“We had a great Christmas break in ...”
We had a great Christmas break in the Parlour at Lechlade Manor Farm. We needed to be near enough to our Mum who is ill in a nursing home and ended up booking rather late. I was a bit worried because previous reviews described the facilities as 'basic', but needn't have worried, as I think what reviewers really meant was, a bit low on basic supplies. As long as you are happy to go out and stock up on tea/coffee/soap/washing up liquid etc, you will be absolutely fine - there is a co-op just down the road. The cottage was a bit hard to locate after dark - the private road is easily missed or confused with one next door and it took us a while to find reception, parking space and the cottage in the dark.
The cottage was adorable - full of character, warm, with nice furnishings, and enough kitchen/dining equipment to cook a Christmas dinner. There are two mezzanine bedrooms under eaves upstairs (one double bed, the other single), separated by curtains from the main part of the cottage, and a twin bedroom with a door downstairs. There is plenty of light from windows to the main parts of the cottage, although not to the upstairs bedrooms. There are farm animals to meet, and a very friendly black cat whom we were very tempted to take away with us in our suitcase. Lechlade is a great centre for exploration, with lots to see in surrounding areas of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. There is a fine church to visit, and we did a lovely walk along the riverbank, and then pub lunch at the Trout inn by the river. Oxford is a 45 minute drive away, Cirencester 30 minutes. Already considering coming back at Easter.
