Autumn Half term

We've just spent a week at the cottage ourselves so we could get on with the yearly maintenance tasks. At least that was the idea - the weather was so mild that we managed to get several long walks in. This week we also had a new bathroom flooring put in. The existing baords had to be boarded first before the new vinyl ( lino ? ) could be laid. It was expensive but we are very pleased with the results.

Working holiday

When we stay at the cottage its all work and no play :-(  as you can see from the photo below which we took during our Summer holiday this year. However, we do get a chance from some days out on the beach and at Cromer and Sheringham.

Herb garden

Paul has just completed planting up the herb garden by the back door. Our visitors at the cottage can now pick fresh herbs, mint, chives, oregano and sage plus a pinch of parsley and coriander. I am hoping that they all survive the frost!

When you stay at the cottage please help yourself to the herbs and vegetables.

Herb garden at Royal Cottage

Play equipment gets a thumbs up from the kids

The new play equipment at Mundesley Gold Park gets a thumbs up from our three children. They like the wide choice especially the birds nest swing and zip wire. Its only just finished and looks very clean and new.

Play equipment 

New Toy Corner

In the top bedroom we have created a new Toy Corner with some additions to our collection including wooden Steiner style Toddler toys and some charming hand knitted glove puppets from Kenya. The firm favourite though is still the wooden train track with Thomas and his friends chugging along!

Royal Cottage Toy Corner

Tourist Board Four Star Rating

We had some fantastic news last week, the cottage has just been graded as 4 star by the English Tourist Board (Visit England). We are really pleased with the grading and have worked hard to improve comfort and quality each year. This is the first time we have been assesed by Enjoy England and we were both really anxious about the visit. Paul spent the morning with the assessor who was very helpful and gave us lots of useful advice.