“Fabulous holiday - perfect cottage for two and paws, really well equipped, comfy bed, great compact kitchen (Neff oven with a sliding door *swoon*), great additional space with the conservatory (really useful in our wet week and no doubt divine in summer), enclosed and long garden for dogs, good shower and woodburner.”
Staveley itself - amazing holiday base. Nice eateries (More Artisan Cafe and Bakery - divine dishes, cakes, sourdough and coffees; Mr Duffins coffee - roast their own beans, nice slabs of cake and really good coffee; Kimi’s Gelato - divine homemade ice cream, around 10 different flavours; Eagle and Child Pub - proper pub, fire, pub meals - divine cheese pie providing wet-weather comfort food at its finest and has a quiz night); Hawkshead Brewery taproom - great craft beer; Butchers - really good quality; Spa Shop with all the bits you might need; Chippy - again good quality). And most of the above - cafe/bakery, pub, brewery taproom, coffee shop and gelato shop are dog friendly and within 10 minutes of this cottage. As is a giant bike shop (more like a warehouse) full of kit, bikes, clothes etc. Then location… lots of lovely walks nearby - some right from the door, including some easy ones for our creaky legged dog; great location for keen cyclists - full of happy muddy folk in our wet week); has a train station so you can get really easily to Windermere (which has a big Booths) regular buses; good location for exploring that bit further into Grasmere, Ambleside etc. We love Staveley - grabbed our hearts - and this cottage is a perfect base, especially for dog lovers too. Thank you and thanks for the welcome gift of beer and jam - both enjoyed and that jam was so fruity and divine and perfect for the sourdough from More Bakery that I filled my face with all week!
