Hello, sorry for the delay in this blog, life has been busy.
New menu – we have a simple home-cooked Inn menu (classic pub grub) and a weekly specials, please check website for details. Oggy Ogbourne, his latest escapade saw him in an Australian jail, after allegedly having a relationship with a koala bear. His solicitor has refuted all allegations. Music quiz Kevin's quiz again saw the restaurant team winning. The Bread competition was a great success. Thanks for taking part, see later for your next challenge! Burger deal Buy 10 get one free, ask at the bar for your card. Lauren - has had a baby girl, called Lilly Rose and was born Saturday 23rd March at 6 pound 4 oz. Beer festival will be on the May Bank Holiday 24th – 27th . Culinary challenge for the Sunday afternoon will be PASTIES . .afternoon tea will also be on the cards so cake makers get baking. Prizes up for winning cake and pasty. Murder mystery. Kevin Akers, if you are interested in taking part, acting in a Ogbourne mystery, please contact Kevin on kevin_akers@msn.com 6 nations . . winners on the sweep were Andy Crozier , Andy Wall, Chris Allen, Grand National sweep won by Doug Clarke ,Dylis Child ,Chris Allen and Donzil A joke from Baydon,

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS......

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

Recently, a friend of mine was diagnosed with A.A.A.D..D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I head towards the garage, I notice post on the porch table that I picked up from the postman earlier.

I decide to go through it before I wash the car.

I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the postbox when I take out the recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in the desk in my study, so I go into the house to my desk where I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup..

As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

I put the coffee on the worktop and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers..

I put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV, I’ll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I put the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed

The bills aren't paid

There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all bloody day and I'm really tired..

I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.....

Do me a favour. Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I can't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

From Jan & Gerry YOUR DUCK IS DEAD............ ????


A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."
The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet..
"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a Labrador Retriever.
As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck's ass. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat.
The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "£150!" she cried, "£150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been £20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now £150." It’s been a long time since I last contacted you about life at the Inn We enjoyed our Sundays’ off- went and saw a few other pub restaurants, went to London Irish for rugby, met Lauren’s boyfriend family, 1/2 marathon in Cardiff, went to see Natalie in Plymouth and invited some people over for supper. Thank you for the support over the Christmas, sorry we didn’t fulfil the darts, golf and throwing the paperclip (maybe a summer activities). Kevin excelled with the music quiz. I enjoyed New Years eve thanks for contributing to the food. The Big breakfast was well attended and I was glad when it was finished . The caravan (Lauren’s palace) is now in place and lived in. To all the doubters- why wouldn’t it fit in. Great job by the A team . I am sorry to have to pull the beer promotion, but Keystone seem not to realise that we were promoting their beer and wanted to deliver not when we needed it. During the Xmas period we rang 3 breweries, no one answered the phone. Things to come Rugby 6 nations will be shown on the big screen , if you want to add a bit of spice, come and spend £5.00 on the 6 nations competition. Valentines dinner will be on Thursday 14th for true romantics and on Saturday 16th of February. Mothering Sunday is on 10th of March. Bread competition on Monday 1st of April. Price increase on 1st March. I am thinking of doing a Charity Summer ball- we always support Prospect, what other charity should we support, let me know if you have any views. Love and peace Mike

November blog
In the past month we had the men vs boys’ darts. I am disappointed to report that the men got stuffed by youths and Andy Wall. We will take revenge on Sunday 23rd of December - any cheerleaders available?
I took part in the Cardiff ½ marathon on Sunday 14th of October – had a time of 2 hours and .21 seconds – not happy as I usually am under 2 hours?
Meg and I have now returned from a week in Sharm El Sheikh where the sun was glorious, the Russians less so!
Thanks go to Jan & Gerry for holding the fort so well.

Future events and other things

Movember- is a man near you sprouting? Go on put some money in the bucket on the bar for men’s health charities.

Quiz this Sat 3rd Nov. Meg says she can get some of the answers so come down and see if you can out score her!

Well Inn beer promotion - buy 6 get one free (b6gof – not quite the same as BOGOF).

Friday 9th for 4weeks I will be cooking fresh fish & chips from 4.30 till 6.00 – eat in or takeaway, so get some brain food for you and or the kids.

Re-opening on Sundays - from the 2nd of Dec.
Sunday lunch from 12.00 to 2.30 Roast Beef will be the roast of the day. New menu tasting from 4.00 ‘til 5.00

Rugby international, if televised on Fri. or Sat. will be on the big screen.

Pickled egg competition judging will take place on Fri. 21st of Dec.

Christmas day lunch – there are a few spaces available, please book soon to avoid disappointment.

Other events to be programmed in over Christmas will be Golf competition, quiz, throwing a paperclip and other things I’ll think up.

New Year’s Eve from 8 ‘till late
This Year’s theme is a celebration of 50 years of
Bond and the Beatles

Dress as you did when seeing your first Bond movie or Beatles concert/ movie!
We would like you to bring some cold food for a mixed buffet at 9.30 p.m.
January 1st 2013 The Big Breakfast will be in operation like the institution it is.
Lauren or Jordan will be opening the Inn for drinks from Wed 2nd (Mon to Sat) from 6.00 to 9.00.
The inn will be fully operational from Mon 14th January.

Love & kisses
Mike

October and November the Inn will be closed all day on Sundays- we need to review our Sunday offering (currently throwing more roasts away than serving), check out the opposition, have some down time (recent trip advisor review mentioned that although we ticked all the boxes  we looked jaded), make up a new menu for weekdays, have a social life, lack of staff ( not keen on taking on a full time member of staff over the winter for them to leave in early summer as has happened on 6 previous occasions)
When we first arrived we had a good drinking crew in on Sunday, now it has dwindled to 2 or 3.

Michaela has now left the building- gone to work at the Royal Oak in Marlborough. She has been with us for 5 years, and has worked in all departments – we wish her luck.

Darts Old v Young Thursday 11th October – will the experience be repeated?

Poker night, second Friday of the month.

Our resident photographer, Graham Stewart has loaned some wildlife photos in the restaurant, please take a look next time you are in.

Curry nights every Thursday. Currently £9.55 for poppadums', curry, rice, side and naan bread. Quote from our recent unannounced hotel inspection “The dishes were attractively presented in white contemporary china showing off the colour of the food” the inspector went onto say how the food was, finally noting “All credit to Ali for providing a very well executed and presented meal”
The whole of the inspection of the rooms and hospitality is in the same vein!

I am currently finalising food and drink deals for the winter, please check notice boards for exclusive deals.

Jan & Gerry will be taking over on Tuesday October 16th as we are going to Egypt for a week.

Half marathon Cardiff, I will be partaking of this event on Sunday 14th of October. I’m looking forward to being part of the Ogbourne running club, starting soon.

See you all soon

“May your god go with you”,
Mike.

P.s. taking bookings for Christmas day- see menu

Another week, another dollar VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL This album has 4 photos and will be available on SkyDrive until 26/09/2012.
Chris’s daughter, Fe, had her wedding reception at the Inn on the 16th of June. Above are a couple of photos. It was a real Ogbourne effort. Helping move furniture in the morning were Dave Child, Donzal and Andy W. Waitressing were Louise, Dilys, Lauren. Michaela and Megan. Taking the photos was Graham. Thanking you all for your help.
Meanwhile, Phil, Doug and Natalie were running a bar for the Gough’s wedding at Westfield farm.
We have decided to leave Cask Marque, who check our ales, as we have not gained any benefit from the £175 we pay annually, apart from confirming with 100% marks that our beers get.
New opening hours
Monday to Friday 4.00 –11.00
Saturday 12.00 to 11.00
Sunday 12.00 to 10.00
We will open any lunchtime if a group of 10 or more people is booked. We would like a minimum of 24 hours notice.
Trip Advisor
We have received, for the second year running, a certificate of excellence from Trip advisor.
Darts
On Thursday 21st of June The over 50’s played the under 50’s.
The format was 4 singles. 3 pairs and 6 aside of a 1001.
It was a good night and showed that old fashioned pub games still have a place to play in the community.
Euro 2012 and Wimbledon
We will be showing the football and tennis on the big screen (great picture). Thanks go to Janet and Andrew for supplying chocolates and jelly babies for the recent England games. If your paid £100,000 a week, surely you shouldn't miss a penalty!
Dates for your diary
Poker Friday 13th of July
Wii on the big screen Friday 31st of August
Sports/ Olympic quiz Friday 27th, with the opening ceremony on the big screen
Dominoes 3’s and 5’s Wednesday 18th of July
Men’s tennis final. Sunday 8th July. See Megan stressed if Rafa’s in the final!
Love & peace
Chef Mike
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St George’s Weekend
The return of our St George’s Weekend saw quizzing, spoofing, live music and ale galore hit the ‘The Inn with the Well’. We would thank everyone who supported us by coming to any of the activities and drinking our beer! And kudos to the brave few who drank our 7.5% Perry.

Cribbage Teams
The cribbage season has now ended with both of our teams doing themselves and the pub proud. Respectable positions for both teams were secured in both leagues and it was a pleasure to host your meetings this year. Anyone who may be interested in joining our cribbage teams just let us know.

Quizzes
Our next quiz evening will be Friday 25th May and will see instalment number three of Kevin’s extremely popular Music Quiz. We have had two different winners to date, so gather a team of 4-6 players and come along at around 8.30pm to test your music knowledge from throughout the decades!

Bank Holiday Monday
We will not be altering our normal opening hours for the forthcoming bank holiday Monday. Therefore on 7/5/2012 we will be open from 4pm to 10pm.

Scarecrow Competition
In celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee this summer, the village is holding a scarecrow competition. A scarecrow must be designed and built with a ‘royal’ theme in mind. Cash prizes go to the best three entrants.
Darts Evening
To all budding dart superstars, as mentioned in the previous newsletter Thursday evenings now host a friendly darts evening. These evenings are being played with a view to starting a team for the upcoming winter league.
Wii Night
Guaranteed fun to be had by all at our Wii Night! Create an avatar of yourself and compete against your local rivals in a wide variety of sports and games ranging from golf to boxing!
Other news
Jan & Gerry will be taking the reins for a week at the end of May as we are all skiving off! So treat them well and don’t miss us too much.
Thank you to everyone who generously gave money to our Help for Heroes charity box. It was collected recently and we raised £82.41! Again, thank you.

Belated Mr & Mrs Result
After forgetting to mention it in our February blog, we would like to announce Kevin & Sue as the 2012 Mr & Mrs winners. There were revelations aplenty and, after learning plenty about certain participant’s private lives, Kev and Sue were triumphant.

Don’s Party
The end of March saw the long awaited 50th Birthday Party of Mr Donald Cook. There was a brilliant turnout for one of the villages most charismatic and liked individuals and laughter and fun was shared by everyone. Don would like to thank everyone for turning up and for all of his wonderful gifts and cards. Here’s to the next 50 Don!

Dart’s Pairs
March also saw The Inn with the Well’s inaugural Dart’s Pairs competition. Pairs were drawn randomly but the pairing of Chris Allen and Alastair turned out to be inspired as they romped home to victory. Their name will now be put onto our Pairs Trophy, Congratulations!

Sofas and Dart Board
As you may or may not know we now have two new sofas! The dart board has also been moved to a new location so why not come along and try out the new oche and new seating!

New Menu
April also see the launch of our new spring/summer menu. Please go to our website – www.theinnwiththewell.co.uk for the full menu.

Quizzes
We have two exciting quizzes coming soon, the first of which sees the return of Kevin’s Music Quiz. It was a huge hit last time out so get your teams of 4-6 together and come along on Sunday 8th April at around 8pm.
Our second quiz is for the patriotic among you, the St George’s Quiz! As part of our St George’s festival this quiz will cover everything from dragons to famous Georges. Friday 20th April from 8pm (all nationalities welcome).

Other news
Other news for the upcoming month includes the introduction of our new cider, Pheasant Plucker. It’s packed full of flavour and perfect for the Caribbean weather.
Summer Sunday hours will come into practice from the 1st of April. We will be open from Midday through to 10pm.
We are currently looking for a cleaner/housekeeper for Saturday and Sunday mornings.
As you may have read in the dragon, The Inn with the Well will be hosting a friendly darts evening every Thursday from 8.30pm starting on Thursday 12th April. This will be with a view to starting a team for the winter league.

Please find attached details of St George’s Weekend & Our Afternoon Teas

Dart’s Pairs Tournament
Friday 16th March will witness Ogbourne St George’s finest dart players assemble for The Inn with the Well’s Dart’s Pairs Competition. With free entry, prizes for the winners and a great atmosphere guaranteed you’d be mad to miss it.
Other Upcoming Events
March’s poker night falls on Friday 9th March.
Live 6 Nations Rugby games to be shown on Sat 10th, Sun 11th & Sat 17th March.
Other dates of significance include the 29th April & 16th June when we will be closed and 24th March when there will be no food in the evening (we are going to the party of the century!)

OPENING HOURS FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER
THE INN IS CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY LUNCHTIMES
Monday & Tuesday open 4.00 - 11.00p.m.
Wednesday to Saturday open from 12.00am – 11.00pm
Sunday 12 – 10pm
Food is served from 12 - 2.30 & 6.30 – 8.30pm

New menu will be in operation from April 2nd

From Phil

The end of December saw the 2011 Inn with the Well singles Darts Tournament. After hours of multi-board action Pat Mason emerged triumphant and added his name to the long and distinguished list of previous winners (all three of them)! The crowd’s favourite, however, was surely Phil who fought back from a first round defeat to claim the plate tournament (guess who wrote this???)! All eyes now turn back to our on-going dart’s ladder. 

Darts & Music Quiz 

During the month of December we had our Darts Quiz, with Donzil and Andy Harrop claiming Bully’s Star Prize of a bottle of fine port each! A shout out must also go to Alastair who won himself an extra small Inn with the Well shirt and a chocolate bar! The same month saw the our fantastic music quiz, which was brilliantly organised by Mr Kevin Akers. The team of Richard Thomas, Tom Hepple, Anna Hepple & Jenny Hepple came out on top (mainly due to Tom’s infinite knowledge of 1990’s dance music!). A big thank-you to all who participated in these events because together they saw us raise a terrific £181.37 for Prospect!

Christmas Day 

Great to see so many faces at the bar for a Christmas drink. Thanks to al the guest who partook of Xmas lunch. New Years Eve Angie and Andrew played out 2011 in style and for a change we had Auld Lang Syne sung properly and got midnight on the dot! Thanks to all who came in the spirit and dressed accordingly.

The big breakfast 

Tough session for the chef but a nice end to the winter festivities. 

6X Promotion 

This winter witnessed 6X fever grip Ogbourne St George with our 6 x 6X promotion with a weekend trip to the New Forest up for grabs. The winner was decided on New Year’s eve as Dave Brooks (an out-of-towner!!!) claimed the prize. Well done Dave! 

Bar Top/Cellar/Room Floor/Toilet Refurbished 

All the jobs that needed doing were done, thanks to Big Phil and Andy the pony tail, or setting up the bar and getting rid of the dust. 

Cask Marque 

We recently had our regular Cask Marque check and as usual received a 100% certification. 

Pig Racing Friday 

7th February 8.00’ish. Be there for fun and frolics. The guy who runs it is very amusing. 

Bistro Menus 

To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year we have a special package offer and several one-off menus on the weekend of the 10th & 11th of February. Details of these deals are attached to this e-mail, however accommodation and tables must be booked soon due expected high numbers. 

Mr & Mrs Quiz 

Friday 10th February also sees our Valentine’s Mr & Mrs quiz. So come along and put your relationship to the test and see if you are destined soul-mates or should just be mates. £5 entry per couple, proceeds will go to help for heroes and Prospect. 

Rugby Fixtures 

Show your true colours this February and March when the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Tournament gets underway. Almost every game (the one exception being the France vs Ireland game on Saturday 11th February) will be screened on The Inn’s big screen! Click on the following link to see the full fixture list for this year’s tournament - http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/matchcentre/match-centre_fixtures-results.php. This tournament will also see the return of our book on the various statistics of the tournament, see Phil to place your bets (£5 per person for 5 categories). 

OAP Menu/Double Discount 

Our Thursday lunchtime Senior’s Special has changed slightly in 2012. Instead of a set menu and price, senior citizens with a loyalty card, (available at the bar, please ask) will now receive a 20% discount on all items on our regular menu. 

Donzil’s Birthday 

The countdown to the event of the year has begun! No not the Olympics or the Jubilee but Donzil Cook’s 50th Birthday party! If you are lucky enough, expect invitations soon.

Phil has moved into Marlborough, if you have any items surplus to requirement, talk to Phil.
Tuesday night is Dart night- Phil now has his own darts - challenge him on a Tuesday.
Love & peace Mike

Quiz raised £150, thanks to all who turned up and Mickaela for producing excellent cakes.

See below for whats happening.

Winter opening hours

Mon & Tues 4-11, food 6.30-8.30

Wed- Sat 12.00 to 11.00, food 12-2.30 & 6.30-8.30

Sunday 12-5, food 12-2.30

Rugby Scotland versus England ( the big one) Saturday1st Oct. Breakfast starts when the match starts at 8.30, Sunday 2nd Oct. Ireland versus Italy same time, same place, different day.
Cider pressing on Sat. 8th October, be there or be a pomegranite?
The “Boys 2 Men” group will be having there 1st outing?! on Thursday 13th Oct. at a charity darts tournament at Marlborough football club, please contact Graham for details etc.
Enjoy our new lunch-time special offers! From 1/10/11 – 30/11/2011
Wag Wednesdays’ Free cocktail with any main course.
Senior Thursdays’ 2 course lunch £5.95
Fishy Fridays’ special deal on selected items!
Don’t miss our new winter menu.
New features and old traditions meet in our improved winter menu, starting Tuesday 1st of November
Curry nights every Thursday starting 1st Thurdsay in October.
Choose from 4 curries and 3 side orders.
Test yourself with ours physical and mental activities!
Partake in our set of fun and challenging ‘sports’ and become the ultimate pub athlete in The Inn with the Well’s Pub Olympics.1st event “ Don” your plus fours, come along to our golf night (4/11/11) and try your luck at our putting and drinking challenges.
Try your luck at our poker nights held every 2nd Friday of the month. Find out how much you actually know about your other half in our New Year Mr and Mrs Challenge.
Join our stimulating social groups!
Come along to one of the WD-40 get togethers or participate in the brand-new ‘boys 2 men’ tour group.
Get involved with our themed evenings!
Place your bets and hope for the best with our big-screen race nights (coming early 2012)
Top selling draught beer promotion! Starts 1/10/11
Claim your chance to win a 2 day bed & breakfast break for two in the New Forest with our ‘6X 6x’ offer.
Christmas day menu at £55.00 per person
Please open attached starter plate to view the menu.
Jan & Gerry will be her from 20th for approx. 8 days while we go to Northern Cyprus. Big Phil will still be here.
Thats all for this month.
Peace & Luv, Mike

Hello playmates,

Quiz raised £150, thanks to all who turned up and Mickaela for producing excellent cakes.

See below for whats happening.

Winter opening hours

Mon & Tues 4-11, food 6.30-8.30

Wed- Sat 12.00 to 11.00, food 12-2.30 & 6.30-8.30

Sunday 12-5, food 12-2.30

Rugby Scotland versus England ( the big one) Saturday1st Oct. Breakfast starts when the match starts at 8.30, Sunday 2nd Oct. Ireland versus Italy same time, same place, different day.
Cider pressing on Sat. 8th October, be there or be a pomegranite?
The “Boys 2 Men” group will be having there 1st outing?! on Thursday 13th Oct. at a charity darts tournament at Marlborough football club, please contact Graham for details etc.
Enjoy our new lunch-time special offers! From 1/10/11 – 30/11/2011
Wag Wednesdays’ Free cocktail with any main course.
Senior Thursdays’ 2 course lunch £5.95
Fishy Fridays’ special deal on selected items!
Don’t miss our new winter menu.
New features and old traditions meet in our improved winter menu, starting Tuesday 1st of November
Curry nights every Thursday starting 1st Thurdsay in October.
Choose from 4 curries and 3 side orders.
Test yourself with ours physical and mental activities!
Partake in our set of fun and challenging ‘sports’ and become the ultimate pub athlete in The Inn with the Well’s Pub Olympics.1st event “ Don” your plus fours, come along to our golf night (4/11/11) and try your luck at our putting and drinking challenges.
Try your luck at our poker nights held every 2nd Friday of the month. Find out how much you actually know about your other half in our New Year Mr and Mrs Challenge.
Join our stimulating social groups!
Come along to one of the WD-40 get togethers or participate in the brand-new ‘boys 2 men’ tour group.
Get involved with our themed evenings!
Place your bets and hope for the best with our big-screen race nights (coming early 2012)
Top selling draught beer promotion! Starts 1/10/11
Claim your chance to win a 2 day bed & breakfast break for two in the New Forest with our ‘6X 6x’ offer.
Christmas day menu at £55.00 per person
Please open attached starter plate to view the menu.
Jan & Gerry will be her from 20th for approx. 8 days while we go to Northern Cyprus. Big Phil will still be here.
Thats all for this month.
Peace & Luv, Mike

20th anniversary of the Inn, for those that turned up had an exceptional Greek gourmet buffet produced by the Greek component of Megs family. Thank you to Tracey Costas Theo and Irena.
The snickers cake competition was won by John T. A special thanks to Janet, Andrew and big Chris for organising the whip round and presenting the card etc. To see photos of the event go to our facebook via www.theinnwiththewell.co.uk and press facebook button, please join as a friend.

Jan & Gerry did a sterling job whilst we had a few days off, sprucing up the b & b rooms.
Newquay we also took time to visit Natalie in her natural environment - are bouncers getting younger and smaller? We went to Watergate bay very pleasant but we declined the £58.00 for tasting menu + £44 to add wine per person at Jamie’s 15. We had a decent meal in the living room in the hotel instead.

Carol’s funeral - Sadly Carol (mad Carol to some of us) passed away recently. We went to the funeral and I was pleased to see a great turnout from the regulars including the ones from afar i.e. Big Chris and Barbara & Des.

Beer online if you want to know what beers are on and what beers are in the cellar please text
Beer729 to 84555 “to get real time beer news from the Inn with the Well”

World cup rugby matches please see list in the Inn, we will be offering breakfast with the matches shown.
Competitions related to the rugby world cup, talk to Megan or Phil
£5.00 will allow you to £1.00 in each of the five categories-
£2.00 to enter the world cup sweepstake –half the money will go to the winner and the other to The Open Door Charity which was very close to Carol’s heart.

Projector We will be purchasing a new projector for the rugby – if any have experience of a good projector please let us know the make and model number.

Christmas menu I will have Xmas party menus and Xmas day menu by the end of August.

Football fantasy system the form is self explanatory? See below, please hand into the Inn by August 31st

Love & peace, Mike

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Ogbourne St. George,
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Lauren had her birthday party on Monday 25th April which, thank God wasn’t in Natalie's legendary parties, and is now old enough to learn how to drive, how time flies? Thanks Andy Wall for your help.

The smoking area was built by Glen and his team as a temporary shelter, I think it looks great especially with the plants on the wall.

We hosted the Crib leagues final night on Wed. 4th of May. A good evening was had by all.

The new menu is now in operation, please go to our website on www.theinnwiththewell.co.uk to view or come into the inn and browse the extensive menu.

Megan's “ladies who lunch” will become “ladies who golf” this Thursday, 12th of May, as Ben Newman will have his hands full (sic) teaching them.

Please note we will not be open in the evening of Sunday May 15th.

A price increase on drinks will be implemented on Monday 16th of May.

Seniors lunch will be Thursday 26th of May.

Megan & I are taking a few days off at the end of May, ostensibly to see Take That in Sunderland. So Jan and Gerry will be in charge from Mon. 23rd to Saturday 28th of May.

We are still searching for a full time member of staff, I’m hoping to have someone start in June, if so our hours will be extended.

Love & peace Mike

Red Nose Day

This album has 4 photos and will be available on SkyDrive until 10/07/2011.

Fund raising
Red nose day raised over £90.00. The dance guess was won by Helen Town.
Thank you all for attending the quiz. The Rhyming slang answers are at http://businessballs.com/cockney.htm
The Rugby cumulative scores system, won by Barrie R S £51.00 raised for Prospect.
Rugby egg (made by Megan) raised  £46.00 for Prospect.
The Grand National draw was won by Helen Town.

You should have received the Easter & St.Georges Day itinerary. Anyone who wants to help by pouring beer is welcome- wages are 3 pints per hour worked (on a tab) please let me know.

Senior lunch will be run on Thursday 28th of April.

We are looking for a general assistant to work Wed to Sundays 2.00 to 10.00 please let me know if any one is interested.

Marshall required for the Og. 8 on Sat 23rd, any takers.

Summer opening hours
Wed to Sunday 12-3
Evenings Mon to Sat 6 to 11 & Sunday 6 to 10.

Love & peace  Mike & Megan
Dates for the diary
Closed on Sunday 15th May and Thursday 16th June
20th anniversary party will be on 24th July

Photo with Donzal showing him leaving before closing time! is this a first?

love & kisses
Mike

What’s going on.
6 nations rugby is been shown on the big screen- Meg has made a chocolate rugby ball which is being offered at £1 a square (100 available). Also with the rugby, a cumulative points for all teams to be guessed £2.00 a go (£1 to charity and £1 to winner) .Last opportunity to have a go is Thursday 11th of Feb. Moneys will be donated to Prospect.
Oggy Ogbourne adventures can be viewed on the photo frame in the pub.

24th Feb. Meg is taking the ladies sausage making-, last month it was Glass making at Jeannette Thierin in the village.

We are away this weekend. Jane Merritt will be running the Inn No food available.
Hours as follows
11th Friday 6 to close
12th Saturday 6 to close
13th Sunday 1 to 5 (Irish game)
14th Monday 6 to close
15th Tuesday closed.
16th Wed normal hours.

Our 2 crib teams are both mid table.

Peter and I will be running/walking the Terminator in Pewsey on Sun 27th of Feb. Wish us luck!

Don’t forget that Mothering Sunday is April 3rd- book early to avoid disappointment.

If anyone wants specific beers for St. Georges day please let me know.
New menu based on our 20 years will be available from early April.

Love and peace Mike

Took off Sunday to attend Tom & Robertas party. Luckily I had to go and see a Harry Potter film at 6.30 or I'd still be there?

Thanks for the invite.

Fulfilling Food, Boisterous Beers, Relaxing Rooms

01672 841445 or info@theinnwiththewell.co.uk

Happy Christmas

Christmas Hours 2010

Monday 20 6 to 11

Tuesday 21 12 to 3 and 6 to 11

Wednesday 22 12 to 3 and 6 to 11 Crib play to lose 9 p.m.

Thursday 23 12 to 3 and 6 to 11

Friday 24 12 to 3 and 6 to 11 Quiz 4 charity 9 p.m.

Saturday 25 CLOSED

Sunday 26 Boxing Day 12-4 Drinks and limited Snacks

Monday 27 12 to 3 and 6 to 11 Darts pairs, teams by lottery!

Tuesday 28 12 to 3 and 6 to 11

Wednesday 29 12 to 3 and 6 to 11 Wii night extreme challenge?

Thursday 30 12 to 3 and 6 to 11

Friday 31 12 to 3

8.30 Till late (Cheese and Wine platter available at £12.50)

Saturday 1st of January The Big breakfast 1 to 5 p.m.

On a lunchtime, when we are normally closed during the winter, if you have a group of 10+ people and would like to book lunch, please ring a day in advance and we will open.

Any suggestion for beers you would like to see over the Christmas period please let me know, Pat has asked me to get in some Old Timer! Is this a request or about himself ?

A question that has being asked “why are you closed on Sundays?” and explained but below is the answer for those who don’t know.
1) Since August we have lost Natalie Polish- 10 shifts, Natalie Shaw 4 shifts, Lauren 1 shift, and Dilys our housekeeper is off sick 5 shifts, total of 20 shifts.
2) The menu for Sunday is a completely different.
3) Megan needs time to go and see her Mother.
4) Last Sunday, up at 7.45, cooked 12 breakfasts, sorted out weekly paperwork, organised and helped clean and change 6 bedrooms, clean Inn. Then at 1.30 took Megan out for her birthday meal (Birthday on the Saturday). Good “Day off”.

We will be re-opening on Sundays from 28th of November from 12 –4 . Donzal, Tom, Richard, Wendy and Peter who visited us every Sunday during the summer, will be especially welcome.

VAT increase.

Vat increase by 2.5% on Jan 4th. We will hold the price of 6X and wines, all other prices will rise.

We are looking for a kitchen assistant for Sunday lunchtimes, 12 to 3.30, preferably 15+ – good rates of pay. Please ask for Megan or Mike.

I wish everyone a good run up and an excellent Christmas and thank you all for all your support during 2010.

Love and peace, Mike.

We will be running a quiz during Oct. I will also be running the marathon from Marathon to Athens on Oct 31st. jan 7 Gerry will be running the Inn from 27/10 to Monday 8th of November. 

4 duos from the pub played/laughed there way round 9 holes. Please come to the inn to see photos.

I will be putting a winter programme together very soon. Quizzes, brewery trips, choclate sunday, ladies nights-flower arranging etc.

Mike. 

We also had our yearly unannounced visit from trading standards, again no problems.

I'm off to wembley on Sat. to watch Swindon in the play offs, beeen twice to see Exeter, one win one loss!

If I could load a picture I'd show you them relaxing with a drink or two as they debriefed (no not taking their shorts off).

The rest of the afternoon our locals drank Pimms and cider.