Afternoon tea in Yeovil!

A traditional Afternoon tea in Yeovil town centre

An excellent afternoon tea in Yeovil, it was a pleasant surprise to find a new “Café”  in Yeovil town centre "Lesley Waters Kitchen café and restaurant" making use of the old “Wine Vaults” premises.

The Afternoon Tea was spot on and in pleasant surroundings I will certainly be going back.

There was a selection of sandwiches, cakes, and sweet treats with an endless supply of Tea.

Which are the best Chips in Yeovil, Yeovil Chip Shops and Take away

Nothing beats a good portion of Chips, which are fresh and cooked to perfection.

We have a few good Chippies in Yeovil, and some which I feel are not.

£1.80, From a Yeovil Chip Shop!

Have you eaten at the New Yeovil KFC?

I gave it a miss for the first few days, to allow the queues to reduce down at the new KFC in Yeovil. The service was fairly quick and polite, and then it went downhill when the food arrived. The meal and portion sizes do not match the pictures and the chips were nearly cold. The picture showed a box full of chicken and chips etc., but when it arrived it a small paper plate with a few paper bags containing the meal.

It was not what I had expected of KFC, not sure if this is how the other KFC serve food.

May be it was an opening week issue running out of boxes etc?

How did you fare?

I will go back to the Yeovil KFC when the initial rush has died down.

The Yeovil KFC should be open on Monday 26th Nov 2012

Have just heard that the new Yeovil kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) should be opening on Monday the 26th Nov 2012.

It has taken KFC over a year to get this store to this point, with a few issues along the way.

Will this KFC in Yeovil cause the problems some fear only time will tell.

With the loss of the Yeovil Comet store on this site it is good to have another business opening which will keep a number of folks in work.

KFC Finally Opening in Yeovil

I have a feeling it should be about the 19th of November when the Yeovil KFC opens, time will tell.

So will the opening of theYeovil KFC Finally be next week? The lights are on and  there are KFC coupons in the local paper.

So it has been a long year for KFC in yeovil.

The Noise 2012 on Abbey Manor Park Yeovil

The Noise Community event has taken place on Oak Tree Park Abbey Manor Yeovil on Sunday the 1st July 2012
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A free Community event supported by local groups.

The day also included the St James Community Choir performing, Skate board Competition, Brazillian Dancers, Parish Council and many others.



KFC Yeovil work has restarted

Looks like work has restarted on the Yeovil KFC site. So how long before we have a KFC in Yeovil,  Do you know the KFC plan? When will th eKFC Yeovil opening be?

 

KFC Yeovil Building site

Will we be able to have a KFC at Christmas, all the adds are making me hungry.

Yeovil KFC

Yeovil KFC

Yeovil KFC

KFC Yeovil

Good value cooked breakfast Yeovil

Good value cooked breakfast Yeovil
 
Have just had a good value cooked breakfast at Palmer's Garden centre on the edge of Yeovil, Bacon, egg, sausage, fried potato, Beans, Tomatoes and endless coffee all for £3, (2 breakfasts for £6).
It was a good breakfast and pleasant environment,
I have eaten Breakfast occasionally at the "Airfield Tavern, next to the Yeovil Premier Inn, the last time I ate it was £7 for the eat as much buffet breakfast which was excellent value if you haven't eaten for a few days.
 
Breakfast, Yeovil, good, value, garden centre

Olympic Torch in Yeovil

The Olympic flame has passed through Yeovil

Olympic Flame in Market Street, Yeovil

The Olympic Torch passed through Yeovil this morning, the town was packed with folks lining the Streets. This was a one in a life time chance to see the Olympic Torch in Yeovil.

Some enterprising shops had opened early, The URC Church was handing out bacon sandwiches.

Mid-west radio was broadcasting from the Borough, with the Yeovil Town Crier and Mayor.

Do you have any pictures of people carrying the torch in Yeovil?

The Queens visit to Yeovil

The crowds were out to see the Queen and Prince Philip travelling thru Reckleford and the Queensway in Yeovil.

Do you have pictures of this special Royal Visit to Yeovil in 2012

KFC Yeovil

28th Jan 2012
The fence has been put back up but still not much sign of KFC opening in Yeovil soon.

7th Jan 2012
Looks like the Yeovil KFC development has stalled, the site looks abandoned and building appears to have stopped.

The security fence is down and building materials are strewn around the site, and is now an open invitation to vandalism.

So when will KFC Yeovil open? I  Who knows, not soon I guess. The banner  advertising new jobs at KFC Yeovil is still lying attached to a fallen security fence.

It is only now you can actually see how close this development in Yeovil is to nearby homes.

 Images from the KFC Yeovil Site.

Yeovil has finally made the BT list of Fiber optic upgrades

Looks like Yeovil has finally made the BT list of Fiber optic upgrades possibly in 2012!
"The date on the BT Infinity Site for Yeovil is teh 31st dec 2012"

It will possibly be FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) which still give speeds far superior to current broadband speeds. The quoted speeds I have seen is up to 40mbs download speeds for FTTC.

Well I will believe it when it is in and working; it will be a vast improvement on my 3mbs down load if it is a good day.

BT FTTC Yeovil

Coffee Shops in Yeovil

Its a nice sunny day and can you find a coffee shop with an outside seating area where none smokers are welcome.

I am a regular in starbucks in Yeovil and like many other eating and drinking places there is no such thing an outside area for folks who would like fresh air and sun.

Any thoughts

Pedestrian Crossing on Reckleford, Yeovil part 2

Work appears to be under way, lights have gone of the poles, the buttons still appear active and people are still crossing without a care in the world.
There is no real signage to state the obvious i.e. the crossing is not working.
The pavement at the bottom end of Goldcroft is blocked off by plant and vehicles parked on the double yellow lines. From the crossing side there was not much choice take to walking in the road up Goldcroft to avoid the hazards on the pavement and take your chance with the traffic. I am sure it will only get worse.

Pedestrians are directed between the Van and the arm of digger (Mind your head).

Pedestrian Crossing on Reckleford

Pedestrian Crossing on Reckleford between Gold croft and Yeovil town centre is going to be closed in the from Monday 11th July for approximateley 3 weeks.

There is a map attached to the crossing showing a suggested alternate route. It suggests the best way to cross is use the crossing 260m down the hill!

I think folks will take their chance and cross just past the barriers adjacent to the Fire station. I certainly don’t advise that.

Not to sure how this will affect the traffic, long queues and will take for ever to get through Yeovil.
I am sure this has been planned by Somerset County Council with little thought for local residents and business.

Work has started but as yet is not affecting users of the crossing.

Steam on Preston Road Yeovil

A steam Roller having a Sunday afternoon drive down Preston Road Yeovil.

Glovers walk in Yeovil Town center - Closed

Glovers walk in Yeovil Town center still appeared to be closed this morning following incident on Sunday night.
See report on Avon and Somerset Constabulary website Link

How to make your pc go faster?

Have just heard PCgofaster.com advertised on local radio, there wasn’t much detail, I have tried the website advertised pcgofaster.com, and the page would not load.

I am intrigued to find out more as an IT pro I am always interested in these sort of sites.  My regular customers will be calling to find out more.

Have you experience of this site? Please let me know your views.

There are things which can be done at no cost to speed up a PC, Running an anti virus scan, uninstalling unwanted software, defrag your disk.

If you have vista see how much memory your pc or laptop has, make sure you have at least 1GB or even more.

Microsoft has plenty of helpful tips

Abbey Hill Steam rally, Yeovil Showground

Abbey Hill Steam rally, Yeovil Showground

The Abbey Hill Steam fair has just finished. I visited on the Sunday the first time I had been to this Steam rally.

I was expecting a steam to be the main focus; there were a range of traction engines, Lorries and other steam related items. 

My last visit to a steam rally was the Town and Country show at the Royal Showground near Kenilworth when as a teenager I was roped into stewarding.

That time of year to get tidy up the garden

That time of year to get tidy up the garden following winter. Have just purchased a few new plants to fill a few holes in the borders.

In recent years I have bought plants from the local Garden Centers in Yeovil, but a good frost and they are turned in to compost.

I have also bought a few plants from Warden Hill Farm on the Dorchester road (probably the highest point and most exposed). I guess if the plants can survive at Warden Hill then they should live in my garden. I work on the principle of as little effort as possible.

Yeovil has now got another garden centre, if you live in Yeovil and want some good plants with out the frills of a fancy garden centre try Yeovil Market.

There are some amazing private gardens around Yeovil and Somerset Council do a great job around Yeovil.

St John’s Church yard (the Beach) is a blaze of colour.

Yeovil Garden Centres

Warden Hill Farm