Michael House

2008-05-13T05:33:00.000-07:00

However many times I see bluebells in open countryside, it still surprises me, as I think of them as woodland plants. Does it mean there was once woodland her? This picture is taken from the steep cliff by Trebarwith Strand, looking inland with Michael House in the far distance.

If you are thinking of coming to Cornwall over the next few weeks, we do have availability, and we are again offering our 'three nights for the price of two with evening meals' offer.

2008-05-11T03:11:00.000-07:00

Trebarwith Strand at low tide recently. This dog friendly beach is about 15 minutes walk distant from Michael House. The first section can get very busy when the low tide and good weather coincide, but there is always plenty of space further along the beach.

2008-05-11T03:07:00.000-07:00

Availability

We do have some availability over the next few weeks, and the weather has improved out of all recognition recently.

If you are thinking of coming to Cornwall, don't forget our 'three nights for the price of two' offer, making a total cost of £225 for a double en-suite room, including evening meals, until the end of June.

We hope to see you soon.

2008-05-01T03:06:00.000-07:00

New Prices

Unfortunately, it has become untenable to keep the prices at their current rate. I have not had a full review of prices since we arrived at Michael House, over four years ago. All bookings for 2008 made before the end of June will be honoured at the old prices. I will continue to offer spring and autumn offers on the 'three nights for the price of two with evening meals' basis.

Tariff, as from 01.07.08

Double or twin en-suite £34.00 per person per night, bed and breakfast
Double, or twin, en-suite
two nights or over £32.00 per person per night, b and b
Double, private bathroom £27.00 per person per night, b and b
Double, private bathroom
two nights or over £25.00 per person per night (note, no price increase!)
child, 10 or under half adult price
additional child or adult in
fold up bed half adult price
Tiny child, in own or our cot, £5.00

single supplement £10 per night

Meal, three course £20.00 per person
Meal any two courses £15.00 per person
Children, ten and under,
three course meal £12.00 per child
children, 10 and under,
2 course meal £10 per child
Picnic, all ages £7.00
corkage £5.00 per bottle

Dog £10 per visit per dog

Deposit £25 per room booked

10% reduction on five night stay or over, other offers do not apply. Applies to bed and breakfast only
15% reduction on five night stay or over, on production of Viva, Vegetarian Society, Animal Aid or Vegan Society card. Applies to B and B only.

Three nights for the price of two, with evening meals, £248, double en-suite room, or £220, room with private bathroom. This is a saving of £64 or£50. This offer applies from the beginning of April until the end of June, and from the beginning of October to the end of November, excluding Bank Holiday weekends. It applies to double or twin occupancy of rooms only. More than one of these offers can be taken in succession. It is only offered with the inclusion of evening meals.

Transport
40p a mile. Bodmin Parkway, £15 per trip, total. People walking the coast path and staying for two nights or over, will be taken to and collected from e.g. Boscastle, Tintagel and Port Isaac at no cost.

Christmas special

We offer a four night, partially full board Christmas break for £300 per person, or £275 for the room with private bathroom. Please ring or email to discuss this.

Thank you for reading this far!

I have put off doing this for a while, but it had to be done I'm afraid.

2008-04-27T15:47:00.001-07:00

I am not generally one to blow my own trumpet, but...
Michael House has been named as the 'place of the month' on www.veggieplaces.co.uk, about which I am very pleased! There are three lovely reviews of Michael House on there, I feel all glowy about it! Thank you to those who wrote the reviews. I will write some when I go to other places listed in Veggieplaces, as I know how useful it is to get feedback.

2008-04-07T07:37:00.000-07:00

Sunday 6th April - behind the far house, there is what looks to be a trail of smoke from the chimney. This is actually the tail end of the twister/tornado we saw. It does not look very impressive here, and it vanished very fast and moved to the left fast as well.

Monday 7th April - couldn't be much more different than yesterday, although it has snowed a little today as well.

2008-04-06T06:52:00.000-07:00

Weather

I'm sure it is the same throughout the country, but the weather here today is extraordinary. One minute, beautiful sun, but with the threat of dark clouds, the next, heavy sleety stuff. We have seen a tornado/twister which must have been over the sea. Very exciting, glad we were no nearer to it! We have not had any snow which has settled here, that is very rare, but I know other places have received quite a cover.

2008-03-19T17:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!

I hope you have an enjoyable Bank Holiday weekend, with plenty of chocolate consumption and general fun!

2008-03-09T07:57:00.000-07:00

We had a lovely break on the Lizard, what a gorgeous area. We expected poor weather, but were very lucky.

This bull is in a sculpture park near Coverack. We came upon it by chance, although we had been told of it. There are many creatures scattered across the grass, slightly surreal to come upon.

There are more picutres of the week on www.nessienoracraftexplorer.blogspot.com

2008-02-29T01:43:00.000-08:00

The last post applies again! 07989 384 963 for any messages over the next few days.

Due to the previous success of our three nights for the price of two we are offering these agian this spring. From 20th March until 30th June, a three night stay for two people, meals included, will cost £225 for an en-suite room, or £205 for the standard room. This is a saving of £60 (£50 standard room).

We are fully booked over Easter, but have some availability in the week leading up to Easter and from the 24th March.

We look forward to seeing you soon. Do check out my other blog, http://www.nessienoracraftexplorer.blogspot.com/

2008-02-08T11:46:00.000-08:00

Mobile phone

For the next few days we will be unable to take bookings on our main phone. Please call 07989 384 963 and leave a message, and your call will be responded to as soon as possible.

2008-01-21T11:24:00.000-08:00

New member of the household, Barney

Hi.

I have arrived at Michael House permanently. I have visited many times in the past, so it is not such a shock to me or the others to be here. My other mum, Elizabeth, could not keep me after I had caused her to break her hip. I have posted more about me on the new blog www.nessienoracraftexplorer.blogspot.com

I hope to meet you soon, but I promise not to hassle you and will only see you if you want to meet me!

2008-01-21T03:42:00.000-08:00

Message for Andy T.

Thanks for your message. I have emailed you, but the message has just bounced back to me as undeliverable. Yes, we do have availability on the days you are enquiring about. Do get in touch, perhaps by phone. best wishes,
Vanessa

2008-01-05T05:11:00.001-08:00

Just to let you know that I have just started a new blog, Nessienora Craft Explorer, you can access it via the full profile of this blog, or http://nessienoracraftexplorer.blogspot.com It is a more personal blog, mainly focussing on my crafts and our animals and should be a bit of fun. Do add any comments to either blog!

2008-01-05T05:10:00.001-08:00

Good news

We now have wireless broadband, so guests should be able to connect their laptops when staying here.

2008-01-05T04:40:00.000-08:00

Menu last night

Last night I cooked the following:

French onion soup with freshly baked rolls

Individual goats cheese and tomato charlottes
roast potatoes
roast peppers
brocolli
spiced red cabbage with onions and apples

Flourless chocolate cake - basically cooked chocolate mousse

This all went down very well, if I say it myself!

2007-12-27T01:58:00.000-08:00

I hope you have had a good Christmas.

If you are thinking about coming to Cornwall for New Year, we will be open and have availability. The rooms will be at the normal rate, ie £30 per person per night for an en-suite room, bed and breakfast, or £25 for the standard room. We will be offering a four course evening meal on 31st Dec. for a cost of £25 per person. The weather forecast doesn't look too bad, we have had very good weather over the Christmas period.

Maybe see you soon.

Vanessa

2007-12-21T13:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas

Wishing you a Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

2007-12-12T10:24:00.000-08:00

Storm watching.

If you like watching big waves, enjoy a good blast and heavy downpour, this is not the place to be!

I can't believe the change since my last blog. The weather is now calm, clear, there is a sliver of moon tonight, it is so peaceful. The sun was even warming earlier. The wind of a few days ago has taken it's toll however. Many of the leaves on the privet hedges have shrivelled and gone in the onslaught of the wind and there are now some gaps appearing in the hedges. I think they are rather ugly and oppressive, but they are absolutely essential in the climate we have here. Some of ours must be 5 - 6 feet thick and 10 foot tall, but the worst winds still get through to the other side.

The picture above is a cheat, taken in the summer, when the hedges are looking much nicer, and this is anyway a sheltered part of the garden, and the echiums, for which the picture was taken, dwarf the hedge as well!

I'm sure the weather I described in my last entry will return, but for now, the gentle conditions are here to enjoy.

2007-12-07T09:46:00.000-08:00

Storm watching

If you like watching high waves, hearing the sea hurl itself at the rocks, feel the wind change the shape of your face as you battle to get along the path, north Cornwall is the place for you to be right now!

Why not pop down for a day or two of wild weather, a hot meal and a bottle of wine by the fireside?

2007-11-29T02:11:00.000-08:00

Hi to all,

If anyone is considering getting away over Christmas, we still have some availability. It should be fun, being looked after and lots of food.

I have decided to do away with the winter rate, as we now have the special 'three for two' offer for several months of the year. So, the rates will be £30 per person per night for the en-suite room, bed and breakfast, and £25 for the standard room throughout the year, but see the special offers section of the website (the winter rates bit may not yet have gone, please ignore it!)

If you happen to be in the area this weekend, 1st and 2nd December, do pop in for our craft event. It will run from 10.30 - 5 pm each day. There will be a free glass of mulled wine for everyone or mulled apple juice and no entry charge. We will have a selection of things for sale, all hand made locally, including:

pottery
turned wood
watercolours
cards
card making kits
hand made felt brooches and pictures
woodcarvings
stained glass
jams and chutneys
jewellery
hand made bunting

Hope to see you.

Vanessa

2007-10-26T03:23:00.000-07:00

Into the 21st century.

I have finally joined the 21st century and succumbed to the pressure to have a mobile phone! It has come to feel almost irresponsible to drive around without one, especcially with my car in the poor state it has been in recently.

So, my mobile number is 07779 231 964. It will take me some time to learn this, and i will stumble on how many 7s there are!

The 3 for 2 offer is still available, until the end of November, and we still have some availability for the special Christmas breaks. See the website for more details.

2007-10-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

Identity crisis, what identity crisis?

At the end of this week, my registration as an Occupational Therapist expires. When we were first here, I referred to my previous role quite frequently, now I hardly ever do. I felt a bit of a fraud being a guest house proprietor, I hadn't had three years training! Now I don't think of myself as an OT, but I am happy that that is what I did for all those years. And I am happier still that I made the move to guest house proprietor, and I rarely feel fraudulent nowadays, I have now had three and a half years self training.

2007-09-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

Perfect Moment

I just had one of those rare perfect moments, and decided I would share it with anyone who happens to read this. I took the dogs down to Trebarwith Strand and we walked back up the cliff route. I stopped on the lower slopes, and had a sit for a while. What made it even more magical than it always is, was a combination of perfect, calm and warm weather and the sound coming from the balcony of a holiday apartment across the valley. Two people were playing a recorder and guitar. I think they were practicing and kept going over the same section again and again, I was willing them to move on after a bit, but it was just so lovely to hear the sound wafting across. Even the dogs behaved well.

2007-09-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Jonathan!

The website has now been updated, super fast after my email to him. he does a brilliant job, see the link on the links page of the website if you need a website to be designed!