“What a lovely place this is.”
Location of the site, was on the northern edge of the new forest, but really handy to get to wherever we wanted. Some lovely walks and restaurants/pubs nearby (all we visited were dog friendly and some very smart like the Rockingham Arms 5 mins drive away).
Places I would recommend (particularly on wet days - which we had plenty of):
- Godshill (nr Woodgreen, turn right at the fighting cocks pub/restaurant - not recommended), over a dry ford and up a short hill and the carpark is on the right ...
Location of the site, was on the northern edge of the new forest, but really handy to get to wherever we wanted. Some lovely walks and restaurants/pubs nearby (all we visited were dog friendly and some very smart like the Rockingham Arms 5 mins drive away).
Places I would recommend (particularly on wet days - which we had plenty of):
- Godshill (nr Woodgreen, turn right at the fighting cocks pub/restaurant - not recommended), over a dry ford and up a short hill and the carpark is on the right. Nice dry walk over moors or through a woodland accessible via a gate from the car park.
- Ornamental Drive, lots of car parks along this road which give access to long gravel tracks through the woodland. You can walk as far as you want along dry tracks even in very wet conditions.
- Horse and Groom at Woodgreen. a lovely small old pub with a large beer garden with a covered patio area to keep you dry in the rain (which it did). Food is really nice and home cooked and they have a large selection of really tasty local beers (quiz night on a Tuesday). If you want a table, you really need to book in advance, probably any night, as it has always been busy when we have been.
- Rockingham Arms (5mins drive) food was really nice and very reasonably priced.
Facilities inside the home were really good, fresh clean towels and bathrobes, selection of books to read, nice sized modern TV with lots of features, comprehensive welcome pack and patio furniture on the decking, accessed through patio doors at the front with cushions if the weather is kind to you (we only managed to use it once). Oh and the scented diffuser they use smelled lovely - the inside smelled lovely every time we walked in, we have ordered some for our own home from the makers in Lynmouth. There is parking for an extra car opposite the van.There is a play area 50m away for youngsters and a cafe/restaurant next to it - we did not use either.
Location of the home on site, excellent. A short walk to the left (towards the entrance) was a nice woodland walk for the dog. Likewise to the right a similar woodland walk, (but this had a small hidden garden for youngsters). A little longer walk to the right was a small fishing lake with a path around the outside which led to a gate into the new forest where there were ponies, horses and cattle - all friendly as they all let me walk past with my (calm) retriever on lead. A comment to the owner, it would have been nice to walk further, but the bridge over the brook was missing a section which meant my dog would have had to paddle in muddy water (it was fine for me as I could just stride over, but cos of all the rain there was lots of water in the brook but my dog would not jump the gap). V minor issue for me but would be nice if someone from the site added a small section to the bridge.
I feel you would be hard pressed to find a nicer, spotlessly clean and reasonably priced place anywhere. Cannot praise the owners enough for presenting such a lovely place.
