Dog friendly cottage near Coniston

We have just returned from a week in the lakes. This was Deez's first holiday, and he absolutely loved it. (Pics to follow)
We stayed in a really nice cottage, which was finished really nicely, 56" inch tv, hot tub, next door to a dog friendly pub, little private garden, etc etc.
The cottage is owned by the pub: the Wilson Arms, Torver, so you can google it, but I would really recommend this luxury, chilled out cottage.
 

Nice! Looking forward to pics sounds fantastic! Already have 2 hols booked this year Devon and Norfolk but I shall keep that in mind, have you got a link?

Wow, that place sounds great, do you have a link ?

Oooh sounds like it ticks all the boxes for me , we are looking for somewhere maybe over xmas , failing this we've decided to ditch Cornwall next year in favour of a change of scenery and the Lakes is my favourite , would they be ok with 2 dogs ?? did they leave out throwovers expecting the dogs to jump on the furniture etc

http://www.thewilsonsarms.co.uk/
It's not cheap over Xmas/new year, but none of them are!
We took throws for the sofa, but it's all wooden or slate flooring, so dog hair is easily swept up.
:-)

Looks amazing but slightly out of my price range.........holidaying as a single isn't cheap! Maybe one day, really looking forward to see the photos

Yes, it's not cheap. The pub rooms are dog friendly I think?
Great place, Deez loved it. :-)

Wow it looks amazing, and it's near Ambleside, my favourite shopping town anywhere.

Wow! It looks lush  

albie7 wrote:http://www.thewilsonsarms.co.uk/
It's not cheap over Xmas/new year, but none of them are!
We took throws for the sofa, but it's all wooden or slate flooring, so dog hair is easily swept up.
:-)

It's not that bad when you consider there are 3 of us , 2 dogs and its Xmas , bigest hurdle I've got is my daughter who doesn't want to be away from home for xmas but she's 13 and doesn't believe in Santa no more (she was the one that told me he suffocated in a chimney last year , I was gutted  )

We probably spend £2-300 on the xmas shopping and then get loads of silly presents that we will never use , so a few cutbacks in favour of something different and it is much more workable

Due to the fact Deez doesn't travel light, with the bed, throws toys etc, there isn't masses of room in the car, so we got our shopping delivered after an online shop - it was brilliant!

we went to cornwall for the week , 2 dogs 2 child things , 1 OH with the kitchen sink hidden down her pants  

Lol, well that kitchen is very well stocked, didn't need any of the stuff we took. :-)

which cottage did you stay in , got my eye on the one with the big telly on the wall (think this may be yours) was there wifi , it does say on one of them but not this one , just trying to find a few carrots for Jenny (my daughter)

Lol, yup we stayed in the big tv one, it also has a ps3 in, it does have wifi, from pub next door. :-) Good luck! We are staying in one near Windermere at new year, can't wait.

was the wifi a good signal or did you have to stand in the garden holding your laptop out to god
PS3 , plenty games ???
TV in 2nd room ok ??

These are all mega plus points to sell a holiday to a girl that will be 14 yrs old the day after we get there , told her she can take a mate but kids tend to do the family thing over xmas

Wifi was ok, not very strong, but ok for Facebook etc, and very strong in pub next door, and they are very friendly to let you sit about in there.
We took our own games for ps3, maybe hire some?
Tv was fairly small in second room, like an iPad size, but good picture.
Maybe the free hot tub could swing it? :-)

Daughter is getting swayed already , pub menu looks good but very pricey , like the fact I could roll in for breakfast though , think by Sunday I may have won and we could have a booking

Amazing! When we went on hols I was told where and when without a choice of tv games etc  

janey wrote:Amazing! When we went on hols I was told where and when without a choice of tv games etc  

Janey come on , don't tell me you can't appreciate how a maturing daughter can influence a holiday outcome for good or bad , so easier to make sure they are reasonably happy

And I don't know how far away the church is if we need to perform an emergency exorcism  

  nope when I lived at home I was told where and when! We played family card games and so on, I would like to say gee's how things change but that wasn't so long back .............. well 15 years ago lol

But tbh at 16 I was going on hols alone lol Xx

Looks like a really beautiful place

janey wrote:  nope when I lived at home I was told where and when! We played family card games and so on, I would like to say gee's how things change but that wasn't so long back .............. well 15 years ago lol

But tbh at 16 I was going on hols alone lol Xx

Summer hols are like this no problem , we just need some extra tools in the box for her to happily come away from home at xmas , it's much easier for her to want to go rather than telling her we are going

This looks lovely!!! Does anyone know how far away the nearest beach is?

Mandz wrote:This looks lovely!!! Does anyone know how far away the nearest beach is?

Quite a distance unfortunately but you don't go to the lake district to spend time on the beach , the most beautiful countryside in the whole of the UK for sure