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CHESTNUTT COTTAGE VISITORS' COMMENTS 2011 to 2008
(A special 'Thankyou' from us for the photos and drawings in our visitors book and for lists of birds/ wild life / flora seen whilst on holiday. We are delighted to have them. )
SEVEN REPEAT BOOKINGS !!!!!!! Seven families who visited our Cottage for the first time in 2009 re-booked in 2010
What better recommendation could they give?
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Entries below have been sent to us by visitors to Chestnutt Cottage 2011/2010/2009/2008 SCROLL DOWN TO READ THEM ALL.
Our visitors' book is in Chestnutt Cottage ( waiting for you to read and to add your drawings/photos/comments / lists/ suggestions.)
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SPRING / SUMMER 2011
"Lovely cottage, simple and stylish. Fantastic pre Easter weather, making for a wonderfully relaxed break. Thankyou."
"We had a great stay in your cottage and the lovely beach hut."
"Glorious weather - cycling every day. Breakfasts by the sea, fish from the harbour. Lots of reading."
"We've
enjoyed a blissful week- cottage airy, comfortableand bathed in
sunlighy-yes we had glorious sunshine!Loys of highlights, brilliant
walks,Focus Organics, Halesworth - an amazing shop- an Aladdin's Cave- wonderful
cakes and best cup of coffee ever. Thank you Judith, hope to return
soon."
"Loved the arty, architectural house and the fabulous beach hut. Celebrated the soul of Southwold. Catching crabs at Walberswick, playing on the beach and thoroughly relaxing on holiday."
Thankyou for this lovely picture .
"Spot on!
"We have had a great holiday in your lovely comfortable cottage. Enjoyed very good meals at
The Harbour Inn ,The Randolph Hotel and The Bell Inn in Walberswick."Thankyou Lottie for this lovely picture. We are so pleased you enjoyed your holiday and had such lovely weather.
SUMMER 2010
'We
had a great week with a lovely base to stay , but particularly enjoyed a
thoroughly relaxing day in the beach hut- Thankyou.'
'Lovely week. Great house as a base and we loved the beach hut.'
No dramatic surprises re bird species - certainly lots of marsh harriers. Of
course we went to Minsmere and other reserves but also saw lots of hares
(which I love) and I nearly trod on a 3 foot adder!
Many thanks again....
'An enjoyable stay for all of us. Beach hut a huge bonus. Lovely cottage, Coming again, Thankyou.'
'Beach hut a revelation. Where can we buy one?'
'Very comfortable beds. Grand beach hut. Good restaurants. Very paintable harbour. Brillant beach cafe.' ( Susies). Only one intrepid male braved the North Sea.
We
are delighted to have been sent this this sketch of 'Samantha Ks' by a
June, 2010 visitor.( It shows one of the picturesque fishermen's huts
that sell fresh fish at Blackshore.)
Unfortunately, we cannot always rely on our British weather being kind. In 2009 these holiday makers had really enjoyed the beach hut... ................................BUT in 2010,
'I
had no idea how cold beach huts could get when the wind is in the
wrong direction! Your sign on the hut did not fare well in the
torrential rain. Southwold
was, however, still absolutely delightful despite the weather and most
importantly, I actually achieved my ambition to go up to the top of the
lighthouse.
Best regards'
We
have now adapted the beach hut doors/windows so that when the wind is
'on shore' the doors/ windows can be closed agaist the elements,
leaving the sea visible through the glass and the occupants inside the
hut, in comparative comfort, though of course,still not completely
protected from a cold, east wind .
These
2 amazing photographs were taken of/from our hut by Vernon Bailey, when
he and his family were on holiday at Chestnutt Cottage in above (
2009) and below (2010). He retains the copyright of his photographs.
'Another fantastic holiday with lovely weather too. Two of us swam every day and baby Grace loved the beach.'
'Great time had by all.
Only one World War 2 mine explosion at the beach all week!'
(
For those of you who missed the News, crowds watched as a World War Two
mine, which was discovered jutting out of the sands by a swimmer, was
made safe by the bomb disposal squad. )
' We
had a lovely week in your house again this year and the kids loved the
Beach Mission so much that we are keen to come again for the same week
next year. Please could you put us in the diary as a provisional
booking.
'
'Thank you so much for a wonderful beach hut. Also an adorable house to stay in.
(We THANK YOU for your lovely picture, Rosie.)
'Another lovely holiday in Southwold! We'll be back!
Thankyou for your pictures , Noah and Bea. We hope to see you again next year.
'2nd
visit to cottage this year.- with grandchildren ‚ who loved the beach
hut. gloriuos weather, spent everyday on the beach from 9.30 -.4.00!
What a super end to their school holidays. Thank you very much, will be
back next year.'
  Thank you for your pictures, Evie and Erin. We are very pleased you enjoyed your holiday.
'This
has been a very relaxing week and the weather has been very kind to us.
It has been like 'home from home'- comfortable and well equipped. We
especially enjoyed the eclectic collection of books, the CDs and of
course (!) the beach hut. We appreciated all the thought which has gone
into the cottage and we hope to come back.Thank you for letting your
lovely home to us.'
'What
another lovely week staying at Chestnutt Cottage! The weather not too
bad.Alex ( 16 months) loved his first time building sand castles and
paddling in the sea. Beach hut a lovely spot to base ourselves, enjoy
take out treats from The Nelson pub, cheese from Nutters and fab pork
pies and sausage rolls from the butchers.
Also enjoyed trips to Sutton Hoo, Beccles, but the beach hut kept tempting us to simple, sea-side pleasures.
Finally,
easy meals from the excellent fish and chip shop and the Chinese take
away, were both delicious.Thankyou for a great cottage, well equipped-
enjoyed new cooker! '
'We
have enjoyed our stay in spite of the weather,. The house is very well
equipped. We particularly enjoyed our use of the conservatory. Sadly it
wasn't beach hut weather, but we did have alook at it and a brief sit
in it.
There are lots of places to eat- we especially enjoyed the Pier and 'Coasters''
"Repeat
visitors from 2008- back with bikes and binnoculars. Mixed weather, but
hey,! What do you expect at the end of October? Minsmere on Wednesday-
34 species including a great white egret ( as well as any umber of
little whit egrets);and 2 instances of crows harrassing firstly a hen
harrier and, later, a marsh harrier.
Cycled to Beccles via back
lanes and Dunwich Heath via the Bailey Bridge, ( west of the Harbour
inn @Southwold harbour)accessed via the old railway line ( go into
Southwold and , at the rrondabout where Pier Avenue goes left, go right
and keep going.)
We walked the old railway too, then headed seawards along the north bank to buy fish. Fresh? I should say so!
Repeat
recommendation from 2008 for the Sotherton Farm home-made pies (
Southwold Market on a Thursday orvisit them @GR 422797( half way between
Brampton and Holton on the B1124, Beware regular flood on B1127
lowestoft Road at Potters Bridge. We got wet feet cycling through it. It
was too long to free wheel through!"
SPRING 09 - Incredible
weather - of rain was there none! Really, really relaxing. Included in
the programme, three sessions of lounging around at the beach hut,
pretending to passers by that we actually owned it! We have been so
comfortable at Chestnutt Cottage - just ideal- planning the next visit.'
We had a great time. Thankyou.
'Thanks for a lovely stay. Everything you need is here.'
Great location, lovely time, fantastic beach hut, everything we could need, what more can we say?
SUMMER 09 - Absolutely
wonderful place. Thank you so much for a sanctuary in which to get away
from it all (apart from a teething one year old!) walking across the
field to the pier for a fish and chip supper and The Harbour Inn , both
highlights as well as the circular walk to Walberswick. On our last day
the sun shone in all its glory and the beach was fabulous. Thanks for
treating us to some of your very inspiring artwork. We thought we would
leave you some of our own. We will be back!!
'We
had an absolutely wonderful time, weather great and beach hut fantastic
and we have lovely memories to take home. See you again soon.'
'
Practical house- lovely time here- The Hut is GREAT - will come back.'
'Had another lovely week in Southwold. The beach hut feels like "home". very sad to be leaving. Thankyou.'
'WOW we got fantastic weather every day! House great - the hut was just
amazing - wonderful memories created. We had a wonderful family holiday. Kids loved the SU Beach Mission. Thanks.'
'We've
enjoyed having the house as a base for our 'Southwold' week. Every
possible sea-side activity has been experienced- from the beach to the
Punch and Judy at the pier, sailing off Sole Bay, crabbing festival at
Walberwick and of course summer theatre (twice). A wonderful time had
by all.'
'A
lovely , homely base for a seaside holiday. Excellent beach and beach
hut. Enjoyable meals at fish and chip restaurant an special celebration
one at The Swan. We so enjoyed too, the fish suppers from the harbour
fish shops.'
'Lovely house and fantastic beach hut! We've had such a great holiday! See you next year, Southwold!'
 
'(
phone message ) We had a lovely holiday- enjoyed relaxing and just
watching the world go by. Found great places to eat - went out and about
too, revisiting places we remembered from years ago. Leaving now as I
have to get to Newcastle, via Birmingham, to take part in the Great
North Run tomorrow! ( completed in just over 2 hrs!!)'
'We very much enjoyed our break at your holiday house and beach hut - thank you.'
SUMMER 2008 - We let our cottage for the first time in 2008
'Great to have safe, dry, locked storage for our bikes.'
'Good bird life from and to Benacre Broad.'
'We'll be back'
'An excellent position for varied routes to and from the pier and the harbour as well as into Southwold. Who needs a car - except to get here?'
'Chestnutt Cottage is as described and just as we imagined it would be.. We loved it here.'
'Highlights of our week-
Bird watching at Benacre Broad, The Hen Reed Beds, just along the A1095, 300 metres north of Wolsey Bridge, Minsmere Bird Reserve.'
'Eating fish bought at the harbour and a SUPERB steak and kidney pie bought at White house Farm, Sotherton or from Southwold Thursday Market. The farmer's wife / pie maker's uncle lives next door to Chestnutt Cottage!'
'Sitting in the beach hut and watching the children play in the rising tide.
Finding our way in and out of the maze at Somerleyton.'
LIST OF BIRDS seen whilst on holiday in Reydon ( May)
Avocet, Barnacle goose, Bearded tit, Bittern, Black pheasant,Blackbird, Black-headed gull, Blacktailed godwit, Canada goose, Cettis warbler, Chaffinch, Collar dove, Common tern
Coot, Cormorant, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Grebe, Green finch, Grey heron, Greylag goose
Hedge sparrow, Herring gull, Kestrel, Lapwing, Little egret, Little tern, Magpie, Mallard
Marsh harrier, Mediterranean gull, Mute swan, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Purple heron
Redshank, Reed bunting, Ringer plover, Robin, Rook, Sand martin, Shelduck, Shoveller
Starling, Swallow, Swift, Tufted duck, Willow warbler, Wood pigeon, Wren
'Not the best English summer but a really good holiday ...enhanced by having a dry, warm house to return to from the rain!'
'This is a lovely place to stay and we were lucky enough to enjoy the beach hut as well. We had great weather. The sea was lit up with sparkles on our first morning .
'Walks to Walberswick,up and down the promenade and around the town.Went up the lighthouse.'
'Nic got endless practice skipping stones into a very calm sea.
Breakfast at the hut marvellous.'
'A hedgehog supervised us as we put out the recycling bins.'
'What luxury! We're here for Latitude and coming back to this peachy place each night, how lucky are we! Thankyou so much.'
'Another 2 great weeks in Southwold, despite the weather. Thankyou.'
'We have had a lovely week here in Southwold. Having use of the beach hut has been brilliant for us, because our children wanted to go to the beach every day, come rain or sunshine- and we have seen both.'
'We have been crabbing in Walberswick and had a fun time at the Maize maze, whicjh is well worth the visit if you have children. We all would love to come again.'
'The beach hut proved to be the most perfect place for a nursing Mum and a 2 yr old. They have had a fantastic time at the hut and enjoying the beach. It has been lovely to come back to Chestnutt Cottage.'
'The few days that we lost to the weather, we visited 'Africa Live' and the 'Anglia Transport Museum', which had Amelia enthralled and Elliot entertained.'
'What a fantastic base for a family holiday. Thankyou for making it so special.'
'Had a fabulous time, loved the beach hut and all the fab pubs. We recommend fish and chips at The Red Lion, washed down with a pint of Adnams. Also, the Tim Hunkin 'Under the pier" Amusement arcade on the pier.'
copyright Judith Chestnutt 1/05/2010
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