News
Some of our latest news, thoughts and the odd bit of helpful advice.
Getting some shade
We feel so pleased for our guests that both Bank Holidays in May have been super weather. On 7th May we had a large group that took 2 cottages and were able to push the outdoor tables together to eat leisurely breakfasts outside over their entire long weekend break. This week we have some individual bookings and a group over 3 cottages. The group booking have also booked the Old Barn so that they have a larger space for joining together and to where they have even retreated for shade and cool. The peacock in in full plumage ; look hard you can see him in one of his shady spots; perhaps...
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New Year's Walk
We would like to wish you a Happy 2018 from the team at Spreacombe. I'm attaching this photo that our friend Archie took on New Year's Day. We parked behind the sand dunes at Woolacombe and walked to Putsborough along the beach to blow the cobwebs of the previous year away. After a round of hot chocolates and coffees in the Putsborough beach cafe we walked back to the cars along the more sheltered bridleway within the dunes. Dogs and humans all felt well exercised and relaxed. We would love to see you back here again this year, we open at Easter, but hope that your holidays, wherever...
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Timeless
I love this photo because it makes me smile. A whole group of us walked to Heddon's Mouth from Hunters Inn. The walk on National Trust land follows the path of the stream through a deep wooded valley and opens out into a pebble beach where we all started creating "art" with the stones, just like the people before us and just like we probably will do next time we are there. Its not as easy as it looks to get a reasonable tower and having the spaniels with us certainy wasn't helping. We're closed now for winter, as usual, but if you come to stay next summer I would certainly consider this as...
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Anyone for garlic
Well we couldn't believe it when we walked through this wood, wild garlic for as far as we could see. I haven't ever seen a display like this. Hopefully it will be an omen for a great summer ???
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