tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523431721043464522024-03-13T22:29:03.160-07:00Cranmer Conference CentreOur purpose built, eco-friendly, conference centre will cater for all your corporate needs whether it be an off-site meeting venue for the day, a training or conference facility for the week or simply a quiet, yet prestigious place to hold that important meeting.Frog Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12758396911964246428noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-78098085536328803072014-07-29T07:35:00.002-07:002014-07-29T07:35:32.312-07:00Goldstar Award NominationIt’s a real honour to be nominated for a Goldstar Award from Green Tourism but being Green is not an easy ride, especially for a small holiday cottage business. But there’s little point in doing the work unless you take it seriously and can back it up with actual results.<br />
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Since 2008 we have reduced our carbon emissions by 70% per bed night based on current occupancy levels. Annual emissions from onsite energy used by the business and customers were 115.5 tonnes per year in 2008 before we joined GTBS (Green Tourism Business Scheme), developed our barns and introduced an innovative mix of green technologies. As a result, (as of April 2014) this has been reduced to 27.4 tonnes of CO2 per year.<br />
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Over 80% of the energy we consume here at Cranmer is supplied by renewable sources; wind, GSHP, solar thermal & solar PV, Ecotricity for our electrical needs and a biomass boiler for heat. It’s been a massive undertaking and a large financial investment which we understand is a stumbling block for many small businesses. It hasn’t exactly been pain free but if we can do it, so can others. And we are always happy to share our experiences.<br />
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And we’re working with local suppliers to develop their businesses as well. Under the recent regulatory changes/updates to the RHI guidance woodfuel supplies must conform to 2013 standards. We suggested to our boiler supplier and our local recycled woodchip supplier Drurys Recycling Services that they obtain authorisation under the DECC RHI Biomass suppliers’ list. Drurys have been accepted onto the scheme as a producer/trader for chip-waste. Double whammy for us and for the environment by keeping wood waste out of landfill and securing a local supply for our boiler.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Andrea Nicholas, Director of Green Tourism,
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<span lang="EN-US">“A total of 60 green tourism businesses
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of more than 2,400 entries. These finalists represent the best of the best, the
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<span lang="EN-US">The standard has been exceptionally high
this year and every one of the shortlisted finalists have shown a dedicated
commitment to providing consumers with great service and value for money while
at the same time championing the cause of sustainability.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-48009492401502674812014-02-25T07:24:00.000-08:002014-02-25T07:25:56.147-08:00Sustainability: it’s a big subject and a big headache and a big responsibility<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here at the Green Room and at
Cranmer Country Cottages we factored in sustainability and eco-responsibility
from the get-go of our business planning. Our vision was to “create a high
quality sustainable self-catering holiday destination while minimising the
impact of our business activities on the environment’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A8bsAiLZIO8/Uwy1If8a_zI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/e5_EHBiCvgo/s1600/15.9.2012-015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A8bsAiLZIO8/Uwy1If8a_zI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/e5_EHBiCvgo/s1600/15.9.2012-015.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holidays don’t sit comfortably in
the ‘go green’ model. Transport is a major stumbling block if, like us you are
offering beautiful rural isolation as part of your appeal. Incentives to travel
‘green’ are never taken up (back to the drawing board there). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holidaymakers who regularly recycle at home
are less likely to want to bother on their holiday. We work hard to enable our
guests to ‘Go Green at Cranmer’ and have comprehensive recycling facilities but
if they want to dump all their rubbish in one bag, there is little we can do
about it. It’s OK to do a Rotweiller impression in the office but prowling
around the cottages checking into bins is an absolute no-no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we can pat ourselves on the back as
our supplier recycles over 90% of waste collected. So ‘A-’with some way still
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another stumbling block for rural
sustainability has been a reliance on oil for heating and hot water. Oh, and we
also have a stunning, heated indoor swimming pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years we have installed a 20kw wind
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However, the swimming pool was always a stumbling block so this summer, with
much blood, sweat and tears and expense, we commissioned a 100kw biomass
boiler. Swimming pool </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">ü</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
Heating for the office and house </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">ü</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why is it such a
responsibility?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether you believe in
the problems of climate change or not the undisputed fact is that we are
running out of fossil fuels (the clue is in the word – fossil). We have heard
many arguments over why renewables are not efficient, cost too much and are a
blot on the landscape but the stark fact is that we have no choice. We have to
find different sources of energy otherwise we will run out. Power cuts may be
just a threat at the moment (price rises are currently a very hot potato) but
they are inevitable if we concentrate purely on the now and fail to invest in
sustainable energy sources. Yes, they are expensive to install and run but we
have to start somewhere and as the technology improves, it will get cheaper.
Electricity was so expensive to install originally that only the very rich were
able to benefit. And building electricity systems from scratch was hardly
economic. And electricity pylons are not beautiful. And which would you rather
have?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wind farms or Chinese-funded
nuclear power stations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s been a steep learning curve
and we are happy to share our experiences with others, which we will do in this
blog. Please keep reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And let us
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-49928040989517264022013-04-09T02:51:00.000-07:002013-04-09T02:53:21.600-07:00Special half day rates when you book The Green Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Since our successful launch of </span><a href="http://www.norfolk-conference-centre.co.uk/index.php" style="background-color: white; color: #eb4102; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; word-wrap: break-word !important;" target="_self">The Green Room</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> back in November 2012, we have hosted a number of different events ranging from corporate training days and off-site meetings to residential swimming classes and social celebrations.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Now that the venue has been open for 6 months, we'd like to celebrate by offering our readers a discount on all half day bookings, now £60 + VAT, plus we will also throw in a </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">FREE</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> serving of fair trade tea, coffee and biscuits with every booking* </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Our intimate venue is the perfect place to hold off-site meetings, training days or corporate events and can accommodate up to 20 people. Situated just outside of Fakenham, The Green Room is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with state of the art technology including a large flat screen TV, AV equipment and wireless broadband. We have ample free parking on site and can help you organise catering and team building activities from a range of local providers.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">If you are interested in booking the Green Room for your next meeting and would like further details </span><a href="mailto:bookings@norfolk-conference-centre.co.uk?subject=The%20Green%20Room%20Enquiry" style="background-color: white; color: #eb4102; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; word-wrap: break-word !important;" target="_self">email us</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> or call us on 01328 823 135.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-56108726004460896782013-02-07T07:40:00.001-08:002013-02-07T07:41:30.084-08:00A busy winter at Cranmer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now that February is here and the nights are beginning to get lighter, it feels like we’re beginning to emerge from the depths of winter and look forward to spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We love the early signs of spring cropping up around Cranmer, the odd snowdrop scattered around the grounds, buds beginning to appear on trees and signs of daffodils beginning to emerge from the ground give us a sure sign that the warmer weather isn't too far away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whilst we look forward to the coming months, we can also look back and say that we've had a rather busy winter. November saw us launch </span><a href="http://www.norfolk-conference-centre.co.uk/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Green Room</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, which is our purpose build events and meetings room. It’s been designed to cater for business hire during the week as is also available for cottage residents to hire to hold family celebrations or use as a private dining room when the cottage space just isn't enough.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />We've also had an influx of visitors to the cottages over the winter period. Christmas is always a busy period for us because North Norfolk comes alive over this festive period, but it's also been a very busy January too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To make the New Year rather eventful, the inclement weather hit us in January covering Norfolk with a good covering of snow. It certainly made the North Norfolk countryside look </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.430991693640984.102649.151530518253771&type=3" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">picture perfect</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />In addition to all of this activity, we've also been busy refurbishing some of our cottages. Swallow’s kitchen and Woodpecker’s bathroom and former bunk room are currently undergoing new transformations and we’ll be unveiling the new look very soon.<br />Looking ahead into February, half term is looming along with Pancake Day and Valentine’s Day too! There are lots of half term activities taking place throughout North Norfolk and it’s not too late to book a break with us.<br /><br />Don’t also forget that Mother’s Day is on Sunday 10<sup>th</sup> March. Why not treat your mum to a well-deserved break away. We’re currently offering a free bottle of champagne <b>OR</b> a box of locally made handmade chocolates from <a href="http://www.thechocolatedeli.co.uk/?cat=5" target="_blank">The Chocolate Deli Company</a> in Walsingham with any short breaks booked over the Mothering Sunday weekend* Simply use voucher code <b>4FF61</b> if you’d like the bottle of champagne, or <b>1KE5C</b> for the chocolates when you <a href="http://www.norfolk-luxury-cottages.co.uk/cottages/" target="_blank">booking your break</a>.<br /><br />The Hoste Arms are also offering a fantastic mothering Sunday package. Champagne afternoon tea followed by mini facial and back massage £70.00 per person – contact Hoste Beauty Spa to book. Tel: 01328 737022. It's the perfect gift for the perfect mother!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To keep up with what’s happening locally to us, make sure you keep checking our Facebook page as we regularly post up local events, activities news and information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't also forget sign up to our <a href="http://www.norfolk-luxury-cottages.co.uk/newsletter/" target="_blank">newsletter</a> to receive our exclusive offers and latest updates. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Offer is available from 7<sup>th</sup> February until 8<sup>th</sup> March for all short breaks that fall over 10<sup>th</sup> March 2013.</span></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-57852850778396697112012-12-19T02:47:00.000-08:002012-12-19T02:47:01.709-08:00Offshore Wind Farm boosting local economy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sheringham Shoals Offshore wind farm, based 10 miles out to
sea, is one of several offshore renewable wind farms that are being constructed
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These projects are normally faced with hard opposition,
but Wells-next-the-sea have really
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Wells, is a quaint seaside town which heavily relies on the
tourist trade. It has had a port for over 700 years and a small fishing fleet
still work out of the harbour. When the Sheringham Shoals project was in
planning phase, it was decided that the Wells outer harbour would be the
obvious choice to transport technicians and engineers to and from the wind
farm. There are approximately 150 people working on the wind farm construction
and once it’s fully operational it will be run for at least 50 years.</div>
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It was reported recently on a local BBC documentary that local
businesses in Wells have benefitted from the wind farm activity. Local
accommodation providers have regular visitors staying both in and out of the
season. And it’s not only accommodation providers who are reaping the benefits,
a local butchers and greengrocers also
receive regular large orders to supply a floating hotel, situated just off the
coast of Wells, which accommodates between 100 – 150 people who are working on
the project. There are plenty of other small businesses such as a chandlery and
many others who have also seen increased trade outside of the holiday season.</div>
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The town’s economy has been boosted as a result of the wind farm
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Our cottages are close to Wells and with our great green
credentials we have benefitted from corporate and associated business from family
and friends employed in Wells as part of the offshore wind technologies
installations. It’s exciting to know that renewable resources are having
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-4666429218239722592012-11-15T08:21:00.000-08:002012-11-15T08:24:49.075-08:00The Green Room is officially open!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When we were deciding on how we could use our last remaining redundant farm building, we felt that we could fill a huge gap in the North Norfolk market by offering a high quality, environmentally friendly meeting and events venue. After months of planning, preparation and building work, we were delighted to officially open The Green Room on Wednesday 14th November. </span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xxxVT-xNLvo/UKUUHvNSdhI/AAAAAAAAAFw/t-cGfU0BOnw/s1600/David+Cobham+Opening+The+Green+Room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xxxVT-xNLvo/UKUUHvNSdhI/AAAAAAAAAFw/t-cGfU0BOnw/s200/David+Cobham+Opening+The+Green+Room.jpg" width="143" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The venue was officially opened by David Cobham (pictured), a UK wildlife film maker and vice president of the Hawk and Old Trust, who cut the ribbon in front of over 30 local businesses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Walsingham Farm Shops provided an array of a range of local produce supplied for guests to sample and also kindly donated a Christmas hamper which was raffled off in a prize draw. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the opening, guests also had the opportunity to test their archery skills courtesy of the Fakenham Bowman, learn the art of clay pigeon shooting from Claybusters and also take a tour of Cranmer’s holiday cottages and surrounding grounds. </span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WsUCwC9h3uY/UKUVTB0iS3I/AAAAAAAAAF4/5oKNHZJLthk/s1600/Long+Table+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WsUCwC9h3uY/UKUVTB0iS3I/AAAAAAAAAF4/5oKNHZJLthk/s200/Long+Table+1.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Green Room has been created to offer state of the art meeting facilities within a quiet rural setting. It is ideal for small group meetings, training events and team building days. This purpose build venue accommodates up to 25 people, offers delegates ground floor access, galley kitchen and toilets. Audio-visual presentation equipment includes a 60”TV screen with cinema sound, LAN and Wi-Fi internet access and themed lighting. </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kdCs5gIQQKw/UKUWJeRzBgI/AAAAAAAAAGE/GKVz48E8mqA/s1600/Tea+Party+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kdCs5gIQQKw/UKUWJeRzBgI/AAAAAAAAAGE/GKVz48E8mqA/s200/Tea+Party+3.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The venue is also available to hire for cottage residents to hold social gatherings and is also an ideal setting to for local artists and photographers to display their work. We are currently exhibiting a range of local wildlife and landscape photography taken by Stephen Mole, Bill Pound, Martin Hayward-Smith & Roger Savell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone who has been involved with the development and launch of The Green Room, your input and support has helped us create and launch a new project which is already proving to be a success. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">View <a href="http://www.norfolk-conference-centre.co.uk/">The Green Room</a> website for further details. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0The Green Room, Cranmer, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 9HY, UK52.8635631 0.797543652.7868546 0.6396151 52.9402716 0.9554721tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-77842778575009524072012-10-20T07:58:00.001-07:002012-10-20T07:58:46.123-07:00Cranmer Green Room opens in November<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Green Room will be officially opened on the 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>November by the celebrity and wildlife ambassador <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Liza Goddard</b> along with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David Cobham</b>, a UK wildlife film maker and vice-president of the Hawk &amp; Owl Trust</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we started back in April to develop the Conference centre I don’t think we realised what we were letting ourselves in for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKL77AYjIfM/UIK5GB7KshI/AAAAAAAAAFY/SJs4fjUUUZk/s1600/Lecture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKL77AYjIfM/UIK5GB7KshI/AAAAAAAAAFY/SJs4fjUUUZk/s1600/Lecture1.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">known as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cranmer Green Room</i></b>, (it seemed more fitting for what we envisage the facility being used for) the centre has been designed to be a chameleon like multi-functional area morphing from the conventional business conference room to an art gallery to a yoga &amp; Pilates studio and all things in between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are planning a whole series of events during the coming year and will keep you informed via twitter and the blog, so keep an eye open for something that may appeal to you or contact us if you have an event you would like to stage here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cranmer Country Cottage visitors enjoyed local cakes and pastries whilst watching the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on the 52" High Definition display which forms part of the new conference and meeting venue within the grounds of the holiday complex.<br />
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The Conference centre venue will be officially opened in October, but due to demand will be holding a number of events and exhibitions prior to the opening.<br />
With a dedicated broadband connection including secure WiFi access, the conference suite is ideally suited for offsite meetings or internet related training events.<br />
Contact Lynne or Mark for more information on 01328 823135</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-852343172104346452.post-31352677814688093082012-04-20T09:43:00.000-07:002012-04-20T09:43:58.323-07:00Cranmer to provide a unique Conference & Event Centre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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The folk at Cranmer Country Cottages and Conference venue are actively getting ready for the 2012 Olympics. We are hosting a series of events so that you can watch the Olympics from the comfort of the Cranmer Conference Venue.</div>
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We will be showing the Olympic events on the wide screen surround sound HDTV at our Conference venue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Events and dates will be updated via twitter, facebook and our blog, so keep in touch to find out how to experience this sporting event without leaving Norfolk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cranmer Country Cottages are only 10 minutes away from the <a href="http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/locations-by-region-and-date.php?location=East+of+England&x=19&y=17">Kings
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Organised by us and run by <a href="http://www.claybusters.net/" rel="nofollow">Claybusters</a>, we are offering professional
tuition for all of the family ages 6 – 80 at our regular Clay Shoot days . Learn
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