Holsworthy holiday boat/yacht rental with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, balcony/terrace, rural retreat

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Painted Lady (boat/yacht)

Home description

Painted Lady offers a unique opportunity to stay aboard a traditional canal barge without the worry of locks and waterways. She is custom built to offer the maximum comfort and style for 6 people sleeping in two cabins and a salon. Both cabins have their own ensuite shower/wc and a third bathroom is available in the attached Summer House. Blagdon Water provides the visitor with peace and tranquility nowadays rarely found. Painted Lady provides the perfect location in which to relax and enjoy the surrounding countryside and wildlife which freely roams around her.

hazy barge	main salon
summer house	sunrise at Blagdon Water

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The West Country / Devon region

Devon is one of the most beautiful and diverse counties in England and is reknown for its dramatic and unspoilt northern coast line. Both Exmoor and Dartmoor provide wonderful walking and horseriding opportunities with breathtaking countryside, peace and tranquility. Many National Trust properties such as Castle Drogo, Buckland Abbey, Saltram House, Finch Foundry, Lydford Gorge are within easy reach. Theme Parks are in abundance around Bude and further along the North Devon Coast.
Blagdon Water offers the visitor to this wonderful county an ideal location from which to explore.

Holsworthy area

Holsworthy is a small rural market town in North Devon 14 miles from Launceston and the Cornish border. The holiday town of Bude only 8 miles to the west offers many seaside activities and great shopping. Bude is the home of the reknown Jazz Festival on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Roadford Lake offers many watersports such as sailing and windsurfing and is only 10 miles away. Holsworthy provides the visitor with everyday shopping, a good sized supermarket, a weekly farmers market on Wednesdays. An organic farm shop only 1 mile away provides excellent quality meat and vegetables. Horse riding can be arranged. Cycle routes surround the property. There are many places to eat in the surrounding area varying from the exceptional to the everyday.

How to get there

Fly or train to Exeter. Car hire advised.

Activities near Holsworthy

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Enter Painted Lady amidships down oak steps into the main salon, galley and dining area. A pine dresser top and Belfast sink over looking the lake actually makes doing the washing up a pleasure whilst watching the birdlife busy itself on the lake. The cabins lie fore and aft and both have their own decks on which to enjoy a quite cup of coffee in privacy. The woodburning stove in the salon allows the out of season visitor to enjoy the boat as the evenings draw in. The lake is stocked with Rainbow Trout and provides the fisherman a perfect and peaceful location in which to enjoy his hobby.

Further details outdoors:
Blagdon Water is a 35acre site with 15acres of newly planted woodland. As you drive through the young trees the lake appears at the far end of the site. Painted Lady has her own exclusive 3acres with barbecue and picnic area. The remaining 30 acres are yours to roam as you wish alongside the deer, rabbits, hare, foxes, buzzards, kestrels, barn owls, woodpeckers and numerous waterbirds.
Blagdon Water is proud to be an energy efficient and environmental project using solar power.

Further details

Due to the nature of Blagdon Water and the fact that Painted Lady is solar powered, we cannot provide most everyday electrical appliances. However the galley is very well equipped and provides all you need for a comfortable break. A generator is available for the use of irons, hairdryers etc. A 12volt charger is available for charging mobile phones.
Although we welcome children of all ages, parents must be aware of the nature of the holiday and the obvious proximity to deep water. Life jackets are available.

Conditions

Our policy with regards to pets is quite open. Our main concerns are that the dog will not get into the lake thereby upsetting the breeding and nesting birds or the fishing for other visitors. Dogs permitted tend to be either very small or elderly. Spaniels and Labradors are sadly not compatable with the environment.
Please consult the owner before bringing your pet. A strict rule applies with regards to one dog per boat only.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	15 Mar 08	22 Mar 08	350£  350	0-	0-	2 Nights
	22 Mar 08	5 Apr 08	450£  450	0-	0-	2 Nights
	5 Apr 08	26 Apr 08	350£  350	0-	0-	2 Nights
	26 Apr 08	24 May 08	395£  395	0-	0-	2 Nights
	24 May 08	31 May 08	450£  450	0-	0-	2 Nights
	31 May 08	28 Jun 08	435£  435	0-	0-	1 Week
	28 Jun 08	5 Jul 08	515£  515	0-	0-	1 Week
	5 Jul 08	12 Jul 08	595£  595	0-	0-	1 Week
	12 Jul 08	19 Jul 08	650£  650	0-	0-	1 Week
	19 Jul 08	30 Aug 08	690£  690	0-	0-	1 Week
	30 Aug 08	6 Sep 08	595£  595	0-	0-	1 Week
	6 Sep 08	20 Sep 08	475£  475	0-	0-	2 Nights
	20 Sep 08	1 Nov 08	350£  350	0-	0-	2 Nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
Short breaks are available for a minimum of two nights during the shoulder periods. Please contact us for tariff.
Tariff includes all bed linen, towels, firewood, electricity and fishing.

Guestbook

"What a glorious week! We've seen ducks, geese, buzzards, grebes, trout (tasty on the bbq), cormorant, herons, moorhens.... and all this from the luxury of The Painted Lady. It's been wonderful. We would love to come back one day". Margaret, Macclesfield
"Very relaxing, wonderful wildife, even caught a fish. Very tasty! First class accommodation" Victoria and Peter, Teignmouth

Availability notes

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Contact details for home 12043 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Carolyn O'Neill
Tel:	+44 (0)1566 779830
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