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View from above
On the lawn there was an information tent, a children’s activity tent, the tea tent, one of our new yurts and the pavilion.
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Treetops
A number of special demonstrations took place, including Ben’s tree climbing demo, a yoghurt and...
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Thanks
Many visitors, both people coming to Chisholme for the first time and those who’ve been coming...
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Bounty from the garden
The garden provided a wealth of tasty vegetables and plant cuttings for sale.
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Home baking and jams
100 loaves of bread were baked and sold, 40 jars of raspberry, strawberry and blackcurrent jam, and countless cakes of all descriptions.
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Welcome
On Sunday 1st August Chisholme opened its doors for an Open afternoon.
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Raffle time
The final activity of the afternoon was the calling of the raffle. Forty two prizes had been generously donated by local businesses.
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Special guests
The Borders’ and Lothian fire service paid us a visit and parked by the house for the afternoon.
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Baking 100 loaves of bread
Serious preparations had been going on for two weeks to tidy the lawns, bake the bread and scones, put up the tents and plan the activities.
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Kofte
In the late afternoon the barbeque was lit and John grilled Turkish köfte served with pitta and a tasty salsa.
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Seranading the cream teas
260 scones and many other cakes were enjoyed to some gentle strumming.
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Tea time
One of the main attractions were the cream teas during which Chisholme’s baking, beautiful china and skilled service rose to the challenge.
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Abundance in the garden
The estate was open to those who wanted a wander in the wild woods of Whitrig with...
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Homemade yurt
The yurt, built at Chishome between April and July, was a particular point of curiosity and interest.
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Portrait painting
In addition there was a bric-a-brac stall, a children’s activity tent with face painting and arts...
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Dressed for dinner
In the main house the table was dressed for dinner, and some of the hundreds of beautiful old menus came down from the attic for display.
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Art stall
The Mead Hall hosted an exhibition of archive photos and information about the reconstruction of...
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Open Day 2010
Chisholme House, Scotland
Students (including staff,...
