

The steam engine you see in the picture was the sole power unit until modernisation some 100 years ago
Founded 1777 by a Dorset farmer and still a family business is renowned for its Badger cask and bottled ales.
Having reached the ripe old age of 80 years My children and grand children got together to wish me a happy birthday. Big surprise was my eldest son Jonathan who flew home from Australia unfortuately Elizabeth and grandson Henry James could not travel. Just wonderfull for me to have them all on the day .