Helsbury Park Photo Competition 2007 / Entry 3

Tracey Barnes sent these lovely shots of here two labs, Bee Bee and Bumble enjoying themselves at Helsbury. Above is Bumble digging at Daymer Bay. Below is one of them on duty guarding the farmhouse.


And here is one where they are deinfitely off duty!


Helsbury Park are the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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8 dogs - is it a record??

Well, we were a bit surprised ourselves, but Broadview recently housed a family and their 8 dogs for a stay. It made us wonder if anyone has ever taken more dogs on a holiday in the UK? And if they did where did they take them?

It also made us rather proud that we can really pride ourselves on our dog-friendly cottages and also pleased to think that we also maintain our 5 stars while doing so. No small achievement we're sure you'll agree. If any other self catering property can challenge us on this one we'd be happy to hear from them, but in the meantime we'll assume the title of the 'highest quality, most dog friendly self catering property in the UK'. Bring it on!

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Helsbury is Totally 5 Star...

Wow, that was hard work, the grading system has been changed and the test for 5 stars is even more rigorous. We were hoping to get Broadview up to being 5 stars from 4 and we did it! It's a testament to the investment we've made and the high standards of quality we maintain and we're extremely pleased to have achieved the mark. But we won't rest there, we're looking to achieve excellence in everything we do, we'll keep you up to date as we go.

Helsbury Park are the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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Guestbook Audit...

We've recently audited our guest books to find out what you've all been saying. It's amazing how one place keeps coming up again and again as a perennial favourite of all our guests and that's Daymer Bay. It's probably the most dog friendly beach in Cornwall and its on the north coast near Helsbury. If you've not been it's a absolute must, we've marked it on our Google map for your reference...

Helsbury Park, the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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All New Broadview...

We've recently upgraded Broadview , the most dog friendly cottage in Britain, even further by adding new flooring throughout the whole property, slate in the kitchen, solid oak in the hall and living room, luxurious carpets in the bedrooms and tiles in a new wet room. All the doors to the room and cupboards have been replaced and we've also given it a new slate roof. It is looking absolutely stunning and we are fully expecting 5 stars at our next inspection.


We asked Jackie Stanley, one of North Cornwall's leading estate agents to take a look around and she said: "The property is beautifully presented and in a most appealing setting with the benefit of approximately two acres adjoining. In my opinion, Broadview is of exceptional quality and has been very stylishly converted."

For pictures of the recently renovated Broadview click here

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New Galleries...

We've added a number of new galleries to the site over the past few days:

Cottages Local Walks Helsbury Dogs

Check them out when you get a chance.

Helsbury Park, the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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Visitors' Book 001

We are planning to put some extracts from our visitor's book here in our blog, here's a recent comment we received:

"Just thought I would do you a quick note to say how delighted we were with our stay at the Farmhouse last week. Your website is very informative and I really thought you just doing a really good marketing job but when I got there I was overwhelmed by the attention to detail, the location, the accommodation and the ‘little touches’. We have been holidaying in this country for the last 20 years taking our two Goldies with us and have stayed in various places. We are always promised dog friendly cottages but as long as we are happy to keep them only in the kitchen – hardly dog friendly! Our boys are part of our family and very few restrictions are placed on them at home. I have to say that they were able to continue with those restrictions on holiday and I never felt that I had to watch them constantly. Well done for providing home from home for humans and heaven for our canine friends. You will hear from us again !!!!"

Helsbury Park, the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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FREE poo bags at Helsbury Park...

If you're visiting Helsbury soon you'll see that we've installed poo bag dispensers on site. They contain branded bags for you to use on site, take with you on days out and take home and use. In fact we don't mind if you give them to your all your friends as well, it's all good publicity for Helsbury after all!



Helsbury Park, the most dog friendly cottages in Britain.

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