We had a wonderful holiday at Lavender Lodge. The house is so beautifully and sympathetically renovated; full of light and cosy thanks to the stove and underfloor heating yet retaining oodles of character befitting its former life as the local school master's house. It is a short stroll to the village for basic supplies and excellent soft serve ice-cream cones in the Londis and fabulous pub food in Neville's. Grange beach is beautiful and only a 15 minute walk to from the house, while the beaches recommended by Padraig at Carnivan and Baginbun were stunning too. We really enjoyed thoroughly exploring the Hook peninsula and found lots to do when we weren't busy visiting the beaches for hours of wave jumping and sandcastle making. Our children were thrilled with the well tended, private gardens and overall we had to pinch ourselves that we'd found such a lovely house for our summer holidays. Visitors with toddlers might want to note that there is no gate to prevent access to the busy road at the front of the house but we had no problems with a five year old. I would return to Lavender Lodge and the Hook peninsula in a heartbeat.