“We had a great girls week at Chapel Cottage.”
The cottage is a longer walk from the beach than we had imagined, and the road down is very narrow, but a great location, next to the Old Smithy Inn, a few hundred yards away. We went for a meal there on our first night there, but unfortunately, we think they forgot our order, and we waited 1hr 15min for the food to come, but it was delicious when it came. We went back on the Thursday evening for their Folk Night, which was wonderful, and great end to our weeks holiday.
Unfortunately, the rusty pub sign was right outside my bedroom window, and made the most incredible squeaking noise when the wind blew, so some nights I really struggled to get off to sleep.
The cottage is very well equipped, with plenty of saucepans, cutlery & crockery etc. Dish washer tablets, dish clothes, oven gloves & 1 tea towel were provided, and there was nothing we needed that wasn't there.
Beds were very comfortable, and lovely bedding, though apparently the front double bed was very creaky when you turned over! LOL
Plenty of books, games, DVD's etc to borrow, with the front room being very cosy on a VERY cold June night!!!
The only disappointment, was with the small garden, the grass was overgrow, and badly needed mowing, and the flower borders were very overgrown, all be it with lovely shrubs etc. The cast iron chairs & cushions have seen better days too.
We visited Morwenstow, where is the most delightful Tea Rooms at The Old Rectory. Bude was another great find, and had amazing fish & chips at Life's a Beach, on Summerleaze Beach, and browsed the shops in the town. Widemouth Bay, Crackington Haven & Clovelly are also well worth a visit.
We had 2 amazing meals at The New Inn in Kilkhampton, which is the closest village to the cottage, the Sunday lunch is to die for, and so reasonably priced.
I would definitely recommend this cottage to anyone,& would be happy to make a return visit, but would hope that the garden had been sorted and the pub sign tied up to stop it being so annoying!
Thank you for your review, we are glad you and your friends enjoyed your stay and thank you for leaving such a lovely review in the cottage. However as you have now mentioned a couple of things that would have made your stay even more enjoyable. The pub sign has now been greased and is now silent again! The squeaky bed was only 2 weeks old, we have now tightened all of the joints, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. We are keen gardeners and have filled the garden with year round interest, in 20 years we have never had comments regarding the garden, unfortunately this year the combination of sun and rain has made the flowers and shrubs even more abundant than usual! We have asked the gardener, who comes once a week to cut the lawn, to also cut back any flowers and shrubs even if they are in flower if they are encroaching the lawn. The hedges were cut back the week after your departure as we don't like to do this until after the birds have fledged. The garden furniture set was replaced last year as was the wooden bench. Many thanks again for your kind comments.
Property Owner
