“We had a lovely time at Pippin.”
We like Lelant. The cottage is ideally situated on a fairly quiet road and great for travelling to Hayle St Michael's mount, St Ives and further afield.
We didn't really use our car, as the bus service was so good, and regular, and we walked to the local Costcutter about a mile and a half away, a couple of times if we needed anything. Tesco a little bit further along. They did close the road coming back from St Ives one night but the bus driver was very accommodating and dropped us as near as he could at the bottom of Lelant hill. Short walk up the hill.
We especially loved that you could open the top of the front door, in the living room of the cottage, as it was quite warm when we were there. It was lovely and cool to come back to after a day out.
The bed was sooo comfy. The seating was comfy if the living area was a little dark, it was nice and cool.
We never used the dishwasher and would question whether a washing machine would be more useful. We had beach towels and for ten days stay we only had one towel each so a facility for washing would have been useful.
The kitchen was adequately stocked with everything needed but the knives could have done with a sharpen.
The washing line was very slack and could do with replacing so hanging heavyish beach towels or wetsuit was very difficult. We ended up hanging them on the chairs in the garden.
We loved the frequent walk to Porth Kidney beach, ( my favourite walk each day ) the coast path and a cream tea in the little church, Thursdays and Fridays, on the way to the beach. We enjoyed listening to the owls each night.
The cottage was very comfortable but we noted that cars and other traffic; vans, motorcycles etc drove extremely fast down the hillgoing to the station, we presumed, and close to the cottage, anybody coming out who didn't know, would be at risk of getting hit. My husbands car was scratched and scraped on the wall side when parked, presumably someone trying to get past on foot. Something like some kind of traffic calming needs bringing to the road. A lady also lost her cat so hope this didn't fall prey to the very fast dangerous and nuisance traffic that at times was outside the cottage. Parking could be tricky if your space was taken by someone parking for the train. So we opted to use the bus mostly. This road was quiet at night however. We also enjoyed a drink in the Badger pub across the road a couple of nights, once sat in the garden and once inside the pub. We didn't eat there, but the menu looked very nice and reasonable and the Costcutter up the road also stocked locally made tasty looking ready meals in their freezer, which we saw but didn't try.
We appreciated the milk left and didn't feel a larger welcome pack needed to be left. Could do with clearer instructions for the bins and a larger fridge. One or two of the fridge shelves were very brittle and one was cracked on our arrival.
That said, we would stay at Pippin again it was very comfortable and cosy, the shower was great, the beds were comfy, slept very well, but I wouod have preferred there to be a washing machine, perhaps two towels each for ten days, but it wasn't a deal breaker and we coped.
Hi
we are glad you enjoyed your stay
re facilities ,we have contacted the council re parking permits and 20 mile an hour stickers but they are not able to facilitate this unfortunately . parking is on the road side as most is in lelant
we opted for a dishwasher as most people don't wash clothes as most bookings are weekly and the only washer to fit that space is a top loader which wouldn't be functional
CCH do provide a linnen change for 2 week bookings but not for 10 days however I will suggest this should be an option for 10 day stays thank you
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