Press & Your Comments
Douglas’s Barn: ‘This place is a gem’.
Now here as promised are the latest comments from our guests, gleaned this summer from the Visitors’ Book in Douglas’s Barn. In many ways, Douglas’s Barn is the ‘dark horse’, dwelling with quiet dignity beside the older, better-known dog-friendly holiday cottage, Tom’s Barn. It has been going just four years. Its name is not reflected [...]
What are our guests saying about Tom’s Barn?
‘What a treat to stay here!’ Here is a selection of the latest comments made by our guests in the Tom’s Barn Guest Book. Douglas’s Barn will follow tomorrow. All the comments are taken exactly as written, and can be seen in the relevant Visitors’ Books if anyone wonders if we spend our spare time [...]
Is this how to get Six Stars?
Dudley, who stayed in Tom’s Barn a couple of weeks ago, posted a charming and very discreet photo on TripAdvisor of his wife in the Tom’s Barn bath. It was spotted very quickly by a regular guest in Douglas’s Barn who obviously felt he had been shortchanged. He writes “We see from an entry on [...]
How to relax!
Chilling out in Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns“Absolutely shattered!” “I feel so stressed!” Work has been a nightmare!” See how Richard and Joanna enjoyed relaxing with their two Cairns last week: “How hard it was to leave Orchard Farm, Toms Barn was everything we had hoped for and much more. What a fantastic location, buttercup meadows, [...]
News and Pics from Katie and Dan who stayed here last week
Katie and Dan, who spent their honeymoon here in Tom’s Barn last week have just sent us these lovely photos taken while they were here, with full permission to put them up on the blog for all to see. One evening while they were here this enormous hot air balloon hovered somewhat menacingly over Orchard [...]
Bean crunching: occupancy stats for our barns
The weather has turned lovely again, which is wonderful. It makes it particularly sad that I should have actually chosen to be indoors at the moment, out of the sun and sitting at the computer rather than tackling the weeds or any other outdoor chore that would have justified my staying outside. And actually, the [...]
Tom’s Barn – is our ‘dog friendly holiday cottage’ really dog friendly?
We have always welcomed (well-behaved) dogs in Tom’s Barn, and are more than happy to do so. From time to time we have also had other pets, such as cats and parrots but by and large it is mainly dogs. With one or two notable exceptions our dog guests are usually beautifully behaved but even [...]
We’re (briefly) in the Telegraph Weekend section!
For a couple of hours on Monday we almost felt like celebrities, with a photographer here from the Daily Telegraph snapping away at John and me and Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns from every angle. Sadly, we didn’t look quite look the celebrity picture but it was fun while it lasted and Gabriel the photographer was [...]
Douglas’s Barn Guests’ Comments – Spring 2010
And here are the comments from our recent guests in Douglas’s Barn… “The accommodation is beautiful, the setting superb. We have really enjoyed our stay here.” April 2010 “Our stay here has been truly relaxing: lovely weather, lovely cottage, perfect hosts. What more could you ask for?” April 2010 “Losing track of how many times [...]
Tom’s Barn Guests’ Comments – Spring 2010
At last I’ve found the time to enter the recent comments for Tom’s Barn. Douglas’s to follow… “At the risk of becoming repetitive another superb week here in Tom’s Barn – John and Marion, wonderful owners, nothing too much bother for them. No complaints! New cooker a doddle, Marion!!” April 2010 “Yet another fabulous week [...]
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