Wilderness Lodge

Views are just magical! Animals everywhere but lots of privacy. Peaceful and quiet. Lovely welcome card on arrival. Nice size bathroom. Comfortable bed.

Was a little nervous on the decking as few loose ones and I’m assuming blankets in basket are for dogs not humans as smelt of dog which I found out when I went to use one

Location was perfect and the property had everything we needed

The view from the building was amazing

Floor boards especially the decking outside had failed and can be trip hazard

The view.

There are a couple of things that sadly made our stay uncomfortable. The property is described as pet friendly, however it really isn't. On arrival as we were unloading our cars we were asked to keep our dogs on leads as there is livestock around, and we were expected to keep them on leads 24/7. The piece of land in front of the property isn't enclosed meaning we had to either keep the dogs indoors (totally unfair on the dogs) or we had to be with them outside for every toilet trip. It isn't reasonable to expect people to be happy with this whilst on holiday when you just want to enjoy your space and unwind and it completely spoiled the trip as we felt like we were being watched (the lodge is at the top of their back garden so you can be seen). We couldn't relax at all, despite our dogs being so well behaved. I understand if the owner has anxiety about dogs, but if that's the case, perhaps don't advertise the property as pet friendly. I sent a request about the dogs when I booked the property. Secondly there was only one towel in the property and when we messaged to request further towels they replied saying that they will "try" to get some to us. Despite being at the bottom of the path, they didn't manage to get any to us until much later the following day. By which point one of us had been into town and bought some. Very disappointed with that. Towels are advertised on the listing, but bring your own just in case there aren't any there. The oven trays hadn't been cleaned following the previous guest cooking on them, and the hand towel in the bathroom had stains on it. There was no bedding or linen for the sofa bed. Again completely putting us out, we had a spare blanket in our car that we used but it made for poor quality sleep as the bed was itchy without any sheet. Make sure to take your own duvet and linen.