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[Guest Comments: 1 positive, 0 negative]
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| 07/15/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Hello,
Please find below a selection of some of the nicest entries to date in our guest book at the cottage and emails people kindly sent us after their holiday.
If you let us know we would be delighted to send you a full transcript by email, together with further information on the cottage and the area.
Kind regards,
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Jenny and Emmanuel
London
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| 06/15/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We arrived fairly late on Friday to a spotlessly clean and very welcoming cottage -- thank you!
We try to take two to three walking breaks each year so we have stayed in many different cottages, mainly in the Cotswolds and the Peak District, and Rose Cottage is by far THE BEST!
We can recommend the walk that starts at Adlestrop and takes you through Cornwell. Burford is also well worth a visit, but the must is the walk which takes you along the river Coln which starts in the village of Bibury which is magical. Although it is about a 30-minute drive to get there, it is worthwhile.
We thought the food at the Horse and Groom was very good and we found the King's Arms Inn at Bledington exceptionally good.
This cottage has a wonderful charm and I can imagine would be just as beautiful in mid-winter. Somehow I think we will have to come back to find out!
Many thanks,
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Kim, Brad and Foster
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
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| 06/09/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We just had one of the best weeks of our lives!!! We love this cottage. It is so cute, cosy, warm and comfortable in every way!! Also, we love you decorating! My 17-year-old daughter, Kelsey, said ‘Mum, please tell the owners, if they ever want to sell this place, please let us know!’ My 13-year-old son, Andrew, enjoyed it so much too.
We had just come from the Czech Republic, and the place we stayed at had its challenges, so we especially appreciated how clean your cottage is, how well supplied it is, how good it smells and how efficient it is. Everything we needed was right here!
I am a gardener and so I, and my family, thoroughly enjoyed your beautiful backyard. What beautiful flowers. My husband loves wood, so he so much enjoyed all the wood beams everywhere.
We had some wonderful experiences while we were here: Cambridge, Oxford, Cotswold Farm and Warwick Castle. My husband Bob especially enjoyed Cambridge and Oxford because he is a big fan of C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, Sayers and MacDonald.
We cannot thank you enough for the gift of allowing us to stay in your cottage. It is a week that will always be dear to us.
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Bob, Christine, Kelsey and Andrew
St Louis, Missouri
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| 04/17/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Nineteen hours (a new record for us) after leaving our home in Maine, USA, we arrived at this lovely cottage. It was welcoming and clean. You can't imagine how wonderful it felt to fall into the fresh linens and comfortable beds. Your clear and thorough instructions helped us settle in quickly.
As we are here for my mother-in-law's "celebration of life" service, having this warm and comfortable place was a tonic for our sad souls. We took two fantastic walks in stunning sunshine.
Thank you for this beautiful cottage. We'll add it to our many fond memories of travels.
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Gail and Peter
Maine
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| 01/14/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Dear Emmanuel
Just to say we have a super time in the Cottage. The people who look after it for you do it very well. It was nice to find the fire laid and all the home comforts when we arrived, including such delightful beds and bed linen.
We have often hired places where they don't provide any kindling or matches for the fire, nor things like dishwasher tablets / washing up liquid or tea towels. It will be nice when we return to visit again - because we will - to have a less loaded car as we always bring these things!
Living so close, we hope to return on a regular basis, my husband only gets a weekend off every couple of weeks or so (he is a Crime Scene Examiner) so we try to make the most of them and being only 40 minutes away (well an hour and a quarter on a Friday night!!) is a bonus.
I'll be in touch. Please convey my thanks to Sarah and Betty - I couldn't find a pen to write in the book.
Best wishes
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Sam
Oxford
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| 12/29/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
What a wonderful place to stay in over Christmas. Long walks, good food and a log fire. What more could anyone ask for. Thank you so much for providing the perfect place.
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Donna and Harry
London
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| 12/19/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
It’s been just the tonic we need before the Christmas festive season. The open fire made the cottage so cosy. It brought back fond memories of Ireland, our home country. Horses, farm land, open fires and lovely people.
The cottage has everything one needs. I’d love to see the little garden in the spring. The bed in the blue room was co comfortable, we thought we were at home.
As we prepare to head back to London, our adopted home for 36 years, to the hustle and bustle of our pub, we feel very relaxed and ready to give the very best Christmas to all our family, friends and punters.
All that remains for us to say is thank you so much. Rose Cottage is beautiful and we’ll be back in the spring. Have a lovely, peaceful and happy Christmas
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Helen and Peter
London
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| 12/08/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Dear Emmanuel
We have already recommended your cottage to our UK relatives, and will spread the word through Norway, USA & Australia. The rates you ask are reasonable compared to similar properties, which was a major draw for us as a family.
We thought the cottage was perfect - everything we wanted. Our one regret was that we did not have enough time and the weather was a little wet.
We are already planning our next trip (2 years) to the UK and Rose Cottage will no doubt feature.
Thank you for everything - especially the fire. It was the icing on the cake.
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Elisa, Peter, Ella and Ruby
Australia
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| 12/08/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
It has been delightful staying in this beautiful cottage. We only wish we had more time to discover more of the Cotswolds. The Pale Ale at the Horse & Groom is good and the hospitality very warm. The fire was wonderful, as we had some cold nights watching UK TV. The videos were great for our girls, as we hadn’t been in English-speaking countries for about 10 weeks. We hope to return and spend some time walking the public paths, climbing some stiles and discovering some other inns. Thank you for making our holiday even more enjoyable. Beds – great. Shower – fantastic. Fire – wonderful.
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Elisa, Peter, Ella and Ruby
Australia
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| 11/20/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Emmanuel
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Rose Cottage. The weather was perfect; the village is charming, and the cottage is very comfortable and well equipped. We went to each of the village pubs and also walked to Stoke on Saturday for lunch. We also met a lovely family, Jenny Charlie and Ollie, at an Oddington village bus stop. Jenny very kindly drove us to the train station on Monday afternoon.
We will have fond memories of Rose Cottage. You must enjoy it very much. We feel very lucky to have found it.
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Lorraine and Alan
Toronto, Canada
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| 11/20/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
What a wonderful place! Both the cottage and surroundings. Even the weather’s been great. We have really enjoyed our stay and family reunion over the weekend. Both village pubs are very friendly, and the “real ale” a real treat (for us colonials)! Only word of warning – don’t try and get a bus to the train station – it runs only once a week.
We would like to return someday, especially in the summer months and really explore the area. Great weekend.
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Lorraine and Alan
Toronto, Canada
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| 09/27/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
A wonderful cottage in a beautiful area. What comes across so clearly is that the place is loved, and that makes it feel like a proper home. Beautiful bed linen and wonderfully fluffy towels are a delight. We had a beautiful late September – the sun was shining and the birds singing – just right for a visit to Adlestrop. We hope to come back.
PS – We enjoyed a decent meal at The Fox (worth the walk) and an absolutely outstanding dinner at the Horse & Groom – fantastic.
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Jo and Paul
East Sussex
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| 09/20/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We had a really enjoyable, relaxing time here at the cottage. So pleased we chose Rose Cottage, as it is so quiet here, yet easy to travel to most places. We found it a great base for exploring the Cotswolds and surrounding areas, even travelling further afield to Bath and Stratford.
Would certainly recommend it to our friends in New Zealand. There wasn’t anything we needed as the cottage is very well equipped. Now heading to London before we return to New Zealand. Thank you.
Love and carrots,
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Wendy and Nigel
New Zealand
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| 08/26/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We had a lovely week in Rose Cottage. The cottage itself is perfect – cosy, clean, tidy with comfortable beds and a nice little garden. A most gratifying surprise was the bathroom, where a single tap provides hot and cold water. Such a luxury is rather uncommon in the country. The kitchen is well equipped and designed. Cooking is fun in any case, but one doesn’t feel like it when essential stuff is missing. A touch of mystery is conferred by the ubiquitous rooster motif. What dramatic story may lie behind it?
Maybe the most pleasant surprise in the cottage was the myriad of walking books, maps and useful as well as entertaining information on local uses and geography. Now we know what Cotswold means! It does add a sense of timelessness to the landscape. The only thing in the cottage for which we didn’t have any use were those movies – Titanic and the like.
We had a very nice time rambling around Oddington. St. Nicholas Church is not only of striking beauty and highly interesting, but located in a country of its own – yet a few minutes’ walk from here. We also recommend the Horse & Groom – delicious food. Very crowded, though – better make a reservation.
We could go on for a few more pages, expressing our joy to be here and describing all the beautiful places we’ve visited. But since we’d rather limit ourselves to the cottage and its immediate surroundings, let’s finish here.
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Marianne, Ursula, Wolfram & Pablo
Germany
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| 02/18/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Thank you for a lovely weekend. It had everything we needed and was warm and cosy for our stay. It provided a great base to explore the Cotswolds. The Horse & Groom was perfect for Sunday lunch
What a lovely cottage! Thank you so much. We had a fantastic few days and hope to be back soon.
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Kate and Fraser
London
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| 02/06/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Fantastic! Thanks so much for a lovely New Year. The cottage was great and has everything we could have wanted. We’ll be back!
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Liz and Rene
London
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| 12/28/05 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Excellent. We enjoyed one of he best Christmas breaks we have had. The cottage was well equipped with every need catered for and the welcome note and gift were very thoughtful.
We would like to thank the owners and the person who prepared the cottage for an excellent service. We have every intention of returning.
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Carol and Robert
Sussex
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