We recently received our annual visit from ‘Visit England’. That’s essentially a visit from The Hotel Inspector, and it is always a scary proposition, even when you think you are on top of things! Of course, in reality they are there to assist and advise, plus it’s always handy to have another set of eyes… [Read More]
Nearly A Winner
Well, after a long wait, we had the news from South-West Tourism that we had received “highly Commended” in the “Best B&B in Devon category. We missed out on the awards ceremony (it’s for the top three) but we are delighted with our fourth place – not least because it was our first attempt at… [Read More]
Staying And Eating, Fishstock … And More!
Staying and Eating After the celebrations for Helens 50th birthday, we have found ourselves in a pleasantly busy spell of trade until the end of September, and the weekends are filling up fast for October too. We do find that in the out-of-season months we can generally accommodate couples coming down for a two-three day… [Read More]
Summer And Celebrations
Summer Well, we’ve enjoyed an ‘interesting summer’ this year! As the children broke up from school in July, so the weather changed to very average, and it stayed like that for most of August. Then the Bank Holiday arrived and we enjoyed truly amazing weather, breaking records for the warm temperature. The bay was completely… [Read More]
Why You Pick Us
I often ask guests why they choose the Somerville when they find us online. It is important to us to know what customers like! (We also value being able to identify areas we can improve on.) Looking back at the last few months, the most common reasons customers give for picking us are – 1.… [Read More]
