At last, it looks like we're going to get a sustained spell of decent Summer weather. The good news is that it's coincided with the peak Summer holidays. The bad news is that, if you want to come and enjoy all that Velvet Cottage and the surrounding area has to offer and you haven't already booked, you're too late! We're fully booked until the middle of September. Sorry everyone!

By far the biggest expense at velvet Cottage is electricity. Although going all electric was the responsible thing to do, electric heating has proven to be horrifically expensive, especially so over the last couple of years. We're therefore really pleased to have secured a two year fixed price at a substantially lower level than our previous tariff. It will allow us to maintain our famously low prices for the next two seasons. Take advantage of it while you can!

My hedge trimming on the lane at Velvet Cottage yesterday attracted the interest of this little fella, who ambled down the road to see what I was up to. He then casually walked up the steps into next door's garden. Red-legged partridges have been spotted in the area before, but never quite like this!

Everybody needs a holiday - even holiday cottage cleaners.
Our cleaner took a very well deserved holiday this week and we've been doing the changeover cleaning, as well as sorting the new recycling system and a bit of garden maintenance. To be honest, it never felt like work as the cottage has such a calming vibe to it and the setting is so spectacular. Even the tyre blow-out on the way home did little to dampen our spirits! Our run of rave reviews has continued so we must be doing something right...

Denbighshire County Council run an excellent online course about the huge number of tourist attractions in the historic county of Denbighshire. The owners of Velvet Cottage completed the course up to Gold standard, so if you want to know absolutely anything about this fabulous destination, just ask and they are bound to know the answer (maybe.....)