Dear PANARIANS,

It is time for a newsletter as this year’s courses are drawing to a close, and all next year’s dates are now set, and flying on the website.

There are few changes, if any, to the courses offered and their programmes. Composite courses are the new thing and they were thoroughly described in my last Newsletter.  It means that for Basic and British courses, a One-day format will be followed immediately by a second day which is actually turning that one-day course into the Two-day version.  Students who want to book for the two-day course will stay on, and they may be joined by new people who have previously done the one-day course, but now want to complete the second day of it.  The format was tried out satisfactorily in October’s Basic course, so I have gone ahead to create six of these composite courses next year.

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Dear Panarians,

This Newsletter deals with:

• website improvements
• Gift Vouchers available online
• PANARY’s business Facebook page
• new booking system for Basic and British

During the last year I have continued to put much effort into PANARY’s website.  The photos are generally improved, and all course descriptions now feature the daily programme (hour by hour) for that particular course. Prospective students can now see for themselves more clearly what to expect from the PANARY experience.

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Dear Panarians,

This brief newsletter is to inform you about additional courses being added to the annual programme in order to repeat those popular courses that have sold out.

Booking began for 2012 in November and by new year the February courses had all filled. Hence there have been new courses laid on in March and April for one-day British and one-day Sourdough. Twice it has happened for the popular one-day Basic, for which there now needs to be a course every month.Continue Reading

Dear PANARIANS all,

The 2012 programme is now on PANARY’s website for all to see.   I wish to draw to your attention some of its features and changes.
The main news item is the price reduction of all two-day courses.  As an aftermath of the recession, and now during this current and prolonged austerity period, the two-day courses have slumped in popularity while the one-dayers have gained.  As a committed teacher, and a person who has the good fortune of loving his work, the decline in the two-dayers has been a sadness for me.  It is on the two-day course that a student can really get his or her teeth into whatever baking it is that is the theme of the course.  With the price reduction (£60, meaning they now cost £310)) I am hoping to draw people back to them.Continue Reading