Gastnutzer
4. November 2023
We had a one-night stayover at Newsham Grange Farm which I booked for me & the wife to have a child-free night away for her Birthday. I was looking for something fairly close to where we live that had a hot tub and did a good breakfast. We had a lovely stay, this is a fabulous property with a wonderful service. We had a bit of trouble finding the place as our sat nav took us to the wrong Newsham Grange Farm, but we did eventually find it and were welcomed by Sue at check-in shortly after 3pm. We walked in via the Bar, which is a very impressive feature. We had a drink here later before we went out for our meal. The farmhouse is very large and we were shown to our room (Kestrel's Rest) which was in the bottom half of the propety, with a prviate entrance / exit for the rooms in this area, the breakfast room was also here. On the way, we met George, Sue's dog who seemed to be the star of the show - he's gone through some surgery recenty so currenty recovering. I'm not really a fan of dogs but George was generally very friendly. Our stay was 2 days before Halloween and Sue was making up a number of pumpkins and dotting them around the property, this was a nice touch and made it feel very homely. My wife has never stayed in a B&B before so was quite surprised that we were actually staying in a room in someone's house, but we were made to feel very welcome by Sue and she was accommodating throughout the stay. We used the hot tub in the courtyard outside shortly after settling into the room. This is in a covered area which we were thankful for as it was a bit damp. This was a great feature and one of the reasons I booked this property. It was really nice having robes and slippers included. I would suggest the water could do with being changed as it didn't seem very fresh and was very heavy on the chlorine. 😉 We had booked for a meal at the local pub The King's Arms in Sandhutton - about a 5 min drive away. I've reviewed this separately, this pub came recommended, the food was very nice here and was very reasonably priced. Before we went out, we used the Bar, I poured my own pint and the wife had a G&T. You just make a note on the menu of what you had taken and this is added to your bill. This was a really nice touch and the Bar room had some great theming. The room was spacious and the bathroom quite large with a fast, hot shower that worked well. I slept really well. There wasn't a great phone signal in this location but there was a Wi-Fi you could connect to. The TV worked fine for the little we watched it. We'd asked for the latest possible breakfast so we could have a lie in, but we also stayed when the clocks went back so that meant we really did have a late breakfast, it was effectly 10:45 when we ate. 😁 The breakfast was superb, I chose an (almost) full English, plus there were cereals and make your own toast, with tea or coffee made up. My wife isn't really a fan of breakfast but it's my favourite meal of the day so I really enjoyed this.
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