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Sawday's, Bristol (2025)

04/08/2025

Summer doesn't have to end in August - chase the summer and skip the crowds, here are 6 ways to do it⁠ from the team.⁠
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Explore Dordogne's wonderful wine and food without the summer crowds from the beautiful surroundings of Gîtes du Perigord.⁠
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Gather everybody for one last al fresco party at Brunton House & Cottages in Northumberland .⁠
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Take a sunny city break to Porto and the storied heights of the Menina Colina Guesthouse .⁠
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Find the perfect blend of self-catering seclusion and spa hotel indulgence at SeaSpace in Cornwall⁠.⁠
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Head to Europe for springlike temperatures in the peaks of northern Italy at Selucente Loft.⁠
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Hike the Peak District and refuel in considerable style with The Blind Bull's award-winning food. ⁠
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Which one would you choose to get some extra summer time?

02/08/2025

Taking it easy in an old converted post office in Cumbria. Good views, a homely place with character and a bit of the simple life. What more do you need?⁠
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We sent on a short but slow escape in the Cumbrian countryside to discover what makes Jean's Cottage so special.⁠
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📍Jeans' Cottage, Ulpha, Cumbria ⁠
🛏️Sleeps 5, 2 bedrooms, self catering⁠
🔗⁠Book direct with Lesley & Mike: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/britain/england/cumbria/jean-s-cottage

01/08/2025

A slow weekend at Suffield Lodge, Norfolk, as seen through the lens of photographer, Tanya Arya.⁠
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⁠Wander: The wetlands on the estate⁠, which are possibly at their best when it's a bit gloomy and moody.⁠
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Stock up: This little red box was a sweet little surprise. It's the estate's self-service farm shop, ⁠is just down the road from the cottage, and full of supper supplies.⁠
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Visit: Cromer pier⁠, which feels like a step back in time.⁠
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Taste: No seaside trip would be complete without it - ⁠ gave us a perfect al fresco dinner.⁠
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Rest and restore: At Suffield Lodge. Immaculately styled and quietly sited in a corner of the leafy grounds of the Gunton Estate. The perfect base for exploring this slice of Norfolk.⁠
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📍Suffield Lodge, Norfolk, sleeps 8⁠
🔗Discover more: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/places-to-stay/holiday-cottages/

30/07/2025

What really matters when you're choosing a holiday cottage?

Nicola Crosse, our most experienced inspector, has a personal list which mixes the functional with the stylish, but she knows the job is to see a place through the eyes of prospective guests. This is how she weighed up Willows Rest on a recent visit to Devon.

"⁠Everybody has their own list of the truly important things when it comes to a family holiday. For me, it’s pans big enough for the amount of people the place sleeps, sharp knives, feather duvets and pillows, good lighting, thickly lined curtains and interesting original art. That’s not to say that I won’t stay in, or invite into Sawday’s, any place that doesn’t tick all those boxes, but it’s a sort of personal litmus test that helps me work out if a place has been well thought through.

As it happens, Willows Rest does ticks all those important (to me) boxes and manages to be truly toothsome at the same time - everything my eye landed on was comely, restful and made me feel happy. Nothing jarred. Tick, tick and triple tick. But there was more, far more than the essentials, and that’s what makes a great Sawday’s place.

Hidden in the grounds is a magical indoor heated swimming pool – big enough for sedate laps or for older children to play in all day. I imagined tired parents, happy to leave their eager splashers safely, nipping off to the cedar hot tub for a soak, or to the courtyard treatment rooms for a massage, then lighting the firepit and barbecue, opening a bottle of wine and feeling very happy to be on holiday. Smaller children would be happy in the wooden game area, the gardens are festooned with fairy lights and when the sun disappears, those in search of solitude would find a hammock for stargazing, or maybe everyone would tell stories round the firepit with a marshmallow or seven."
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What's on your own list for the perfect place to stay?

29/07/2025

All that is ours [gestures to distant horizon]... ⁠
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These five beautiful farmhouses are a just few of our favourite places to enjoy the countryside dream - roaming the fields as if you own them, baking bread in your enormous kitchen and wandering down to the village pub for dinner. ⁠
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Take a look at all our holiday cottages, carefully inspected and chosen to help you live out this and many other travel fantasies. ⁠
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Explore Sawday's Holiday Cottages 🔗⁠ https://www.sawdays.co.uk/places-to-stay/holiday-cottages/

28/07/2025

✨️New - Ivy Cottage, Brittany⁠
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There are places in France that feel incredibly natural in every detail, as if a collection of objects washed up in their rooms like flotsam on a beach, but somehow fit perfectly together. Ivy Cottage is one of them. ⁠
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In reality, of course, it's a vibrant expression of owner Anoushka's creativity, with her passion poured into every detail during a total renovation of the groundskeeper's house on a Brittany estate. ⁠
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The cottage is in a quiet corner of the gardens, but you can (and should) join Anoushka and the B&B guests for dinner or even breakfast in the main house at least once, to sample her superb cooking. ⁠
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The rest of your time can be spent walking the ‘Étang de l'Abbaye’ trail in Paimpont, wild swimming in Le Lac au Duc, or dropping into Merdrignac to idle in the square and browse the boulangeries and flower shops.⁠
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📍Ivy Cottage, Merdrignac, Brittany⁠
🛏️Sleeps 6, 3 bedrooms, self catering⁠
🔗Book your gite stay direct with Anoushka: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/france/brittany/cotes-darmor/ivy-cottage-2/

27/07/2025

Beaches and pubs surround Ring & Thimble, Cornwall ⁠
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A great holiday cottage is about more than beautiful rooms and comfy beds, although those are undoubtedly important. It's about what you can get up to while you're there, even if it's just having the simple pleasures close to hand.⁠
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From the thatched wonder of Ring & Thimble, the village of Heamoor is a two-minute walk down the valley and has a pub, a bakery and a fish and chip shop. It’s also only a ten-minute walk to the bustling streets and pretty promenade of Penzance, where you’ll find a busy harbour for boat trips, independent book shops, good art galleries and some new-age shops which give a bohemian edge.⁠
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For beach lovers, there's Sennen for surfing, Godrevy for seals and Porthcurno, where the sea's like champagne. No stay is complete without crossing the causeway to St Michaels Mount and climbing the winding path up to the castle, stopping to search for the stone known as the giant's heart as you go. ⁠
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📍Ring & Thimble, Penzance⁠
🛏️Sleeps 2, 1 bedroom, self catering⁠
🔗Explore Sawday's holiday cottages⁠: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/places-to-stay/holiday-cottages/

23/07/2025

New ✨️The Mission⁠, Niton, Isle of Wight⁠
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The story goes that in 1873 some members of the Reade family, recently arrived on the island, were walking home and passed a few men lounging at various angles outside a pub. The Reades began talking to the drinkers about salvation and, as you can well imagine, the men sobered up and took them seriously. ⁠
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The Reades' talks and meetings became so popular that they soon built a mission hall and that old tin and wood building is the one that stands today, converted into a bizarre, beatific place to stay. ⁠
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The coastal path is a short stroll away, all sorts of watersports are on offer and Blackgang Chine, Britain's first ever theme park, is only a mile down the road. You can also walk to the welcoming local, The Wight Mouse, in a couple of minutes, where nobody will judge you for lingering till you list in the beautiful garden.⁠
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📍The Mission⁠, Niton, Isle of Wight⁠
🛏️ Sleeps 8, 4 bedrooms, self catering ⁠
🔗 Find and book direct: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/britain/england/isle-of-wight/the-mission/

18/07/2025

A pub-to-pub walking weekend through the grounds of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire⁠, that starts and finishes with comfortable beds and food well worth working up an appetite for.
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Start: The Pilsley Inn⁠
Stay overnight at this lovely old pub so you can enjoy dinner and breakfast sourced almost entirely from the 1,000 acres of the Chatsworth estate. ⁠
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Walk: Ask the staff about the quieter way to Chatsworth, that adds a bit of distance but takes you off the B road and along farm tracks to the gates of the storied manor. ⁠
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Make as much of a detour as you want in the grounds - visiting the fountains and lakes, going through the maze, stopping for lunch etc - before taking the footpaths south to Beeley.⁠
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End: The Beeley Inn⁠
Check in at another wonderful pub with a welcoming old bar, rooms that you'll be happy to sink into a superb menu to peruse. ⁠
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Distance: minimum 4 miles. More if you take the off-road detour at the start, much more if you can't get out of the maze. ⁠
Time: 1 hour 25⁠
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⁠📍The Pilsley Inn, Pilsley⁠
📍The Beeley Inn, Beeley⁠
🔗 Discover all our special places to stay in the Peak District⁠ and book your getaway today: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/places-to-stay/peak-district/

14/07/2025

Life here revolves around the river... ⁠
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Within five minutes' walk of this beautiful old stone villa near Avignon, you'll find the Gardon river bathing area, as well as two lovely local restaurants, L'Oxalys and Les Mets Chantent.⁠
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A few kilometres away, you can see the Pont du Gard, the majestic Roman aqueduct that soars above the Gardon. You can even hire a canoe and drift downstream, returning by bus to the quiet of Le Patio de Collias. If you're lucky, maybe you can even catch sight of the beavers who have made the waterways of the area their home. ⁠
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📍Le Patio de Collias, Gard⁠
🛏️3 bedrooms sleeping 2, B&B⁠
🔗Book your summer getaway: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/france/languedoc-roussillon/gard/le-patio-de-collias/
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12/07/2025

Stops along the Santiago de Camino. Nicky deBouille, our in-country France inspector, leaves her Loire home to follow in the footsteps of so many before her, and shares her highlights from her week-long section of the route.⁠
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1: My own sanctuary, The Moulin du Cele, where the river Cele rushes past the ancient mill house.⁠⁠ A hot contender for Sawday’s most beautiful place in France. The lovely Irish owners put me up for the night and provided a welcome hamper overflowing with goodies. The rest of my week’s accommodation was not so fancy!⁠

2. The towpath approaching Saint Cirq Lapopie, cut out of the rock to allow boats to be towed along against the current by oxen.⁠
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3. Saint Cirq Lapopie. What secrets, we ask, reading the sign hidden in the vines as pass?⁠ ⁠
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4: The village of Marcilhac sur Cele, in a deep canyon of pearly grey mountains with purple shadows. ⁠
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5: The Chapel de Notre Dame de Roc-Traoucat, half troglodyte cave/ half historic pilgrimage site.⁠
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6: Being struck by gestures of generosity, like the hosepipe with the sign ‘help yourself but please remember to turn the tap off’, or residents who leave thermoses of hot drinks on a table in a shady nook at the end of their garden for the pilgrims.⁠
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7: A stretch of the path lined with fine dry-stone walls, just before the drop down into Cabrerets

10/07/2025

Not a bad plan for a weekend at Coombeshead Farm... ⁠
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Friday night - down to the library for a pre-dinner drink at the honesty before heading over to the restaurant for dinner. ⁠
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Saturday morning - over to the on-site sourdough bakery to pick up some supplies, then off to the beach, for a walk on the moors or to cross the hair-raising bridge at Tintagel.⁠
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Saturday afternoon - wandering the farm, meeting the chickens and pigs, maybe a nap under a book by the wood burner ⁠
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Saturday night - Chat to the staff to get recommendations on local eateries, then maybe just head to the hotel restaurant again!⁠
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Sunday morning - Join a breadmaking workshop so you can take new skills home as the ultimate souvenir, as well as some self-made snacks for the journey.⁠
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📍Coombeshead Farm, Launceston, Cornwall⁠
🛏️Sleeps 10, rooms for 2-4, hotel⁠
🔗Book direct with the owners: https://www.sawdays.co.uk/britain/england/cornwall/coombeshead-farm-the-farmhouse-grain-store/

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