Fantastic January Offers at a Family Friendly Restaurant in Chertsey

When you wish to get over the January blues and go out for a great meal  at value for money prices then the family friendly Boat House Restaurant fits the bill. No matter the type of celebration, this value for money restaurant is ideally located and suited to all your guests. And throughout January we have some amazing dining offers to make it even more worth your while going out for a meal on a special occasion or just for relaxation.

Why not save yourself the time and hassle of planning those special events at home and opt for making reservations at the family friendly Boat House restaurant in Chertsey. There are more advantages to hosting your special occasions or that lunch  away from home.

There are always plenty of special occasions in every family throughout the year. Birthdays, in particular, are ideally suited for celebrating at the family friendly Boat House restaurant. Chertsey is the ideal, central location where all your guests will enjoy showing up.

All the Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Celebrate at Home

We don’t have to tell you that hosting a special occasion in your home requires a lot of work both setting up and cleaning up. But have you considered all these additional reasons why you might want to host all your special occasion at the family friendly Boat House restaurant, in Chertsey?

•    Accommodate larger guest lists
•    Centrally located
•    Easy for everyone to find
•    Handicapped accessible dining
•    Special menus for very young guests
•    Fantastic January savings
•    Time saving – one call does it all!

Are there advantages to hosting your family’s special occasions and events at home this January? None that we can think of!

That’s especially because each week this January we are offering some great deals:-

1.    50% off your food bill between 2nd and 8th January 2013
2.    30% off your food bill between 9th and 15th January 2013
3.    20% off your food bill between 16th and 22nd January 2013
All you need to do is go onto the value for money Boat House restaurant web site, by clicking here, download the relevant voucher and reserve your table. It’s as easy as that.

So whether it’s a special occasion, a light lunch, a romantic night out or even breakfast, make January that special month to treat yourselves, loved ones or friends. Remember each voucher is for food only and there are some other conditions printed on the voucher. But in addition to the family friendly Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey your voucher can ALSO be used at our sister restaurants the quality Park Café & Bar in Teddington and the value for money Blue River Café in Maidenhead.

So when you wish to make any event a special occasion the family friendly Boat House restaurant, in Chertsey offers everything you are seeking: a great location and delicious food for all your guests. So what are you waiting for, make your reservations by phoning 01932 565644 now!

Old Christmas Traditions from the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey

There are lots of modern day Christmas traditions - the tree, stockings, mistletoe, etc. However, there are several Christmas traditions that died out with time. So let’s look at the origin of Christmas and a couple of Victorian traditions that are no more.

The History of 25th December as Christmas Day

Until the time of Julius Caesar the Roman year was organised round the phases of the moon. For many reasons this was hopelessly inaccurate so, on the advice of his astronomers, Julius instituted a calendar centred round the sun. It was decreed that one year was to consist of three hundred and sixty-five and a quarter days, divided into twelve months; the month of Quirinus was renamed 'July' to commemorate the Julian reform. Unfortunately, despite the introduction of leap years, the Julian calendar overestimated the length of the year by eleven minutes fifteen seconds, which comes to one day every in hundred and twenty-eight years. By the sixteenth century the calendar was ten days out. In 1582 reforms instituted by Pope Gregory XIII lopped the eleven minutes fifteen seconds off the length of a year and deleted the spare ten days.

Protestant Europe was not going to be told what day it was by the Pope, so it kept to the old Julian calendar. This meant that Chertsey was a full ten days ahead of Paris.  By the time England came round to adopting the Gregorian calendar, in the middle of the eighteenth century, England was eleven days ahead of the Continent.

A Calendar Act was passed in 1751 which stated that in order to bring England into line, the day following the 2nd of September 1752 was to be called the 14th, rather than the 3rd of September. Unfortunately, many people were not able to understand this simple manoeuvre and thought that the government had stolen eleven days of their lives. In some parts there were riots and shouts of 'give us back our eleven days!'

Before the calendar was reformed, England celebrated Christmas on the equivalent of the 6th January by our modern, Gregorian reckoning. That is why in some parts of Great Britain people still call the 6th of January, Old Christmas Day.

This new Gregorian calendar was adopted throughout Catholic Europe and is still in use today. So now, thank goodness, we don’t need to worry about the when Christmas Day is so you and your family can enjoy a fabulous 3 course Christmas Day lunch including a glass of mulled wine and a present for the kids in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant at the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey for just £58 per adult and £29 for children aged 5 to 12 years old.

Christmas Traditions in Victorian Times

1. An old Victorian tradition was to hide a glass pickle in the Christmas tree the night before Christmas. Whoever found the pickle would either get a special gift or get to open the first gift. The story behind this tradition goes back to medieval times. A horrible innkeeper stuffed two kids into a pickle barrel. St. Nicholas happened to stroll by the inn later on and heard of the kids' dilemma. He tapped the barrel with his staff and freed the kids, who ran home for Christmas dinner. Now the family friendly Boat House Restaurant has only very friendly innkeepers so this won’t happen to you when you and your family join us for Christmas Day lunch in the value for money Boat House Restaurant.
2. Humble (or 'umble) pie was made from the inner organs of a deer. That's the heart, liver, brains and all that good stuff. Lords and Ladies ate the best part of the deer while servants took what was left over and put it into a pie and baked it. This is probably where the phrase, "go eat humble pie" came from. By the 17th century almost everyone had humble pie at Christmas time, at least until the government outlawed it.

Well you won’t be eating that for Christmas Day lunch  at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant.  So let mum have a day off and join us at the Bridge Hotel for a great Christmas Day experience and let mum enjoy herself and not have to prepare, cook, serve, wash up and clear up.  To make your booking just call us on 01932 565644 now, before we are full.

The origins of Boxing Day from the family friendly Boat House Restaurant Chertsey

If you're looking for something that explains the origins of Boxing Day, well, you're not going to find it here. The day-after-Christmas holiday is celebrated by most countries in the Commonwealth, but none of them are really sure what they're celebrating, when it started or why. Let alone the history of the Hunter’s Delight the Boxing Day favourite food, supposedly eaten by the ‘Hunt’ and brought back to life by the value for money Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey

The best clue to Boxing Day's origins can be found in the song "Good King Wenceslas." According to the Christmas carol, Wenceslas, who was Duke of Bohemia in the early 10th century, was surveying his land on St. Stephen's Day, Dec. 26th,  when he saw a poor man gathering wood in the middle of a snowstorm. Moved, the King gathered up surplus food and wine and carried them through the blizzard to the peasant's door. The alms-giving tradition has always been closely associated with the Christmas season but King Wenceslas' good deed came the day after Christmas, when the English poor received most of their charity.

King Wenceslas didn't start Boxing Day, but the Church of England might have. During Advent, Anglican parishes displayed a box into which churchgoers put their monetary donations. On the day after Christmas, the boxes were broken open and their contents distributed among the poor, thus giving rise to the term Boxing Day. Well possibly again.

But wait: there's another possible story about the holiday's origin. The day after Christmas was also the traditional day on which the aristocracy distributed presents (boxes) to servants and employees. The servants returned home, opened their boxes and had a second Christmas on what became known as Boxing Day.

So which version is correct? Well, both. Or neither. No one, it seems, is really sure. Both the church boxes and the servant presents definitely existed, although historians disagree on which practice inspired the holiday. But Boxing Day's origins aren't especially important to modern-day Britain. Today's Boxing Day festivities have very little to do with charity. Instead, they revolve around food (hence the Hunter’s Delight the seasonal special of the value for money Boat House Restaurant in Chertsey), football visits from friends, food and drinking at the local hostelry.

The annual Boxing Day fox hunts — which have been held all over the English countryside for hundreds of years gave rise to the Hunter’s Delight that is the centrepiece of the Boxing Day menu at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant located in the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey. At only £12.95 this dish made up of Sliced Roast Beef Sliced Roast Turkey, Bubble & Squeak, Salad & Pickles was a favourite of hunts throughout the land, or so the story goes. But that’s not all that will be on the value for money Boxing Day menu at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant.  There will be other specials beside the great value for money normal menu items.
 
So whether it’s an afternoon watching the footie or of course, shopping at the Winter Sales, Boxing Day has evolved from a charitable day to an extended Christmas afternoon. It's a holiday with presents that have already been opened and a dinner that has been eaten. It's a holiday best spent lounging around in brightly coloured sweaters, wondering, lazily and lethargically, what to do next.

So don’t worry about the preparation, clearing up and washing up join us at the family friendly Boat House Restaurant in the value for money Bridge Hotel Chertsey for a relaxing time.  Just call us on 01932 565644 to book your table.

A Present for a loved one this Christmas from the Bridge Hotel in Chertsey

Gift vouchers are a very popular gift when you do not know what to buy someone as a present. There are not many restrictions for using our gift vouchers  as not only can they be used to buy food  and drink in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant or a stay in one of the many different room types in the value for money Bridge Hotel  in Chertsey. However, they cannot be exchanged for cash.

If you plan to buy Bridge Hotel gift vouchers as a present check our terms and conditions for the restrictions on its use. In particular, you’ll see they are valid for nine months from date of purchase. If you are buying the gift vouchers well in advance of when you think your loved ones will use them ask us to start them from a time in the future.

So if you are not sure what the other person likes for a gift this Christmas, think about buying a gift voucher from the value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey and let your loved ones choose from a meal in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant or a stay in one of our comfortable rooms with all the amenities you’ll need including FREE WiFi. Sometimes it is easier to give gift vouchers rather than cash because you know that the other person will actually buy something for themselves and not just day to day living.

While appreciated, gift vouchers received as presents can be too easy to forget about - they are often tidied away and retrieved months later - often only to find that the expiry date has passed and they are no longer valid. But that won’t happen with a gift voucher from the value for money Bridge Hotel  because our offers  are too good to miss.

They come in £5, £10 or £20 denominations and are great value for money whether you have lunch or dinner in the family friendly Boat House Restaurant overlooking the Thames in Chertsey or an overnight or short break stay in one of our rooms.  Chertsey and the surrounding area is great for a break or as it is so near yet far away from London you could pop into the centre for some shopping or a visit to the theatre before the easy journey back to the hotel.

The value for money Bridge Hotel in Chertsey’ gift vouchers are a great option if you are stuck for ideas for your nearest and dearest. To find out more click here and then to purchase call us on 01932 565644.