – 24th – 26th April with Dan Evans
The English Republic 1649-1662 – 24th – 26th April with Andrew Lacey
To take advantage of this great offer please call us on 0333 456 8580 and quote 'Easter11' at the time of booking. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Please visit our website for full terms and conditions.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Bridge: Improve your Bidding 15th – 17th of April
As we need a few more couples to make the course viable, If you book 2 places (sharing a twin or double bedroom) on the April Bridge course before Friday 18th March, you can extend your stay for an extra night absolutely free with B&B on the Sunday night to include a bottle of house wine in your room on arrival. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Please quote Bridge11 at the time of booking for the offer to be applied. Bookings using this offer need to be made by telephone 0333 456 8580.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
25% off Farncombe Courses
Due to accommodation being full on the following weekends, we are offering 25% discount on our non-residential rate for the following courses which represents a saving of £40.75:
Soul Divas: Here Come the Girl Groups, with Jo Sercombe 6th – 8th of May
Hey ladies, if you catch yourself dancing around in front of the mirror wielding your hairbrush as a microphone, then this is the singing workshop for you! Become part of a giant girl-group for the weekend and sing your favourite soul classics from the great girl-groups of the Motown era. We'll be looking at soul melodies and rhythms, singing backing harmonies, and vocal techniques that help to create that magic Motown sound, while swinging along with The Shirelles, The Marvellettes and others. This is an all-comers workshop run in a group-singing format. There's no need to be able to read music notation and all levels of vocal experience welcome.
Buddhism - A Philosophy for Life, with John Preston 6th – 8th of May
Buddhism is becoming increasingly well known in the West today. This introductory workshop covers the key Buddhist concepts. During the course we also explore the origin of Buddhism, its ethical foundation and enlightenment - the goal of the Buddhist path. The course will include an opportunity to experience a variety of Buddhist meditative exercises (10 - 20 minutes) seated on ordinary chairs. No special postures are required.
Sing the British Isles, with Chris Rowbury 10th – 12th June
You don't have to be a 'folkie' to enjoy singing traditional songs in wonderful 4-part harmony! Whether you only sing in the bath, or are in a choir, this weekend will use songs from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to create gorgeous group harmonies to die for. The British Isles have a rich singing tradition stretching back centuries. Popular songs of the 'folk' have been passed down orally from generation to generation in a range of local dialects and languages. Many of us learnt traditional songs at school. Songs such as The Skye Boat Song, The Ash Grove, Widdicombe Fair, Blow the Man Down and Cockles and Mussels. On this course you will learn traditional songs from the British Isles, all arranged especially for voice only in full glorious harmony. Some familiar, some unexpected, and some in new guises, but all guaranteed to delight and feed your musical soul!
Please quote Full11 at the time of booking to receive the discount. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Offer only applicable when booking over the phone 0333 456 8580.
Soul Divas: Here Come the Girl Groups, with Jo Sercombe 6th – 8th of May
Hey ladies, if you catch yourself dancing around in front of the mirror wielding your hairbrush as a microphone, then this is the singing workshop for you! Become part of a giant girl-group for the weekend and sing your favourite soul classics from the great girl-groups of the Motown era. We'll be looking at soul melodies and rhythms, singing backing harmonies, and vocal techniques that help to create that magic Motown sound, while swinging along with The Shirelles, The Marvellettes and others. This is an all-comers workshop run in a group-singing format. There's no need to be able to read music notation and all levels of vocal experience welcome.
Buddhism - A Philosophy for Life, with John Preston 6th – 8th of May
Buddhism is becoming increasingly well known in the West today. This introductory workshop covers the key Buddhist concepts. During the course we also explore the origin of Buddhism, its ethical foundation and enlightenment - the goal of the Buddhist path. The course will include an opportunity to experience a variety of Buddhist meditative exercises (10 - 20 minutes) seated on ordinary chairs. No special postures are required.
Sing the British Isles, with Chris Rowbury 10th – 12th June
You don't have to be a 'folkie' to enjoy singing traditional songs in wonderful 4-part harmony! Whether you only sing in the bath, or are in a choir, this weekend will use songs from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to create gorgeous group harmonies to die for. The British Isles have a rich singing tradition stretching back centuries. Popular songs of the 'folk' have been passed down orally from generation to generation in a range of local dialects and languages. Many of us learnt traditional songs at school. Songs such as The Skye Boat Song, The Ash Grove, Widdicombe Fair, Blow the Man Down and Cockles and Mussels. On this course you will learn traditional songs from the British Isles, all arranged especially for voice only in full glorious harmony. Some familiar, some unexpected, and some in new guises, but all guaranteed to delight and feed your musical soul!
Please quote Full11 at the time of booking to receive the discount. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Offer only applicable when booking over the phone 0333 456 8580.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
NADFAS courses at Farncombe Estate
The team at Farncombe Estate are now taking bookings for the NADFAS courses which are being held in September.
You can join us here to study the following:
Framing the View: Landscape and Art
The Arts and Crafts House and Garden
Medieval English Craftsmen: Ways of Looking at their Works
All of the study breaks run from 4pm on Friday to 2pm on Sunday on the weekend of the 9th of September 2011. The courses are subject to availability. These course are exclusively for NADFAS members only.
Please call the booking office on 0333 4568580
You can join us here to study the following:
Framing the View: Landscape and Art
The Arts and Crafts House and Garden
Medieval English Craftsmen: Ways of Looking at their Works
All of the study breaks run from 4pm on Friday to 2pm on Sunday on the weekend of the 9th of September 2011. The courses are subject to availability. These course are exclusively for NADFAS members only.
Please call the booking office on 0333 4568580
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Family Fun at the Estate's first ever Easter Egg Hunt
On Thursday the 21st of April we are inviting Families to the Estate to join in with our Easter Egg Hunt. There will be two hunts, one suitable for young children and a more challenging one for older children. All children will need to be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the hunt.
The Easter Egg Hunt will be running between 11am and 3pm.There is free parking on site and free refreshments and biscuits throughout the day.
Entrance Fee: Adults £4 and Children under 15 £2. If you would like to attend then please call us on 01386 854169.
The Easter Egg Hunt will be running between 11am and 3pm.There is free parking on site and free refreshments and biscuits throughout the day.
Entrance Fee: Adults £4 and Children under 15 £2. If you would like to attend then please call us on 01386 854169.
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