{"id":4947,"date":"2016-08-25T05:51:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T05:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2016-08-25T05:51:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T05:51:33","slug":"andrew-and-philippa-celebrate-25-years-at-the-half-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4947","title":{"rendered":"Andrew and Philippa celebrate 25 years at the Half Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3402\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?attachment_id=3402\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2014\/12\/signpost2.gif\" data-orig-size=\"91,135\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"signpost2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2014\/12\/signpost2.gif\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3402\" src=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2014\/12\/signpost2.gif\" alt=\"signpost2\" width=\"91\" height=\"135\" \/>The Half Moon was heaving on Tuesday night when the regulars threw a surprise party for Andrew and Philippa Tarling, 25 years to the day \u00a0after the pub re-opened under their ownership.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4948\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4948\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?attachment_id=4948\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2016\/08\/Half-25-years.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"430,695\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Richard&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1472106500&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Half 25 years\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Andrew &amp;amp; Philippa outside the Half Moon 25 years ago&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2016\/08\/Half-25-years.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4948 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2016\/08\/Half-25-years.jpg\" alt=\"Half 25 years\" width=\"430\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2016\/08\/Half-25-years.jpg 430w, http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2016\/08\/Half-25-years-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 85vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew &amp; Philippa outside the Half Moon 25 years ago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hosrsington parish has two pubs, a rarity in this age when rural pubs are under severe pressure, and both are treasured by their regular customers.<br \/>\nThe Half Moon serves excellent beers, and the Sunday roasts are the best in the area. The pub has made an enormous contribution to village life, having organised some spectacular village events in aid of charity.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew and Philippa are starting an exciting \u00a0new venture, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecco-gelato.co.uk\/\">Ecco Gelato<\/a> in Sherborne, which will serve delicious hand made artisan gelato to eat in or take away.<\/p>\n<p>We will bring you more details when the opening date is announced.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you can follow Ecco gelato&#8217;s progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ecco-Gelato-1712609348980336\/\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Half Moon was heaving on Tuesday night when the regulars threw a surprise party for Andrew and Philippa Tarling, 25 years to the day \u00a0after the pub re-opened under their ownership. Hosrsington parish has two pubs, a rarity in this age when rural pubs are under severe pressure, and both are treasured by their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4947\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Andrew and Philippa celebrate 25 years at the Half Moon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1hN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4949,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}