Last Post?

Hmmm.  I'm wondering whether business could be brisker? Is it just that it's November and it's raining again?

Or could it be something that I've done?

"You never want to see how laws and sausages are made," wrote one of my potential internet dates the other day.

Re-reading what I have written recently in the blogs below - well its hardly how you would normally advertise a B&B is it?! And I call myself a sales-person!  

May I just reassure all potential guests that Wydemeet is the most utterly, wonderful, fantastic place to stay!  47 x the full five blobs in just one year, giving us TripAdvisor's top ranking for any B&B on Dartmoor - well. Golly wow! 

I am so massively proud of our home and the service that we offer. Our little team tries its absolute hardest to make sure that everything is absolutely immaculate at all times.

Meanwhile, attempting to provide lighthearted, quirky advice for anyone thinking of setting up a B&B, which is what this blog has been mostly about, and then putting it on the same website as marketing that B&B is actually, in retrospect, completely nuts.  

I will therefore shortly be removing the blog altogether, and attempting to start turning what I have written into a book; but first of all I have to find out how!  

So, potential guests, please bear with me, and be assured that everyone visiting Wydemeet has an incredibly memorable, enjoyable and relaxing stay - as far as I am aware anyway.  So do come! 

And, once we've discussed all the best nearby eating places, you've popped out to experience for yourself the magical wildness and beauty of our immediate vicinity, we've talked about what you'd most like to get out of your stay, and what you'd most like for breakfast, where and when; you'll be prepared and braced for whether you want to hear any more of this kind of drivel!

The second explanation is because of booking.com.  I think I have rung them five times asking for them to reinstate me on their site - at the moment Im using no agents at all.  I have even advised them that I wont pay their latest invoice until they do so, and had no response as usual.

Well yesterday I discovered why their company appears to have gone a bit wonky.  It was national news on the radio that they are being targetted by fraudsters claiming to be accommodation providers, taking deposits for bookings, and disappearing. Well.  Fancy!  But right now I need them! Please reinstate me booking. com.  All is forgiven!

So this diary has been performing rather a lot of functions over the past year or so.  Whilst it was primarily intended as a Self Help Guide for the bemused, broke and bewildered coming out of relationships, wondering what the future might hold, I'm not sure a single person like that reads it!

I have a feeling that not very many potential guests read it either.

However, it's certainly proved useful to give potential internet dates a clear picture of what they are letting themselves in for with me.

And various friends check in and out in order to update themselves on progress at the Hadow's.

But all of this has meant that I have to be pretty careful about what I go public on.

So now I've had a new idea.

I think the Search Engine Optimisation of this site is already pretty good, so it probably doesnt need a regular blog - and if I find out I am slipping down the rankings by not contributing any longer, I can update it with banal observations on the changing seasons of Dartmoor.  All is going golden brown at the moment, by the way.

Meanwhile, I thought I might now change to a more secret, fewer holds barred diary, which I could turn into 'Surviving Solo Volume 2', once it's been past scrupulous lawyers. So hold on to your seats guys!

And in the meantime, thank you all, so much, and goodbye.  I will miss you.  It's been tremendous fun. I have enjoyed sharing the progress of my life and Wydemeet B&B with you so much.

With love to you all

Mary xx