The next installment from the ‘Old Poacher’ our hotel chester resident canine gossip mongerer!

Well we have had an interesting week at our little hotel Chester, we had a group of visitors from Castletown Rugby Club in the Isle of Man over for the Chester Tournament and they all had a great time at lunch on Friday last before taking in the Sale v Newcastle game in Stockport.

Continuing the Rugby theme one of our chefs also helped to support the St Georges Day luncheon at Burnage Rugby Club in Manchester whose members often come for our bed & breakfast Chester and once again a great time was had by all.

This week sees our hotel accommodation Chester go live on Laterooms.com which should make it easier for guests to book a hotel room Chester with us, we’ve had a fair few bookings already which has visibly excited the staff, but although this is a good step forward, customers can of course can still book directly by telephone or email.

There are moves afoot to see if we can increase our outside seating area in order to support the anticipated influx of tourists during various Chester Festivals this summer as well as providing an improved facility for visitors and our regular customers.

This week will see the first prize winner in our Chill Out Friday business card draw. The lucky winner will receive a £50 drinks account to spend over the bar. It’s not too late to get your card in the draw, just visit us between 4pm and 8pm this Friday and deposit your business card in the ice bucket for a chance to win. April’s draw will be made at 8pm in the bar but if you can’t make it before then there is always next month.  We have also increased our free nibbles on offer at Chill Out Fridays which has proved very popular with the regulars, it’s a shame I can’t get my gnashers on them, they look yummy.

Anyway it looks like it’s going to be a great summer with the Chester Racing Festival starting next week and with all of the other exiting activities taking place this year. I will keep you posted. Watch out for the marketing team’s Bank Holiday blog which should be published tomorrow to let you know all the events in Chester over the weekend.

On a final note, I am pleased to say that Chris is doing well after his stay in hospital.

Yours faithfully

Old Poacher

27.4.10.