It is SO nice to be able to welcome guests to Southclay and The Annex at last! Three families from Middlesex are the first to enjoy our wonderful facilities and the North Devon Coast this summer. To hear children playing in the garden and in the swimming pool again is priceless.

These are the guests we evicted last week (from the drain outside) - a toad and a smooth newt I think? It is raining today - they may well be back already! Certainly there seem to be plenty of slugs and snails around the garden to keep them happy.

Whilst we love to embrace our wildlife and welcome them into the garden, I would rather welcome paying guests again! We are fully booked until mid September but do have availability for Autumn Breaks and still have Christmas and New Year available.