bragging not blagging

Yes, it's official. Dove Farm has just scooped the Gold Award for best 'tourism website' in the East Midlands Tourism Awards 2007. Check us out on www.dovefarm.co.uk

I would be the first to admit that our website is not edgy, flash or big budget, but it does show business integrity, it's light and bright and easy to find your way around. The judges commented on accessibility, ease of use, our clear and unambiguous pricing structure, the fabulous local information section...and of course they loved the dove farm blog!

The most amazing thing about the evening itself, was for Henry and I to be out together, after dark, and all dressed up. Excitement enough! Like all the other category finalists, we came along to the event, not knowing what we would walk away with. With this added element of risk and uncertainty, it was little short of a miracle then, that I had managed to hijack husband between tractor cab and armchair, and coax him into the glitz and glamour of an evening at 'the Oscars'.

I really had practised my 'congratulations to the other person who is the winner' look - as so beautifully demonstrated by Helen Mirren on the 'Jonathan Ross show' recently - so I was genuinely taken aback, when it was announced that we had the 'gold'!

Not that I feel we are undeserving - far from it, but it is just the best feeling to be rewarded for something that has so much personal belief and value invested into it. I invite you to take a sprint through our website and hope you will agree that we're not blagging, and will allow us our brief moment to brag!