flweir Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Just come back from amazing holiday in Yorkshire. Ten luxury eco-conscious lodges in 55 acres just outside Richmond, three of which allow dogs. Having spent a few cottage holidays in places that although with charm, make you feel a bit icky when sticking to the lino in the bathroom, the level of comfort here (wooden floors, dishwasher, granite worktops, widescreen tv etc.) restored my faith in holidaying at home! The site only officially allows one dog per property, but if you get the agent to call the caretaker (Ian) before you book, chances are he'll give you permission to take two (we did - quite often when cottages say they will only take one dog, if you phone and ask the agent to ask, they usually accept more). Dogs must be kept on lead when on-site but uniquely, there is no stipulation that you can't leave dogs unattended so you're able to go out for a meal etc and leave the dogs behind. Two agents let the lodges, Dales Holiday cottages http://www.dales-holiday-cottages.com/Cott...&advanced=1 have this one and Sorrel Lodge (property no. 4356) that allow dogs. The two lodges are next door to each other so very little to choose between them, Celandine lodge (the one we stayed in) prob has the slightly better outlook (over a pond) Rural retreats have the more exclusive (in terms of position - isolated and up on a hillside) lodges but the prices reflect this. If however, seclusion is essential to you, it might be worth paying the extra. http://www.ruralretreats.net/website/alpha...p?propref=YO042 Really highly recommended! The lodges are all brand new (we were the first people to sign the visitors book in ours) so it's great to stay in them before they get too 'lived in'. We'll definitely return. Lots to see and do in the area as the lodges are just on the edge of Swaledale, the most beautiful of the Dales (IMHO!) I hope this is useful to someone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundgirl Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Wow, they're the swankiest, poshest lodges I've ever seen and in a lovely setting. Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Do they have an enclosed garden for nightime wee wees? Or did you have to take the dogs out on leads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flweir Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 no enclosed gardens. To be honest, at nighttime, we just let them out for a wee off-lead. It's only if someone was around to see that we kept them on-lead (as part of the planning consent for the site in what is essentially national park, they had to agree that dogs are to be kept on-lead) but as long as your dogs don't escape the site and worry sheep it's not really enforced (and we actually let our two off lead when we were out of sight of anyone else, as their recall is very good). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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