Merry Wives of Windsor - This Shakespeare's almost farce was very well received with an outstanding Falstaff (Alex Delamere) - as good as you'll see anywhere - backed up by a first rate company.  Several in the audience commented that they did not believe that Shakespeare could be so much fun.

Two sows produced piglets a few days apart recently.  The first had 10 piglets of varied hue.  The second four including one tiny runt (half-sized piglet) which as I write still survives and seems to be thriving.  Indeed she seems to be the boss of the other three!

Kentwell's Scaresville won the category of best UK Halloween Scare Attraction 2009 at the Screamie Awards on 6th May.  So while the rest of the country was wondering about voting in one contest we were basking in the consequences of a different kind of public vote.

We were re-decorating solidly in the New Year, most notably in the Great Hall and Parlour, subtle differences in the schemes of each may not be obvious to the casual observer but both rooms had begun to look very tired and are now spruced up again.  It is nearly 30 years since both were last done but our busy schedule of activities means that both rooms take a hammering.

WEATHER & BULBS

The wintry weather continued into March with regular frosts which have played havoc with our (frost resistant - ha! ha!) bricks of the Tudor Rose Maze pavement.  In fact recent frosts have done far more damage than the early heavy frosts of December.

Our first Suffolk mare, Violet, died last Friday.  She came to us many years ago when in her prime and we bred many good foals from her and her progeny produced foals too.; and their progeny also.  She had a wonderfully quiet temperament which her foals acquired in great measure and passed on.  She would have been a regular sight to our many visitors.   Her passing was

For over 30 years Kentwell has created Events.  From its Tudor Re-Creations to (recently) Scaresville; from Concerts & Music Festivals to WWII happenings.  Every Event making full use of the beautuful moated Hall, Gardens & Grounds. As a result Kentwell's reputation for originality and the quality of what it presents has spread far and wide.   

Scaresville has gone very well.  We have whole lot of new scares since last year.  We adjust all the time and improve scares that don't work as well as we hope and were even adding new ones during the first week.  The response has been very heartening.  We have a procedure that enables those too frigtened to turn on a torch and then they will not be subjected to the worst of

We are now into Scaresville.  It has been an effort to get it set up in time but we just about made it.

This is an event where we cannot do what we did last time but must edit and alter things so that those who have been before and return can still be surprised.

Our Michaelmas Re-Creation is our last Tudor Re-Creation of the year.  The last of as total of 8 weekends spread from Easter to then.  It is not one of our biggest but it is one of the most popular with the public and like the Great Annual Re-Creation has some schools-only days attached.  It seems to appear to many as a little more intimate.  It is the last weekend in Septem