New television for Barn
We have finally got around to replacing our trusty old ancient Sony television for an up to date wide screen Sony digital (Freeview) television!
The old set was a Sony Trinitron KV-14T1U colour tv which appears to date from 1995 (at least this is the date of the instruction manual)—so I guess you could say we have had our money’s worth out of that set! It still works perfectly—there is
nothing wrong with it—but we felt that people expect something more up to date nowadays, especially for a 4-star establishment.
The new set is a Sony Bravia KDL-19BX200BU (where do they get these ‘names’ from?) which we got in the John Lewis sale. It gets all the Freeview channels and will of course still work when the old analogue tv signal is switched off here in September.
Website upgrade
Apologies to anyone who has tried to access this site during the last couple of days. After a change of server and a necessary upgrade to a few of the applications which run the site we are almost back up and running as before! The site should be faster to access and more responsive now. Otherwise, apart from a few new images, nothing much else has changed.
Gold Award for Rhydd Barn!
Rhydd Barn has just been awarded the extra accolade of a Gold Award after this year’s assessment by VisitBritain/EnjoyEngland. The Gold Award comes in addition to maintaining our Four Star (Self Catering) rating and is a well-deserved acknowledgment of all the work and love Rosemary has invested in the barn. To quote from EnjoyEngland’s Gold and Silver Awards web page: “VisitEngland’s unique Gold and Silver awards are given in recognition of exceptional quality within a property’s star rating, or for outperforming a star rating”.
Brochure improvements
We have added more pictures to the Rhydd Barn Brochure and updated a few of the existing ones. Also made a few minor changes in layout and to the map on the back. You can download a copy of the brochure in PDF format from the link at the top of the sidebar to the right. It may take up to 30 seconds to download depending on the speed of your internet connection. The brochure is a summary of all the information on this site including the pictures.
We are also adding more pictures to the site itself over the next few weeks and a few more new features will appear soon after.
