Spring has most definitely arrived!
Spring is the season of rebirth, renewal and love. A time to shed old burdens and embrace new beginnings.
It's that time of year when everything is waking up - including my Dad's pet tortoise Peter! I absolutely love this time of year. There is so much to do and each day there is something to delight us, be it spotting the trees that you thought had died over Winter are in fact alive and starting to blossom, or a little robin singing - I like to think he is simply pleased to be in the gorgeous evening sunlight. Did I mention the much longer evenings? The sun won't set tonight until 8:28pm - what a change from the likes of darkness at 4:30pm! It is such a pleasure to feel there is time to get things done in the evening (in daylight!) or simply sit and enjoy the garden.
Here at Mill Barns Holiday Accommodation we don't fully hibernate like a tortoise over the Winter but it does curb the tasks that can get done when it is blowing a gale and lashing down with rain. I have a lot of young plants coming along nicely (Although I think I have overdone the number of geraniums!). Thanks to J. Parker's - Garden Plants & Bulbs for the great variety of geraniums which I am so looking forward to seeing flower and I really hope the guests will also enjoy them.
We are now full steam ahead with the new holiday season and we were absolutely delighted to welcome back repeat guests at the beginning of April. They clearly took full advantage of the fabulous weather they had this year visiting Clovelly and they kindly gave me permission to use their photo (above). I think you will agree you wouldn't get much better in Greece! No passport queues or cancelled flights getting to Widemouth Bay in Cornwall! They also visited the @NationalTrust 'Rocky Valley' near Tintagel (the blog link photo is from our guests walk) which is somewhere I had forgotten would be a great recommendation to guests. The link below will give you more info. It is a gentle, dog friendly, valley walk following a stream and ending near Bossiney Bay.
Rocky Valley walk | Cornwall | National Trust
Each year we make a few tweaks and changes and this year we are offering short breaks in The Stable and Swallows Nest. Sometimes you just need a quick getaway to lift your spirits. A brisk refreshing walk on the beach or simply enjoying the comfort of your accommodation to peacefully read a book. Why not pop away for a weekend, slow the pace down and take time to just wander around and take in the beauty of nature. However, I must confess in my case, to relax, I just love a mooch around the charity shops in town with my Mum on my day off from running the holiday business. My challenge is stopping myself from buying more jigsaws when I still have loads to do!
Our booking system, via this website, allows you to book 3 or 4 nights but if you have specific dates/requirements do drop us an email, text or feel free to give us a call for a chat and we will see what we can do to accommodate your needs. We really look forward to welcoming back previous guests and meeting new ones who have only just discovered us.
