Bedford House Apartments

25/02/2021

Incredibly spacious two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in the centre of Torquay

28/01/2020

Went to to sea The Cat and Canary last night at . It was a very entertaining way to spend a few hours on a Monday evening and well worth seeing if you get a chance.

The play was written by John Willard in 1920s and was first performed on Broadway where it smashed box office records. Subsequently it has been made into a variety of films.

For a twenty first century audience the plot might seem a little creaky with as many holes as a swiss cheese but it is great fun if approached with an open mind.

The formula is one that has been copied many times since it was first written; there's a lonely house on a moor in the west of England, a family gathers for the reading of a will, there's a creepy house keeper, an escaped murderous lunatic form the local asylum and of course lots of thunder and lightening and flickering lights.

The cast has great fun with the whole thing. Brit Ekland is a super barmy housekeeper and Mark Jordan shamelessly plays to the audience. The second and third acts in particular rocket along as the plot twists and turns at dizzying speed.

Just the thing to cheer up a dreary evening in January.

30/08/2019

Great to see this visitor to our Bay today. Here are some interesting facts about the beautiful vessel sitting offshore.
It is the luxury ship Europa operated by German cruise company Hapag lloyd.
It is one of the most highly rated cruise ships afloat.
Amongst its many facilities is a Freikörperkultur where guests can sunbathe n**e.
A PGA golf pro is present on all voyages.
At afternoon tea, there is a selection of over 30 varieties - but sadly no Tetley....

14/06/2019

So, our first milk delivery arrived today. We have been putting milk in the apartments for guests when they arrive but it has always been in plastic bottles and despite our efforts to "recycle" them, the evidence would suggest that lots of these containers merely get shipped thousands of miles to be dumped in someone else's backyard.

It's a small step, but if enough of us go back to these re-usable glass containers just think of the thousands of tons of plastic we will be saving!!

Setting up a delivery is easy - just go online to https://www.milkandmore.co.uk/

You will pay a little more per pint BUT not half as much as the price the poor people in Malaysia etc are having to pay for having our "recycled" rubbish dumped on them

14/06/2019

They’re the Lotharios of the Strictly dance floor! Professional dancers Aljaz, Giovanni and Gorka will give us the latest lowdown on the BBC dance show and what it’s like to team up together for their own hit tour Here Come The Boys.

14/06/2019

10/06/2019

08/06/2019

Time to say goodbye - to those little plastic toiletries. Over the last 40 years or so guests have come to expect these in their rooms and apartments but things need to change and just as we did away with lead in petrol and throw away plastic bags every time we shopped, these single use plastics need to go too.

A lot of the bottles never were recyclable and most were made in eastern Europe or in southern European countries like Turkey so they travelled vast distances too.

Over the next few days we will be using the last of our stocks and then we will not be replacing them.

But guests will not be shortchanged as we have a fantastic replacement which does away with these single use plastics, which will have travelled a far shorter distance and which is just beautiful.

More details to follow. But if we can all make sensible, significant changes things can get better. Don't forget that for decades The Thames was a dead river and now it teems with life........

06/06/2019

The gardens at Bedford House are always drenched in sunshine at this time of year and the plants love it. Firstly, the Bottle Brush with its vivid flowers that are continually smothered in bees (I think I counted about 4 different types of bee on there) Then, there's the exotic flowers of the succulents....

06/05/2019

Incredibly spacious two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in the centre of Torquay