The Dry B&B

We’ve just come back from a wonderful stay at The Dry’s new self catering annexe, just a few miles outside of St Ives. The accommodation is for two people but we took our own blow up bed for our five year old ( no extra charge) This is one of the most spacious self catering places I have stayed in. The kitchen, lounge, bedroom and bathroom ( no bath but lovely shower) are all separate, the kitchen is really big and spacious with plenty of surfaces to prepare food on. We easily put all our emptied food crates and cooler boxes etc on the floor in the corner but still had tonnes of space to move about. Bigger than our kitchen at home! The accommodation was homely, spotlessly clean and tidy. The lovely Brenda and Malcolm provided a pack of cookies and a multi pack of cereals for breakfast if we needed it which I thought was a nice touch. They also provide tea, coffee and sugar too. Next door they have a b&b which they’ve had for years, this shows with their attention to detail. They were so incredibly helpful and the perfect hosts! What’s in there: helpfully there is a table top cooker/oven which I’d never seen before but it cooked our food perfectly and much more quickly than our oven at home. Appliances are brand new which was nice too. There are plenty of utensils/pans in the cupboards and also incredibly helpfully a small table top freezer which was great for putting ice blocks in and ice creams etc – it’s not massive but helps when trying to take food out for the day! Bin bags/washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets, tea towels, tin foil etc are all provided which meant we didn’t have that extra expense whilst there and didn’t mean packing everything from home! They also provide an ironing board, iron, brushes to sweep the wooden floor and a hairdryer They also had olive oil/salt & pepper etc so no need to bring that stuff either. The bathroom is supplied with shampoo, conditioner and shower gel too which was perfect as I’d forgotten mine. The bed was extremely comfortable ( one of those electric type ones that moves!) and the recliner sofa in the living area was a big hit too. The location is great, it’s very rural and quiet ( not very far from a lovely pub, we didn’t eat there but they serve food) walkable over the fields or a very short drive. We visited during this lovely heatwave but the space inside was cool and airy, a real bonus. There is a small outside area with table and chairs with lovely views of the garden and hills beyond. St Ives is a drive away, only about 10 minutes and further on there are some wonderful beaches which Brenda & Malcolm recommended. For the price we paid this was an absolute bargain, would highly recommend a visit here. Oh and you get to have use of the hot tub too! A really wonderful trip with lovely hosts which made our stay perfect. We can’t wait to come and visit again soon.