Managed by Alexandra and Jack Mackenzie for four-and-a-half years, they returned to manage the hotel and spa after originally working at the hotel as a receptionist and chef, respectively. Mr Mackenzie, aged 47, said: “We are both have been in love with hospitality industry for a long time. “This hotel is really special to me and I met Alex here when she worked here. “We both left, we both worked some roles at other places and then to come back here as a management couple, it’s been the closing of a circle.” During their tenure, the couple have made gradual changes and refurbishments to the hotel and spa to make it ‘better and better’ for its guests and staff.
Summer Lodge in Evershot in North Dorset is reopening its doors on Monday, May 17 after being shut throughout 2021 due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Pictures: Jack Mackenzie AN ‘excellent’ luxury country hotel rated the best in Dorset is ‘fully booked’ for the next five months ahead of its reopening on Monday. Summer Lodge, based in Evershot in North Dorset, currently boasts a five out-of-five rating based on 1,213 reviews on Tripadvisor. Its reviews celebrate its ‘excellent food’, ‘outstanding service’ from its staff as well as the ‘beautiful’ and ‘immaculate gardens’ that surround the five-acre site. The 25-room hotel, which employs more than 60 employees, has a spa, indoor pool, treatment rooms, restaurants and bars as well as a large garden and tennis courts.
By Hamish MacPherson
BACK IN THE DAY
1746, Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender) (1720 - 1788) being sheltered, after his defeat at Culloden, by highlanders who are on their knees before him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). THERE were 269 years and five months between the two greatest chances to break the Union. Had Prince Charles Edward Stuart and the Jacobites won the Battle of Culloden, then he might have listened to those many advisers who had urged him to stay in Edinburgh the previous year and proclaim the end of the Union. The Duke of Cumberland (below) and the Hanoverian government army won the day, however, and the Union survived, strengthened by the many Scots who sided with the government and set the scene for the establishment and growth of the British Empire, in which many Scots played a huge part. The next opportunity to end the Union was on September 18, 2014.
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Reflections from Ross-shire: A dip into the Ross-shire Journal Old Files from 100, 50 and 25 years ago By Hector MacKenzie Published: 20:00, 28 February 2021
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100 years Ago
From the edition February 25, 1921
The Black Isle Farmersâ Society Show held at Fortrose was favoured by fine weather and declared a great success.
The show of roots, grain and dairy produce was held in the Drill Hall. This show is always a good one for quality and Saturdayâs exhibition was, if anything, above the average in both numbers of entries and quality. Some specially fine samples of barley and oats were shown.