Langton House Blog

Review of Langton House

Paul — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:15:07 +0000

“I was there for two weeks for a business trip. I like such places; a house, a few rooms, home atmosphere, friendly hosts. Almost like at home. And the street is also pretty quiet. When I will go to Windsor again, I will contact them first.” Drazen, Croatia November 2011

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Paul — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:00:47 +0000

I have just had the most lovely guests staying. They only stayed one night but Heidi was so lovely. I’m assuming she was travelling with her Dad (lets not get into ages here!) and it’s always a dangerous thing to get into making any assumptions in this business but I’m pretty sure I’m right in this case.

Having people like this stay wants me to “review my guests”! We should have a “GuestAdvisor” web site!

Heidi – you get a 5 star rating! Really enjoyed having you and your Dad here, your bubbly personality really brighten up my morning. Hope you enjoy your trip to the UK and maybe see you again some time in the future.

Paul

Langton House Review

Paul — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:53:16 +0000

Dear Paul and Sonja,

We had a fantastic 2-day break at Langton House and would highly recommend it. The room was comfy, facilities great and location ideal for shops, restaurants and castle.

Many thanks for your hospitality.

Sarah

London 2012 Paralympic Games

Paul — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:03:31 +0000

Well I tried to get some tickets for the main Olympic event – aimed at the rowing, not realising so did a million others!

So next step was the Paralympic Games – which it looks like I’ve got tickets to!!!

Wonderful news as I’m getting a bit fed up of hearing from people who had tickets as they booked to stay with us – it is going to be in my face every day that I didn’t get a ticket and loads of people staying have, so at least this way I can look forward to something.

Recent Review

Paul — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:39:17 +0000

Excellent Choice !!

Langton house: cozy, comfortable and clean. The team is so helpful, the breakfast is very satisfying, and the location is great in terms of its closeness to windsor castle and the shopping places and train station. We were very glad that we chose Langton house for a 2-night stay in Windsor. THANKS

Dima – October 2011

England Council houses and the Fat Cats

Paul — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:55:03 +0000

Just found out that there are people earning over £100,000 who still use a state subsidised council house!

For example – Bob Crow, the general secretary of the RMT union has a council house and earns £145,000

This is ridiculous! These people should be kicked out or made to pay proper market rents for these properties!

The Coldstream Guards arrive back into Windsor

Paul — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:19:24 +0000

As the Irish Guards leave Victoria Barracks the Coldstream Guards have arrived back into town for their 3 year stint working in the Castle as well as on operations which look likely to be mainly in Afghanistan.

It is easy to forget that Windsor is a garrison town with 2 regiments based here, the Blues and Royals and whoever is in the Victoria barracks. But we have a long close connection with the troops here and wish them all the best in the future.

Windsor Castle Round Tower Tour

Paul — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:11:13 +0000

The Round Tower opened for tours for 2 months of the year (August and September) for the first time in 30 years!

Sonja and I went on one of the first tours and spent a really informative 45 minutes having a walk up the steps to the top of the tower for some magnificent views out over the Castle and over Windsor and Eton. The tour is only open to the public for these 2 months as this is a period when the Queen is not in residence – the importance of this is that once up in the tower you get a view out over her private apartments, and apparently she does not want us staring into her bathroom windows!

For an opportunity to see even more of this fascinating building I recommend you think about doing this tour.

View across Windsor Castle with Guards changing

Flag pole on the top of the Round Tower

Windsor Castle Round Tower

View of the Long Walk from the Round Tower

Weekend away

Paul — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:04:45 +0000

So, yes, I do get away every now and then….. I went off for one night on a cycle ride from Windsor to Bath mainly on the National Cycle Route 4 which in the main part goes along from Reading to Bath along the Kennet and Avon Canal. A wonderful cycle route along a very pretty and scenic part of the countryside.

My friend Dave and I started out from Windsor in fairly good weather about 8.30am, got into the centre of Reading in the dry, had a coffee and then the rain started! We knew before we started the trip the weather was not going to be very good, so off we went, heading to the Canal in the pouring rain. It didn’t stop for about 2 hours and eventually I had to call a halt to find somewhere to get a hot drink and warm up my hands which had gone completely white and numb.

Kennet and Avon Canal

After a stop of about half an hour the weather improved and off we went again. Slowly the

sun came out and our spirits improved as we got a bit warmer and started to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. After a stop for lunch at a supermarket we continued on along the canal footpath and into Hungerford where we checked into the Three Swans Hotel which turned out to be a right little gem, in the centre of town, clean, comfortable and friendly.

We had a wonderful evening, the sun was out the sky was blue and the beer went down very easily!

Next morning we were off on the road after a good breakfast – great when someone else cooks, but I must admit that after years of cooking a full English breakfast, I’m not really interested in eating them any more, but today was a necessary thing as we were off to use up loads of calories on the next 7 hours of cycling!

The weather was better than the day before so no complaints even when we got wet in the showers. The wind was a little brutal and tended to be right in our faces which made the trip harder work then it could have been, but the countryside was magnificent as were went out of Berkshire and into the hills of Hampshire.

We went through Pewsey which is home to another run a have done a couple of times, The Terminator, an 11 mile extreme cross country run up and down some amazing hills and through the fields around the area. This section had us away from the canal and we could only guess this was because it was no good for cycles….. but soon enough we were back onto the towpath and charging alone through the mud and puddles again….

We made it into Bath around 5pm and headed for the station, too tired to be bothered looking around much, the ride to the station was enough….. the train home was lovely and easy and although we had to stand for most of it we were just happy to have completed our trip and be in a nice warm and dry train!

Solar power

Paul — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:40:05 +0000

Web interface working so it is easy to see how much energy is being made by the system.
Overall it is excellent and makes even a small amount on overcast days and it starts working as the sun comes up, not much, but obviously it gets more as the sun gets stronger.
Sent off the papers to the power company – who recently announced an 15% rise in electricity costs ! Now I await my first rebate on the Feed In Tariff which should be paid every quarter.
The energy savings will be noticed about the same time although with the sun we have been having I know I’m saving and when the metre wheel stops turning its a great feeling that I’m saving money and creating real GREEN energy.

Langton House Solar Panels installed on the roof