Yearly Archives: 2011

Merry Christmas

To all our guests, cottage owners, neighbors and anyone involved with helping us to get through the year unscathed, Merry Christmas. We shall be having a fairly laid back Christmas Day with just Heather, myself & the kids getting together for Christmas diner. We hope all goes well for everyone (no disastrous cooking  stories hopefully [...]


Keep Moving Forward!

This coming January will see some major refurbishment on the cards for two of our properties. Pilgrims Rest in Chapel Stile has had a total re-landscaping of the garden during 2011. 2012 will see the work continued inside with a refitted master bathroom, an enlarged en-suite shower room and also a new window in the [...]


Simons cat

Christmas, peace & goodwill to all men. Except in Simons house where putting up the tree can be more of a challenge. This gave us a good laugh and has many parallels to our own cats. (Turn up the volume before watching)


Christmas & New Year Availability

For any of you last minute planners out there we have a small window of opportunity for you. 18 Thrang Brow in Chapel Stile is available for both Christmas & New Year. Sleeping 5, the Thang Brow properties are situated on the edge of Chapel Stile with great views across the valley towards Baysbrown & [...]


All back to normal!

From this! To this! 2 weeks away is more than enough to recharge to batteries. However going from 29C in the Dominican Republic to arriving to 2C in a hailstone covered Manchester was almost enough to start our return with a heart attack. We’ve had a great time enjoying the sun, sea & sand with [...]