Dog Friendly Lodges & Log Cabins in Northumberland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Stephanie - Verified booking

  Just what we needed for our short break with our two Golden Retriever’s.

  A warm and cosy west-facing property, where we enjoyed watching the sunset on the veranda. Outside, plenty of space to park the car, a lovely green area in front, which was ideal first thing in the morning and last thing at night to allow the dogs to do their business. If you wanted a slightly longer walk, the adjacent field had a path around its perimeter, which has been cut. It was well drained and relatively dry considerably it was the end of October. There was also a lovely tarmac walk down the lane towards the valley if your preferred something firmer. Indoors - top spec. Loved it! We didn’t get chance to do too much cooking, but there appeared plenty of utensils for the two of us. Thank you for the complimentary bottle of wine, which was enjoyed by hubby - the only wine-drinker in the party. There was enough space to put our dog’s baskets and their toys. Have given 4 stars for comfort, as the sofa was rather low to the ground with very soft cushions, so not as comfortable as you’d expect. Welcome additions were the two high-back chairs, which I preferred to use. Wi-if was weak and kept dropping out, so had to use my own data to keep in touch with messages I had to pick up relating to an important event I was attending during our stay. Overall, we were extremely pleased with this accommodation and will definitely visit again and will recommend to our friends and family. Plenty of attention to detail and located on a lovely village with a dog-walking field, great corner shop, butchers, hairdressers and excellent dog-friendly, welcoming pubs with an excellent menu.

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• Susan - Verified booking

  We had a very enjoyable holiday.

  Longframlington is central to the area we wanted to explore - half an hour from the coast, about an hour from Lindisfarne, and with National Trust and English Heritage properties not far away. We could be on Warkworth dunes every morning with our dog by 7.00an (getting up at 5.00, which we enjoyed). We walked on Simonside, at Holystone Forest, on Lindisfarne, visited Belsay Hall, Cragside and Wallington, spent a hot afternoon at Longframlington Gardens, and another at Brinkburn Priory, and enjoyed lunches at the Anglers Arms. The cottage was clean - very important in these pandemic days - and had what we needed, though we were out most of the time. The kitchen was minimally equipped and I had to use a bit of ingenuity to cook, but we managed. The sofa is very uncomfortable - even our lurcher, a sofa enthusiast, would not go on it - but we had not gone on holiday to spend time sitting down.

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• Barbara - Verified booking

  Very clean and tidy, bed was comfortable which is more than can be said for the sofa which was low to the ground and very uncomfortable, chairs weren’t much better.

  Wi-Fi was very weak and kept going off line which was very annoying. Felt the bear minimum of utensils were provided with no condiments not even a dish cloth to wipe surfaces. I’ve stayed in many properties with Sykes Cottages and I think I’ve always found a small supply of tea, sugar and coffee but not here. As has been mentioned it would have been nice if owners had checked with us, to advise places to go roundabout, were to eat etc., but must give thanks for the bottle of wine. The dog, however enjoyed running round the field which was huge, and the area immediately outside the property was good for first thing in the morning and last thing at night for the dog to do his business, thankfully a torch was provided. The property was well situated for the many beautiful beaches and the corner shop was well stocked for everything we needed.

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• Ian - Verified booking

  A very nice chalet in an excellent position within fairly easy reach of all the things we wanted to do and see in the area.

  Our dog really liked the field. The negative items, which are really minor but are frustrations, mainly relate to the basic items in the kitchen, like no salt and pepper, no cleaning clothes, mismatched glasses and no tea/coffee and milk for your arrival drink. The welcome wine was very nice but as it was white why was it not in the fridge? The information pack, such as it was, being 3 laminated pages of basic information with nothing about rubbish bins, dog poo bins, etc. Local information leaflets comprised a large unsorted pile under the TV with some dating back 2 years. Sorting and updating would be helpful. As a point of health and safety the shower adjustment goes from warm to very hot easily with no warning.

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• Anthony - Verified booking

  It would have been appreciated if the owners, who only lived 100yds away, made the effort to call in at some point during our stay to ask if we were happy with everything and to point out some places of interest or whatever.

  The only time we made contact was when I phoned to tell them we were leaving a day early, as we had a long drive back to Devon and wanted to break the journey, and also to let them know about an outside light that wasn't working. However, the accommodation was comfortable and suited our needs and was very quiet. The only downside was that I kept hitting the leg of the bed with either my foot or leg especially at night, and being of a certain age that nature calls me out once or twice a night, this is due to the fact that when the door is open into the bedroom the gap between door and bed is about 9" and in the dark it's very awkward!! Regards, Tony

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