Events at The Budock Vean Hotel
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Budock Vean Hotel near Helford Passage Mawnan Smith Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5LG
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Cowslip on The Helford Retreat
Join us for a four-night retreat run by the wonderful Cowslip Workshops.
During your stay you’ll lose yourself in the beautiful task of creating a quilt under the watchful eye of Jo Colwill.
Suitable for people with all levels of experience, the retreat will see guests using machine piercing with hand applique and covering various techniques that will make each quilt individual.
Guests can use existing designs, keeping to the basic strip type of quilt or choose something more complex … or go freestyle and adapt designs as they choose.
Prices include dinner, bed and breakfast, scheduled coffee and tea breaks plus sessions with Jo.
Standard Room £656.00 per person
Signature Room £896.00 per person
Bridge & Golf Break with Jeremy Child
Our competitive bridge break for experience players returns in November and includes welcome drinks, prize giving and tuition.
Master points awarded
Complimentary tuition included
Partners provided for individual players
Competition entry, fees and prizes
Cowslip on The Helford Workshops
Wednesday 13th November
Join us for our brand-new quilting workshops during 2024. You’ll create a beautiful piece of work under the watchful eye of Jo Colwill from Cowslip Workshops, Launceston.
For those who are new to patchwork, quilting and applique this will be an introduction to making a simple strip or row type quilt , possibly with a theme or just a nice collection of fabrics and colour, by cutting 6” wide lengths of fabric and joining in a random way with no matching of seams. This is a gentle introduction to patchwork and piecing. Once you have pieced the fabrics together, you can overlay simple applique, like animals or boats.
Supper Club with Sophie Velzian
Sophie Velzian is a contemporary landscape artist who celebrates the enchantment and spell of the famous Helford River. Living and working in this unique Cornish location, she is inspired by its clear waters, the soft light and distinctive trees. Working in oil and cold wax she uses rich and muted colours to conjure up its enduring and enigmatic atmosphere.
Sophie will cover her art background, from her initial art degree at the Slade School of Art, through to the current day where she is finally living the life she always dreamed as a full time artist painting every day.
Sophie will bring with her examples of her original paintings and talk through the inspiration and techniques behind the artwork. She will also give us a live demo of these techniques, using oil and cold wax and reveal some of the secrets of how she creates the layers and shimmering light and water seen in her work. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions along the way, about her inspiration, the places she loves to paint and the process itself.
Our regular and informal supper clubs are a lovely opportunity to gather with friends and family members for a 2 course fish supper and coffee (or tea), followed by a talk. We gather from 6.30pm for a welcome drink in the golf bar and function area ready to sit down for dinner at 7pm.
Gourmet Weekend
At Budock Vean we have an enviable reputation for serving fantastic food all year round, and this goes into overdrive at our special spring and autumn Gourmet Weekends.
These have been successfully running for over 20 years and these fabulously foodie weekends are a chance for our chefs, led by Head Chef Christian Jordan, who has been part of the Budock Vean family for almost 30 years, to really show off their skills.
Our chefs plan menus that shine a light on Cornish produce. Working with local suppliers and the finest seasonally available ingredients, they will craft five course meals for Friday and Saturday evening using a variety of cooking styles to produce something that really is quite special. Each course is accompanied by specially selected wines that have been specifically chosen to be enjoyed alongside the flavours of the food and the evening will include some fun, educational and fascinating wine facts.
Standard room £257.00 per person Signature room £329.00 per person
Price Includes Two nights accommodation. Five-course Gourmet dinner, coffee and selected wines on both nights. Full English breakfast. Unlimited golf, swimming, sauna, outdoor hot tub, tennis and snooker.
Christmas Wreath Workshops
Join us this December and make your own Christmas Wreath with local artist Fiona Pullen. Create your wreath using a natural theme, traditional Christmas or modern asymmetrical design … all using locally made willow bases. There will be plenty of foliage and seasonal embellishments to choose from. On Tuesday lunchtime why not arrive early and book in for lunch in our lounges, or on Thursday stay and book in for a full traditional Christmas lunch in our hotel’s main restaurant.
Tuesday 10th December
2pm to 4.30pm
7pm to 9.30pm - SOLD OUT
Thursday 12th December
10am to 12.30pm
7pm to 9.30pm
Learn to play Mah Jong
For those who don’t already know, Mah Jong is a really sociable game that can be played across generations … it’s a game that combines skill, strategy and lots of luck!
Join us from Sunday 9th February to Friday 14th February for a beautiful week by the Helford in South Cornwall and learn to play - this is a beginner’s course and everyone is welcome … no experience required.
Our Mah Jong break is a 5 night dinner, bed and breakfast stay and includes daily lessons and practice play … games are played in 3s or 4s so it’s all nice and friendly and social.
Your stay will include Mah Jong lessons each morning where you’ll learn all about the background of the game, get to know the set, the tiles and the racks. You tutor Caroline will show you how to set up, score and play a basic game and show you some of the special things to look out for. Over the course of the week you’ll pick up how to play a basic game and know how to play a goulash … (and know what a goulash is!). Caroline teaches under British Mah Jong Association rules, and she’ll help you find your way around the rule book.
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