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HOLLY COTTAGE & GARDEN STUDIO



WHAT WE PROVIDE
A Warm Welcome

Alick and Mari
Alick & Mari
Bartholomew

Alick and Mari aim to make your stay as enjoyable and as comfortable as possible. Both the Cottage and the Studio are furnished tastefully with many real paintings and prints. Most of the floor coverings and furnishings are in natural fibres. We provide a good selection of books – fiction and non-fiction, games, jig-saws, videos, CDs, audio-tapes etc. also local maps and guides to help you get to know the area.

There is a comprehensive file of ‘Places of Interest’ and information on restaurants, cafés, theatre, cinema, and we provide Fridays local paper The Bath Chronicle for the “What’s On” section and local news. In addition we have information on church services and important emergency telephone numbers for doctors, dentist, hospitals etc.

On request we will send you an inventory of non-fixed items (ie excluding pictures, mirrors) for you to peruse, so that you can decide if it is necessary to bring a particular item, e.-g. a cafetière which we provide, and tea-towels, dish cloth, washing-up liquid, the first toilet roll, a local map, torch etc.

Upon your arrival we welcome you personally and offer any assistance that you require. After this we leave you in peace to enjoy your stay, but are always on hand if needed. We have arranged that the entrances to both Holly Cottage and The Hollies Garden Studio are completely separate, approached from two different lanes, and on opposite sides of the three-quarters acre property.

Each property has its own patio or garden with, for Holly Cottage guests, a large main communal lawn which can be used for games that we have such as badminton, swing-ball or a paddling pool for young ones. More grown-up paddling can be had in the stream just beyond the enclosed garden. Energetic ball games are not encouraged due to possible breakages!

Bed linen
Bed linen is all cotton with feather pillows and duvets on double, king-size, and sofa-beds (if used). Duvets and pillows on the bunk beds (Holly Cottage) are hollow-fibre and non-allergenic. We have spares of the hollow-fibre bedding for allergy sufferers should you require this. For people who are allergic to animals, please note that we have cats and one or two of them are prone to wander in and out – but feel free to eject them if you wish! Our Abyssinian cat Tula is quite a character and very friendly. She is frequently written about in the Visitor’s Book.

Towels
We provide hand towels in the shower-rooms and kitchen along with two tea-towels. Please let us know if you wish us to provide personal towels, otherwise we'll assume you will bring your own.

Welcome Basket
On your arrival there will be a ‘welcome pack ’ containing (for example); croissants, jam or marmalade, milk, fruit. There are also basic supplies of tea, coffee, herb teas, sugar, paper towels, toilet paper etc. We shall add a bottle of good wine for those who are returning for another stay!
MAY WE GET IN YOUR BASIC SUPPLIES?

Many people can arrive tired and hungry often after a long journey. The last thing you feel like doing, especially with fractious children, is to go out again shopping. We have thought carefully about this and would like to offer an initial service to help you settle in as hassle-free as possible. We will do a first basic shop for you of up to 15 ITEMS. What we do ask though that it is from SAINSBURY ONLY, where we do our main bulk shop. These items will be bought usually on the day of your arrival and installed in the kitchen and fridge/freezer awaiting your arrival, along with the itemised bill.