The cottage was in a great location and spotlessly clean. Patricia was very welcoming and friendly on arrival. Location was very easy to get to all the attractions nearby by car or cycling.
The cottage comfortably sleeps the 6 guests advertised and Patricia had even added in a further bed (four doubles and two singles). Unfortunately for two of our five night stay we had an additional guest due to last minute cancellations elsewhere and to save one person who had joined for dinner a lengthy drive home late at night. However only 4 people stayed on the remaining nights.
The next morning Patricia and a man who didn't introduce himself came to the door and confronted us in a highly aggressive manner. We were accused of having more than 8 or 9 guests - which simply wasnt true. This caused a lot of upset to our group, who were extremely respectful of Patricia's cottage.
The man made demands to come into the cottage to "search" it and for details of the other BnB that cancelled so he could phone them to confirm our version of events. We felt as though we were treated like criminals rather than guests.
Repeated mention was also made of having watched us "on the cameras". This sense of being monitored and surveilled was extremely unsettling and unfortunately ruined the day in question. We did notice two cameras outside.
I'm sure Patricia is ordinarily a great host but for whatever reason on this occasion developed an unfounded suspicion of our group which led to us being treated appallingly in the mistaken belief that we had in excess of "8 or 9 guests". In reality, we were a small, respectful group that cared for the cottage like it was our own and left it as clean as we found it.