Igugu lehhotela elingase-Thames entshonalanga neLondon seliphinde laqalwa. Manje esiguqulelwe ngokusemthethweni i-Bingham Riverhouse ngemva kokulungisa kabusha ikamelo eliyinyanga ngalinye kwayi-15 lakhiwe kabusha ngothando futhi laklanywa kabusha, kanye namagumbi okudlela nebha. Imibala yonke iwukugezwa kwama-pastel aphaphathekile ahlanganiswe namathoni ayigugu anamuhla, enanela ngokuphelele ukubukwa okumangalisayo kweThames.
Umklami wezangaphakathi owine umklomelo, u-Nicola Harding, onesibopho sokulungiswa kabusha kwe-Bingham Riverhouse entsha, ufuna ukulondoloza umlando omibalabala kanye nesimilo sebhilidi lokuqala edala inhlanganisela evumelanayo yokuphila kalula ne-ambience yendlu yamalungu azimele. Izivakashi zingajabulela iziphuzo egumbini lokudweba elipinki ubude obuphindwe kabili, lapho ubuciko boqobo buboniswa phakathi kosilingi omkhulu kanye namafasitela e-French avuleka ngqo ethala, okuvumela ukukhanya kwentwasahlobo okufudumayo ukuthi kugcwale. Indawo yokudlela ipendwe ngamathoni amahle, amashalofu ezincwadi akhombisa okwedlule kwesakhiwo njengesikhungo sokufunda. Wonke amagumbi okulala ayi-15 enza kahle kakhulu ukubukwa komfula okuhle kakhulu.
Imenyu yase-Riverhouse iye yavuselelwa ngaphansi kokuqondisa kompheki oyinhloko owawina imiklomelo u-Andrew Cole; ukuhola iqembu kumamenyu ashintsha ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka abonisa imikhiqizo yasendaweni ehamba phambili, okuhlanganisa i-Jerusalem Artichoke Tartlet enakhowa lamaphoyisa, i-rosemary nama-alimondi abhenyiwe, i-Turbot On The Bone enamazambane amnandi, i-broccoli onsomi nesoso ye-tartar efudumele, kanye ne-Raw Clementine Cheesecake nama-pecans, izinsuku kanye ne-clementine sorbet, kulo nyaka ubusika kuya entwasahlobo.
Eyakhiwe ekuqaleni njengezindlu ezimbili zaseGeorgia, kusukela ngo-1899, izakhamuzi zangaphambili, uKatherine Bradley no-Edith Cooper, babhala izinkondlo nemidlalo ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu elidumile elithi Michael Field; indlu ngokushesha yaba isikhungo semibhalo eheha izivakashi ezidumile ezifana WB Yeats. Ngo-1984, umndeni wakwaTrinder wathola le ndawo futhi isekhona nanamuhla ekunakekelweni kukamama nendodakazi, uRuth noSamantha Trinder.
U-Ruth Trinder, oneminyaka engama-78 ubudala, weza evela eKenya ngeminyaka yama-60s ezoqeqeshelwa ukuba umhlengikazi. Wafika engenalutho futhi waphila impilo e-UK, waqala kwezobuhlengikazi futhi kamuva waya ebhange, waba ngowesifazane wokuqala omnyama ukuqashwa ngu-Coutts ngeminyaka yama-70s. Ube esezisungulela ibhizinisi lakhe lasekhaya labahlengikazi likanokusho ebambisene noyise kaSamantha ongasekho nowahlala eyakhe iminyaka engu-30. Njengabanikazi bangaphambilini uBradley noCooper, uRuth Trinder waba nokubona kusengaphambili ukuthenga lokho ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyindlu yaseGeorgia ebhidlikayo ngeminyaka yawo-80s.
Indodakazi ka-Ruth Trinder, u-Samantha, umsunguli we-Local Wellness Escape Bhuti, waqala ukuphatha ihhotela eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala yama-20 futhi walishintsha laba yilokho ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyihhotela lokuqala lase-Richmond ngo-2006; kungekudala nje le ndawo yokudlela yaklonyeliswa ngenkanyezi ye-Michelin, ngo-2010. Ekhuthazwa yizidingo ezishintshayo zezivakashi kanye nomphakathi uye wazulazula endlini waya esahlukweni esilandelayo.
USamantha uthi, “Ngakhulela endaweni okwakuyi-B&B yabazali bami ngeminyaka yawo-XNUMX futhi ebunzimeni ngathola inhlanhla yokuvunyelwa umama, usomabhizinisi osabekayo waseKenya, ukuze aliguqule libe yihhotela lokuqala laseRichmond. Njengoba uhambo lwami seluqhubeka, ngigqugquzelekile ukuthi ngiphinde ngixhumanise i-Bingham nomlando wayo, ukuze kube indawo yabo bonke abantu ukuba babe ngokwabo.”
Umphathi Jikelele u-Erick Kervaon uyanezela, ”Sijabule kakhulu ukuthi ekugcineni sivule iminyango yalesi sahluko esisha futhi sethule i-Riverhouse; sifuna isivakashi ngasinye sizizwe sisekhaya futhi sibe yingxenye yalolu hambo olumangalisayo kusukela ngesikhathi sifika.”
I-Bingham Riverhouse iphinde yavula iminyango yayo njengoba sibona imibono yokuqala yentwasahlobo. Njengoba abantu abasafufusa ebusika i-Bingham Riverhouse eguquliwe izoba yindawo ekahle yokujabulela ukubukwa okumangalisayo kwe-Thames, ukudla okubabazekayo, iwayini elimnandi kanye ne-spirit endaweni enhle kodwa ezwakala njengekhaya lomuntu siqu elinomlando othakazelisayo.
