Wonderful location for forest walks, staff lovely and the full English breakfast was superb
Biggest downside was the complete lack of any connection to WiFi, 4g, 3G or even mobile phone service for calls or SMS
The whole hotel/pub is a complete black spot for any signal
This might be really appealing to anyone who wants to get away from it all and enjoy nature, and tbh I’d usually be all in favour out that myself. The main reason for our disappointment with it was that we weren’t expecting it. The hotel shows it has complimentary WiFi, but it’s not until you’re there that you see their notice saying it’s ‘temperamental’ (it’s not, it’s non existent) Whilst we liked not being glued to our phones for a few days, things like checking weather forecasts or downloading walking maps etc were impossible
We finally found one spot out in the car park where we got a tiny bit of phone signal, just enough to send our daughter a text to let her know not to worry about us
Our stay felt like good value as we had a free drink each and a full English breakfast each, however we’d used a lot of Expedia points which made our stay feel good value.