If you're interested in wildlife and the countryside then these are the holiday cottages for you. There are three self-catering cottages on a working farm in the Northumberland National Park. They overlook Whitelee Fell National Nature Reserve and are only two miles from the Scottish border.
The cottages are rated 4-star and have every mod con you could want. The one Mr CuteBadger and I stayed in had a fully kitted out kitchen, including a washing machine, microwave etc. The decor is lovely and everything was clean and tidy.
There are even cameras rigged up around the farm so you can sit with a glass of wine in front of the TV and watch the nocturnal wildlife come out to play. We watched barn owls, foxes, lots of different birds and bats - sadly no badgers though.
The couple who own the cottages are lovely and do everything they possibly can to make your stay a good one. The fridge is stocked with locally-produced beer and the freezer with locally-made ice-cream - you just settle up when you leave. They also lent us their bat detector so we could have a late-night bat safari.
We had a wonderful stay and can't wait to go back. read more