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Late News & Reductions
Updated June 8 2008
Availability
There are still quite a few good and inexpensive houses for a last minute break during June
After that the following list gives all the houses still available for each of the main summer weeks.
Please ring the office or send and E Mail to find out about them.
The dates shown are for Saturday weeks - but some houses will start on the friday, the day before.
There are lots of good choices for July 5 and July 12th
- 5 July
- Lodge
- Colomiar
- Mill Barn
- Dozmary
- Harrys
- Higher Bosvarren
- Treveddoe
- Lower Bosvarren
- Bosbenna
- Les Tranchandieres
- Coswyn
- 12 July
- Mellinzeath ( just had a cancellation)
- Colomiar
- Little Bosvarren
- Littleworth
- Badgers
- Dozmary
- Harrys
- Higher Bosvarren
- Treveddoe
- Lower Bosvarren
- Les Tranchandieres
- Coswyn
- 19 July
- Mellinzeath ( just had a cancellation)
- Colomiar
- Littleworth
- Barley Crush
- Dozmary
- Higher Bosvarren
- Treveddoe
- Lower Bosvarren
- Grooms and Head Grooms
- Pennant ( had a cancellation)
- Les Tranchandieres
- 26 July
- Dozmary
- Treveddoe
- Les Tranchandieres
- 2 August
- Mellinzeath
- Dozmary
- Les Tranchandieres
- 9 August
- Barley Crush
- Dozmary
- 16 August
- Littleworth
- Barley Crush
- Dozmary
- Les Tranchandieres
- 23 August
- Barley Crush
- Higher Bosvarren
- Les Tranchandieres
- Coswyn
Please have a look at the details for these houses. Quite a few offer good valueand some can take a good number.
Littleworth (with its separate "OLD House" annex) can take 7 or 8 and is very good value
Dozmary is having a garden makeover and is a smart house whose price has been reduced . Sleeps 6
There are even three weeks at Mellinzeath available- and this is really the most popular house we have!
Hope you enjoy looking
Some late news:
Dozmary: Renovation of the house by the waters of the lake into which Arthur may have thrown his sword, was a great success last year.
The price has been reduced to £950 at high season, with similar reductions off peak. There are still a number of summer weeks available. The house sleeps 6 in some comfort, to a modern design with good quality floors , new furniture and a big modern ktichen. Although sheltered, it is on the moors with wonderful views of them and of the lake. It is about 30 mins from the sea.
Another new house now added is :
Coswyn:
Plans show that this house is very large. The photos show the standard of fittings and furniture to be high, interesting and comfortable. Coswyn is exceptional and can sleep 14 in comfort with plenty of bathrooms, I think it is 6 of them, and plenty of other space, even a swimming pool and it is only three miles from sandy beaches.
Les Tranchandieres
This beautiful big house or chateau near St Malo with beaches fine restaurants historic towns and so on, is not getting the attention it deserves. Easy and relatively inexpensive to get to, the house sleeps up to 16 and has plenty of summer space. An enormous histoirc house built around 1712, with lots of space and facilities.
Have a look.
September: Although we have quite a few bookings for September- there is still plenty of choice.
Panoramic Views
Nearly all the houses now have panoramic views showing the interiors of each room - and their gardens. They give a good idea of interiors and decoration- although the perspectives can be a bit distorted, they allow you to see each room as though you had a video camera.
So now each house has views round every room, and also architectural plans showing the layout.
Recent additions.
La Malouiniere des Tranchandieres
This amazing grand house is in the fields just outside St Malo, northern Francel. Built in 1712 with the spoils of a raid on South America, it is a great place for a holiday and the surroudnign country has beaches restaurants, castles shops everything you could want. Can sleep up to 15.
Harry's St Ives
A lovely old cottage - actually once two cottages- built on the sea wall and with the beach below the windows and balconies. Loads of sand views and yet it is a town centre house, overhauled spring 2007 sleeps 6 with two bathrooms and new kitchen and enormous sitting room. Parking for one car possible. This is a stunner.
Wheel and Mill Barns, Port Isaac
These were the original mill and barn in a tiny and beautiful valley just outside Port Isaac. An astonishing long and beuatiful drive to two modernised and comfortable barns, one with much original machinery which can still be seen.
Chickens pasture and a short walk from the famous cliffs or fishing village of Port Isaac on the north coast.
Dozmary Pool
Dozmary pool is one of the most romantic places on Bodmin Moor. The pool said to be where Arthur's sword was thrown is one of the last undisturbed natural lakes in Britain.
Along the edge an ice house and barn were built in the early nineteenth century. The granite remnants were converted in 2006 to a fine house with big kitchen three bedrooms sitting room roof terrace and water side garden. This is a quite extraordinary find , with views to die for but modern comforts including central heating. Fishing and other local sports are possible. Great for dogs.
Littleworth & New House
Some of the oldest houses in Cornwall are in the valleys running up from the sea to Bodmin Moor. At the top of the Fowey river valley, in a south facing hollow is Littleworth, which once had two small farms and a couple of other buildings. There is a large grove of trees around the house. Good views over the valley and very good base for touring, with swift journeys all over the place.
The renovation finished in 2005 has a large upstairs sitting room modern kitchen quality timber floors, wood burner with doors to a terrace. Downstairs are two bedrooms and pull out beds under the main beds so the house can sleep 6. The large bathroom has both a bath and separate shower cubicle. A second WC is under the stairs with the washing Machine. Oil fired central heating.
No neighbours but a lovely spot, called the sweetest meadows of the district in the last century.
Lots of garden meadows and country good walks , things to see. Friday changeover - and reasonably priced.
In addition The New House has been redone at Littleworth. The name is misleading, since the words New House date from the early eighteenth or late seventeenth century, when the house was built.
There is a large fire place high roofed and an open gallery with two beds. Downstairs is a small gallery and a shower room. Old slab floors, beautiful roof. V Romantic. But only let at the moment as part of Littleworth (with an extra charge for the extra house).
So this means that with two pull out beds, Littleworth can sleep 8 - 10
Short Breaks and Bed and Breakfast
Pennant Farmhouse, just outside Rock near Port Isaac is a lovely old farmhouse sleeping 12, in a great location which is good value. It is possible to book this for weekends. Please ask for quotes.Prices are generally dropped a grade for bookings at Pennant outside high season and start at £500 for the whole house either for a few people for a week or the whole house for up to 10 people.
Falmouth - Bosvathick
A lovely quiet Country House in its own fine grounds. Long history under the same family. A quite exceptional house. Bed and breakfast offers a good and inexpensive break and also a way to beat the traffic queues in the summer. Just add another night to your holiday and enjoy an easy drive to Cornwall. Our web site has details and views of the rooms on offer.
Our Brochure or Handbook
Our new handbook is now intended to look like a coffee table book, which you will want to leave lying around so you can discuss it with your friends. It has photographs detailed descriptions and architectural plans of the houses and is available free of charge if you ring or e mail us.
Health Warning
An apparently happy visitor has been taking a 1500 metre run up and down a steep rough track, adding an extra circuit for each day of the holiday. Thank heavens he was not here a fortnight. His wife said he seemed a bit tired, and slept a lot.
We emphasize that we are not responsible for shortness of breath, palpitations, spousal complaint, or athlete's foot.
The Eden Project: Many are suitable for a visit to the Eden project- but the following are within fifteen minutes
Things to think about:
Dont make a resolution or give up something just before or while or on holiday. Bad temper is not helpful to holiday atmosphere When on holiday, Charge your family a pound every time they mention, work, politics, or relations - and the holiday will pay for itself If you throw something away, you will need it tomorrow. A mobile phone doesn't work everywhere in Cornwall- so try and pretend you don't have one On a long car journey, drink a litre of water. This will prevent dehydration, help mental alertness, force journey breaks, and improve car safety. Never discuss politics, sex, money or religion Eating Oysters- a great delicacy- enlivens a family meal Keep your Wellington boots ever by you, but do not wear them in bed. A house is not a home without an onion Eden Project: arrive as they open, or at 1.45pm- never arrive mid morning: queues can be terrible Don't sing at the table- unless it is Handel You can't get milk without breeding cattle The Older you get, the less you have to listen Always keep a leek in your socks One ear should always be aware of the music Never pass a lavatory without using it- you never know when you will see another Drive your car to brush the side the hedge; Drive out to the left on corners bending right; avoid panicking oncoming cars. Wear with pride the scratches received from Cornish hedges If you always expect the worst, I suppose it might be a bit better Divide your money and cards into three places around your body socks waist and pocket. Never go swimming- it is impossible to hide your possessions.
Late Availability and reductions are set out by the starting day of the week. certain houses start on Friday not Saturday. Details of houses are on our website. Prices are for the whole house no matter how many beds are therein. Sheets towels and pets may be extra.Bookings are made in accordance with our standard terms and conditions.
Our phone is usually manned but we try and phone back promptly if you leave a message.
Telephone: 01326 340153