SUPPLEMENT I 2006 - Helpful Holidays
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. . . lakeside byre . . .<br />
. . . Sandbanks style<br />
<strong>SUPPLEMENT</strong> I <strong>2006</strong><br />
Whitchurch Canonicorum: small hillside<br />
village (fine medieval church, pub,<br />
thatched cottages) in the lovely<br />
Marshwood Vale with its River Char which winds down to Lyme Bay at Charmouth (large village with long<br />
sandy/pebble beach and fossils, see brochure page 6), 2 1 ⁄2 miles away. Lyme Regis (lovely old seaside/harbour<br />
town with sandy beach), 4 miles; Bridport (market town), 5 1 ⁄2.<br />
… a mile from Whitchurch Canonicorum, a former byre converted to a single-storey, semi-detached cottage in the grounds<br />
of the owners’ farmhouse. Own small private patio (garden furniture, barbecue, evening sun) overlooking a lake in the grounds<br />
(unfenced, ducks and occasional heron, egret and kingfishers) and with uninterrupted views up the vale to Marshwood. It has<br />
a large, enclosed lawned garden, shared with the owners. Inside, hall, off which fitted kitchen<br />
(microwave); comfortable living/dining room (woodburner) with some antiques/good pictures and<br />
French windows to patio; two bedrooms (pretty fabrics) – double (5’ bed) and twin; bathroom (suite<br />
plus bath-shower). Nearby outbuilding with washing machine, tumble drier and, shared with<br />
owners, freezer. Suitable for partially disabled. No smoking. No children, except pre-crawling<br />
babies. Sleeps maximum 4, including babies. Two bikes which you are welcome to borrow.<br />
NSH<br />
WB<br />
inc<br />
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DVD<br />
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★ ★ ★<br />
Bedrooms: 2<br />
Sleeps: 4<br />
Fri<br />
Bath/shower: 1<br />
Price:<br />
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Ref:<br />
H11<br />
Milborne St Andrew:<br />
small village (church,<br />
pub, two shops) in a<br />
valley below the great<br />
chalk downland arc of<br />
the Dorset hills midway<br />
between Dorchester<br />
(county capital) and<br />
Blandford Forum<br />
(handsome Georgian<br />
market town), 8 miles<br />
from each. Lovely<br />
countryside. The ‘World<br />
Heritage’ south coast at beautiful Lulworth Cove, 17<br />
miles; Poole and Bournemouth, 15 miles; Weymouth<br />
(Georgian resort town with sandy beach), 18 miles.<br />
... down a quiet lane, opposite the sports field (children’s play area) in Milborne St Andrew and beside a brook, is this pretty,<br />
early 19th cent. detached cottage, full of character, nooks and crannies, quirky, comfortable. Double gates to a gravelled courtyard<br />
screened by a high fence from the tiny, but secluded, lawn with brick patio (table, chairs, barbecue). From a little porch,<br />
the low front door opens directly into the comfortable living room (open fire). Dining room with beams, flagstoned floor, dresser,<br />
large inglenook fireplace (gas ‘woodburner’); downstairs shower-room (suite); a purposely ‘old-fashioned’ looking fitted<br />
kitchen (microwave) with enamel sink, gas cooker, mixture of wooden-topped cupboards, open<br />
shelves, dresser base, and large utility room (dishwasher, washer-drier). Upstairs, three bedrooms:<br />
open metal spiral staircase from the living room up to a bedroom above it with two single<br />
beds; second staircase leads up to a small double (access to one side of bed only), and the pretty<br />
master double with en suite bathroom (suite with roll-top bath) and interconnecting door to the bedroom<br />
above the living room. Outside, large, secure shed (freezer) for bike storage. No smoking.<br />
Sandbanks: sandy beach-lined peninsula at the mouth of<br />
Poole’s enormous and magnificent natural harbour,<br />
thronged with yachts, used by bigger ships also, including<br />
ferries to France. Sandbanks, with beach shops, pub, cafés<br />
and restaurants, is reckoned among the south coast’s top<br />
sea bathing places and is excellent for windsurfing and sailing<br />
(still unspoilt creeks to explore); bikes and boats for hire.<br />
Ferries cross the harbour to Purbeck (more miles of sandy<br />
beaches, sand dunes) and pretty Studland via Brownsea<br />
Island (Nat. Trust: woods, gardens, bird sanctuary and red<br />
squirrels). Poole town was popular with pirates in its early<br />
(13th cent.) days, its harbour with smugglers. Its oldest part,<br />
behind the quay, is a ‘conservation area’, mainly Georgian.<br />
It has an arts centre and famous pottery, good parks,<br />
outstanding gardens (Compton Acres), fine golf course.<br />
Bigger resort Bournemouth (good aquarium, IMAX cinema)<br />
is its adjoining neighbour. Nearby inland, beautiful Dorset<br />
farmland, Corfe Castle (spectacular ruins), the New Forest<br />
and Beaulieu with its abbey and vintage cars.<br />
… a detached dormer bungalow just a stone’s throw from the<br />
beaches, ferries, shops etc. in a quiet, residential road in the middle<br />
of Sandbanks. Plenty of parking space and reasonable-sized lawned<br />
garden. Inside, recently refurbished, comfortable, light and restful with<br />
cream and beige décor. Hall with original pine floor with rugs, off which<br />
a spacious living room (open fire) with cream leather suite and<br />
French windows to garden; double bedroom with iron bedstead, en<br />
suite loo (washbasin) and French windows to garden; family bathroom<br />
(suite plus hand-shower) down one step; dining room with books and<br />
videos, and arch to smart, beech fitted kitchen with double oven and<br />
ceramic hob, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble drier, microwave and door to secluded<br />
paved patio (table/chairs, barbecue) and an outbuilding with fridge-freezer. Stairs (narrow treads,<br />
handrail, stairgate) up to two more bedrooms – double with en suite bathroom (suite plus bathshower)<br />
and a room with 2’6’’ twin beds plus another single bed with truckle and TV (small b&w).<br />
Suitable for partially disabled. No smoking. Cautionary Deposit £175.<br />
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★ ★ ★ 1 ⁄2<br />
Bedrooms: 3<br />
Sleeps: 6<br />
Fri<br />
Bath/shower: 2<br />
Price:<br />
Ref:<br />
G H H9<br />
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3 L D<br />
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Bedrooms: 3<br />
Sleeps: 8<br />
Fri<br />
Bath/shower: 2<br />
Price:<br />
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Ref:<br />
H10<br />
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