Those bi-fold doors open wide. Four metres wide. They’re an open invitation to float out onto the big deck and drink in the sun. Linger longer over a hearty supper around the table and chairs whipped up on the range oven or the coal barbie.
It’s south-facing out there. So even winter sunshine will feel like a Seychelles summer. Lounge around on the lawn, up the pace with a game of rounders, finish off the day in the fixed, five-seat hot tub gazing at galaxies and passing the Prosecco.
At Daffodil Lodge, nobody misses out on the mischief. There’s step-free access, full ground-floor living, adapted bathrooms, and doorways wide enough for wheelchairs. And you can keep the full family together, regardless of number of legs, with space for up to three dogs to fetch and forage around the huge indoor and outdoor spaces.
Living room here is an open-plan living/dining/cooking affair with a monster 32 square metres of space. Use it to dine together around the 18-seat, four-metre table, bop to the sound of the Bose speakers, and relax around evening movies on the 50″ smart TV. Bring your passwords for streaming services over the Sky WiFi.
Closet Ainsley Harriott among you? You’ll love the modern kitchen with the range oven and six-burner hob. More inclined to recline than rustle up a risotto? No problem. We have pro chefs only too happy to offer a one-off celebration or fully catered break. While you count your toes in the hot tub.
Fancy more lounging and lazing? Get on the delivery apps for top takeaways from Pizza Gogo – fresh dough made daily – or Oldfield’s fish and chips, also offering cooked chicken. Or try something different? Goulash is the home of Hungarian street food. Pork and pepper omelette, maybe?
Classic British menus come with a wicked twist at The Cross House in Doynton, such as chargrilled Cornish sea bream fillet with warm Niçoise salad, or twice-baked sun-blushed tomato, goats’ cheese and hazelnut souffle. Or how about brioche burgers or cider, saffron and bacon mussels at the Hollybush?
Get seriously carnivorous with the Rose and Crown’s mixed grill – or not, with the vegan ‘sriracha and beyond’ burger. Get some Greek down you, with kleftika, souvlaki and horiatiki salad at Mediterranean marvel Opa Meze in Bath. Or maybe it’ll be turmeric-grilled squid sprinkled with crunchy fried Thai garlic at The Giggling Squid?
Just the four bedrooms here, but they all pull their weight, housing up to 18 with three wet room-style showers and two toilets.
Bedroom one sleeps four in a kingsize bed and a bunk bed. You’ve an en-suite bathroom with shower and an additional shower room. Bedroom two has space for six in two kingsize beds with singles above, and bedrooms three and four each sleep four in two bunks.
