Visitors' Book - The Canyack

From:

Doris Kessler Sonnenmoser

We’ve spent a relaxed vacation in a surrounding that elevates the soul.

A variety of animals such as badgers, Peter Rabbit & Friends, squirrels, birds, dancing butterflies, and after dark a pair of screech-owls, busy chatting away how to spend the night, paid us daily visits. The rabbits loved the carrots and apples brought out in the morning and the badgers fell in mostly after 9 pm. They left us quite impressed. As wild creatures accustomed to curious visitors in the cottage they entertained us every evening with their munchy performance.The apples, firstly neglected, and the unroastet peanuts were eaten away from the window sill and on stage in front of the garden room in no time.They are really beautiful animals if you can watch them close by and they are quite clever. We sure will miss them.

The garden a competent mixture of wild and tamed nature and a classy cottage that could easily compete with contemporary architecture and would win.

Thank you National Trust for all the devotion to nature and the phenomenal offer to travellers who are looking for an offer away from mainstream. Everything is perfectly and neatly arranged for the visitors including Joan’s welcoming card, tea, milk and biscuits. Thank you, Joan, for your helping hand, for your friendliness and for the flowers which embellished the cosy rooms.

And last but not least if you are planning a visit to the Isles of Scilly and you are not accustomed to rough sea a voyage by plane might be a wise decision.


Doris Kessler, Zurich/Switzerland

From:

Kelly Borlase-Hendry

I have just returned from a wonderful visit to this slice of heaven. The cottage is warm, clean and cosy and has everything you need for your visit. The entrance up the gravel driveway makes you feel like you are entering a secret garden!
Nightly visits from badgers that would have Bill Oddie foaming with excitement and beautiful scenery. I highly recommend it.

From:

Julian Spicer

We have just got back: the cottage is nicer than the external picture suggests. It is a small and neat two-up (bedroom and bathroom) two-down (kitchen and parlour) with a bigger garden room stretching across the back. The furniture is nicely old, and the fabrics and decoration are smart. The Canyack is on a rocky knoll, sheltered by maritime pines, with views down the valley and glimpses of the sea. There are no other cottages very close, and is not overlooked, but it is only a short walk into St Just, which is a nice village, and the coast walks are simply wonderful. Every night, badgers come right up to the garden windows (if you put out some unroasted peanuts) and they don't mind if you sit really close to the windows to watch them. We were also visited by a young fox, and birds crowd around the feeder. The whole area (not just St Ives) has many galleries (commercial and public) as well as potteries and museums, so any rain makes for a good excuse to go visiting. We have already booked for 2010!