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Friday 2nd December 2011

I did my last garden talk of the year last night in Malmesbury, Wiltshire to a packed house at the Kings Arms Hotel http://www.thekahotel.co.uk/Malmesbury.html. The event had been organised by our good friends at Great British Gardens (Paul and Andrea) who run a brilliant website and have recently opened a little office in Malmesbury promoting our garden holidays. http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/ It was very well attended with about 80 guests all very appreciative and keen to visit gardens next year.

I have had this event on my radar for the last few weeks as it was my last talk of the year - and quite a year it has been as you can see from where I've been below.

Watlington (Oxfordshire)

Withington (Herefordshire)

Sittingbourne (Kent)

Inverness

Emsworth(Hampshire)

Royston (Cambridgeshire)

Edinburgh

Biddenham (Bedford)

Budleigh Salterton (Devon)

Wells (Somerset)

Llantwit Major (Wales)

Kings Somborne (Hampshire)

Chichester

Crickhowell (Wales)

Gressenhall (Norfolk)

Evenley (Banbury)

Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh (no less)

Clevdon (Bristol)

Milford on Sea (New Forest)

Benmore (Argyll)

West End (Surrey)

Malmesbury (Wiltshire) phew!!

That's 22 talks at say an average of 50 people at each talk who each tell at least 2 people about that nice young man from Brightwater Holidays and I've potentially reached 3300 people who have now had heard of Brightwater Holidays.

I usually find where I am speaking an hour or so before I am due (nothing worse than being late!) then sneak off and find a local pub and have a pint of Guinness and listen to the gossip and chit chat of what's going on in the area - it is a really interesting way to get a grip of what is going on in the country. Perhaps David Cameron should try it? (Best pub of the year? White Hart in Llantwit Major) I have done a hell of a lot of miles and late night drives along the A303 or M4 listening to Radio 4 and sneaking into my house in the early hours - anyway that's another year of talks under my belt. Thanks to all to came - and remember I said it wasn't a 'heavy sell' well we actually have a really nice new holiday brochure out next week.............