Michael M - verified booking

"I stayed there for 5 nights in May 2017 with my wife, our daughter, our son-in-law and our grandson who was almost 2 years of age. We all had a marvellous time. The rooms are all spacious and well-furnished. The living room has a log fire (which we didn't use) and the well-equipped kitchen has a Rayburn and a conventional electric cooker. The hillside gardens are lovely, having a small stream with two wooden bridges, lawns and a profusion of flowers. There is a large, sturdily built, elaborate treehouse which was a great hit with the little boy. He was likewise enthralled by the chicken yard and made friends with all the fowl therein, whom he fed daily with kitchen scraps. He also liked the 3 pet sheep in the adjacent field. In the house, the landlady (Christine) has a large collection of old-fashioned wooden toys (including a Brio train set), which were also highly popular with the little one. He was up with the larks every morning saying "granny, granddad, chickens, choo-choo-train!". The property is located on a quite lane about 2 miles or so from Windermere. it is away from the tourist throng but is only a short drive from either Kendal or Windermere. The windows afford scenic views over verdant, rolling hills. Groceries can be obtained from the Spar shop nearby Steveley or from the local petrol station which has a sizable convenience store and is about 5 minutes walk from the cottage. Windermere has Sainsburys and a Booth supermarket. Christine was very helpful and friendly. She was kind enough to post us our somewhat ancient Harrods teddy bear that my wife accidentally left behind. We all said that we would definitely go back there again, in fact our grandson cried when it was time to leave."

Martin - verified booking

"The aim was to find a cottage close to the M6 and the Eastern and Central Fells to coincide with the Hawkshead Brewery beer festival just down the road. Staveley is a great centre with the 555 bus stop, Beer Hall, grocery shop, baker, several cafes and butcher all in easy walking distance. The cottage is beautifully fitted out and there is a spacious sun room as you enter, adjoining a very big kitchen which leads on to a large sitting room. The ground floor also includes a downstairs loo and clothes washing and drying facilities. We didn't need the sitting room at all as there is a TV with DVD player in the sun room. The three bedrooms are well presented and there is an en suite bathroom for the master bedroom plus a separate bathroom for the other two rooms. The only negative point is that traffic starts to pass close by the cottage from about 6.00am so light sleepers will be woken unless you sleep in the small room at the back. There are some big trucks from the factories further up the Kentmere valley which use the road. Two small cars will fit on the cottage forecourt.We walked the Kentmere Round (8 hours including breaks), went up Pike o' Stickle and a few other summits from the New Langdale Hotel, did Helvellyn and Catstycam via Swirral Edge (scary in the rain) plus Great Carrs and Swirl How from Wrynose Pass. The beer festival was very good! Have a walk round Craggy Wood where the Cumbria Wildlife Trust is raising funds to purchase the wood from the Lake District National Park Authority https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/craggy-wood. Thank you for the wine and sausage token - nice touch. We had a great time!"

Steve - verified booking

"I have stayed at this cottage on a number of occasions over the last 3/4 years. It is a fantastic place, ideally located for a relaxing break. However, it is in need of some ongoing maintenance. In the front bedroom/ bathroom alone the following needs attention - the shelf above the sink is falling off, the light fitting above the sink has a bulb cover missing, the toilet roll holder/ towel holder both require fixing back to the wall. the shelf in the bedroom itself is leaning down at a precarious angle. In the kitchen there was a ceiling light out and the magnetic knife holder is loose. In the main seating area the front cover of a double electic socket was loose, It could also do with a review of the crockery (some of it is chipped) and although knives, forks etc are plenfiful some other kitchen equipment ie, weighing scales, potato masher etc would be useful and other things like the large frying pan need replacing altogether as you can't get it clean. I appreciate that these are all minor things but sorted out the accommodation I feel would definitely be worthy of a higher rating"

ManuDelia - verified booking

"Me, my husband and our two kids (2 and 4) spent a week in May at this amazing cottage. The cottage itself is very nice, with open fire and hundreds of toys for the kids to play with. There were also lots of fancy costumes for kids (our daughter spent a lot of time dressing up!). But the very stunning feature is the garden! There is a little stream and four bridges to cross It. There is an amazing tree house for the kids, they truly loved it! And the view over the hills is stunning. While we where there we got the chance to meet the chickens and the sheep. My kids are still talking of how they helped put the chickens to bed. We where unlucky with the weather, it rained heavily for three days, but we don't regret it, because we really enjoyed staying at this wonderful little cottage. We would highly recommend it to everyone."

Jackie H - verified booking

"Just got back from a very chilled stay at this lovely quirky cottage. It has everything you need and was clean and welcoming. Having a great wood burning stove was just like home from home for us. All the item of furniture and accessories are all well chosen and are of good quality. We took our little jack Russell and he was very at home here. The pub at Ings just up the road is so friendly and happy to have the dog in too we walked up most nights for a drink or two. Don't be put off by the road it is easy enough to cross it's not a motorway as some people are making out. The area is lovely the people are very friendly and the cottage is charming, what more do you want. We would love to book it again next year, sorry to have to go home."