“A lovely cottage which served our family of 6 adults and Springer spaniel well.”
A secure outside space allowing our beloved dog safe access to venture out on his own without risk of harm. We loved the access to the outside space via living room double doors and kitchen dinner double doors, frequently left open to allow fresh air in. The cottage has 3 ample double rooms and two bathrooms. We felt maybe a shower mixer tap in the main bathroom would have been helpful and maybe also a few pegs to hang coats in the hallway would have been helpful but all in all the cottage was well equipped and didn't disappoint. The kitchen was a great space for us to all sit together at breakfast and dinner and the welcome treats package gratefully received. The bins there do not take glass but after ringing the owners for advice we found out that there is a bottle bin at the side of the little shop in the village just over a mile away which proved useful. There is a TV in every bedroom kitchen and lounge and when there is six of you that it was useful. The younger ones congregated in the kitchen dinner whilst us parents and pet dog preferred the comfortable lounge. A great spot to access Alnmouth and Embleton sands, Markham (nice pub called The Masons) Alnwick 4 miles away for town and home to the amazing Bater Books, stayed for coffee and cake there to give the younger ones time to browse and wonder at this amazing place, the local drinks shop on the square selling mead etc was amazing offering tasters, Dawn did a great job there and sold our family allsorts of goodies. Amble, a lovely little fishing harbor with little independent shops in little pods and two great restaurants, The Old boat house and the dog friendly Fish Shack, we had a fabulous meal there. Craster for the famous Old smokehouse kippers and walk up to Dunstanburgh castle amongst the rock pools, well worth a visit. Holy Island is an absolute must, a serene and tranquil place, Denise, David and Karen at the gift shop were very informative and helpful. The young people loved their time at Bamburgh castle (sadly not for us as not fog friendly) Malcolm the car park attendant was an absolute star. We would have liked to have gone to Horwick hall but again not dog friendly at all, not even in the grounds so the ancestral seat of Earl Grey didn't get a visit from us, they may wish to rethink there position and at least let dog owners into the grounds as do the magnificent Chatsworth house, they missed out on 6 adult tickets as our children would have happily taken there turn in walking Beau, our well behaved spaniel around whilst we visited. All in all a lovely holiday was had by all with a final trip to The running fox patisserie squeezed in on the way home, it was special.
