Beast of Bodmin Moor

I have heard from one contact that his relative saw a large cat by the shores of Colliford Lake..
Hope to hear more

Beast of Bodmin Moor

Strange things happen... prowling in the night

About 6 days ago I was talking with friends about the Big Cats; we were saying not a lot has been heard lately! Two days later I had a text from my nephew, who had been driving up the A39 past our place, and he and his wife saw a big cat, crossing the road from our land. He described it as puma or lynx like. Is this my telepathic skills calling one up!! We have lost a lot of ducks on our lake over the last 2 months, higher loss rate than previously. I am definitely shutting all my animals in earlier, before it gets too dark.

So they are still around and I have since heard that there have been sightings on the south of Bodmin Moor recently, and sounds of them calling.

Is there anyone else with recent stories or sightings of the cats, it would be fun to find out. Please let me know if you have any tales of the unexpected ...email me and I will put together a big cat report for the next newsletter. It really would be interesting to hear from any of you. I want to see one now! email - contact@mayrosefarmcottages.co.uk

Cornwall Tourism Awards

Mayrose farm is delighted to be the proud reciever of the Bronze Award for the small self catering establishments in Cornwall for 2010, we are one of the top three, how great is that. A wonderful recognition of all our efforts to try to please everyone that comes to stay at our family friendly cottages. And we met Ben Fogle...!!!

Mayrose Autumn

We've had a great few weeks of early Autumn, still lots of visitors, and many enjoyable days on the beach. The walking has been fantastic, with semi deserted footpaths, coastal walks and blackberry picking..... apple and blackberry crumble in front of the log fire.

Our late arrivals are very sweet

We are composing our winter offers, special prices for winter weekends and short breaks, please keep a close eye on our website. We are now taking bookings for 2011. The Glamppod has several weeks already booked... and we are having ideas for more alternative, "ready made" camping ideas for 2011

We are looking forward to Christmas visitors, and are very happy to discuss variable booking dates over that period to fit in with the special "days".

Our peaceful surroundings remain unaltered, last night I was listening to owls calling in the surrounding trees....and in full moonlight...

Great late Spring Flowers...it's all coming out at once after the days of cold...

Some of our Easter visitors have just left, this is what they had to say

"We all had a fantastic time, really can't praise it enough. The cottage is lovely and all the animals made my little boys holiday the best ever. We will be coming back for definate! Very sad to leave."

Karen and Family

TV Star in a Family Holiday Programme

The BBC is looking for a family to film, who are on their holiday in the UK this Summer.
It is a great fun opportunity for one of you already booked at Mayrose, or planning on a holiday with us. If you are interested please let us know and we can put your names forward. info@mayrosefarmcottages.co.uk

BBC TV family holiday programme

In response to the growing trend for the British to stay in this country for their summer holidays we are looking for a number of families that we can follow both travelling to and during their holidays around the UK in July and August. We will be filming the families in their cars on the way to their holiday so we are looking for people who have a minimum of a four-hour car journey to get to you. It would be great if you could tell families who have already booked about the project and ask if they are happy to have a chat about their forthcoming holiday. Any conversation at the moment would just be for research purposes and for the families to find out more about the project. At this stage there is no obligation on either side for the family to take part in the film.
BBC documentaries are currently working on a 60-minute documentary for Wonderland, an observational, human-interest documentary strand for BBC 2 that aims to provide unique insight into British life. Here is a link to one of the programmes from the last run http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00npjk7 and you should still be able to view this one online http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p405g. The films are always diverse of subject but portray their contributors in a warm, sympathetic and non-judgemental way.

This is an article written for us in the press about the Glamppod, thought it would be good to share.

IF YOU love the idea of sleeping under the stars but don't like the thought of roughing it in a tent then glamping could be perfect for you.

I am all for camping in countries with a guaranteed supply of sunshine and a limited chance of rain, but somehow Cornwall doesn't match that criteria.

For this reason when I spotted the 'glampod' I decided it was the perfect way to embrace the great outdoors.

The glampod is essentially a large canvas tent housed inside a giant biome, which is actually more like a greenhouse.

It is situated in a large private field at Mayrose Farm, at Helstone near Camelford.

When I arrived I was greeted by the owner who built the glampod and runs the holiday cottages that are also for rent on the site.

He walked us to our glampod through fields with lambs, cows and a big fat friendly pig.

The spot was perfect, we felt completely away from everything and everyone else.

The glampod was quite large with a covered lawn area and a beautiful selection of plants and palms.

Outside the glampod were deckchairs and a picnic table and chairs, which we used when the sun came out.

Inside the canvas tent was a double bed, with a fluffy duvet that was needed during the cold night that we stayed. There was also a bunk bed in an adjoining room that my partner's children slept in on the second night that we stayed.

In the living area there was a wood burning stove, a sink with running water and all the crockery and tableware you could need. The nicest part was lighting all the candles they had put out for us and sitting in front of the stove as the sun went down.

Within the glampod, but outside the tent, was a large shower that was solar powered and had lovely warm water.

We had only planned to stay one night but we knew the kids would love it, so we stayed on an extra evening and drove home to pick them up.

The farm animals were so tame and the lambs came running up to us for attention. There were also guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and ducks which took a detour on their way to the pond to pay us a visit at our glampod.

I did wonder whether the kids would be bored as there was no television, computer or modern toys for them to play with. However there is a heated outdoor pool that we used and an entertainment room filled with books, games and DVDs. They were certainly not stuck for things to do.

Glamping was great as it took all of the pain out of camping, but kept the feeling that you were moving a bit closer to nature.