Pat's wife met and welcomed us (Pat was in the cottage) and we were all soon chatting away like lifelong friends over a welcome 'cuppa and biccies '. A scampering sound outside heralded the arrival of Pat's small herd of young calves, all curious to see us and to give us their welcome too. The lack of Post Code use in the Republic makes for a bit of confusion in the Sat-Nav. Department but I had contacted Pat by Air B&B's excellent email system and he'd sent me written instructions to guide us in from the main road
Brilliant sunshine stayed with us from the start and made such a difference to the slightly uncertain weather of the previous few days
The whole farm cottage was ours, essentially an old family home remodelled and modernised into a warm and comfortable home, cleverly not over done and retaining the old style timber in the kitchen with the central fireplace maintaining its characteristic charm.
The living room had a comfortable suite and reflected the Yesterday look. Pat was having problems with the reception on the small flat screen TV and although I did have a couple of twiddles with the controls, I'm no expert and left it alone. I think that apart from one evening when we would have liked to watch a programme, we didn't miss it very much.
The bed was clean and comfortable with a heavyweight duvet keeping the night chills at bay.
The bathroom was clean and roomy with an easily adjusted electric shower providing plenty of hot water through a flexible shower handset. There were several part used bottles of shower gel/ shampoo available and we just helped ourselves each morning
Overall a good,clean and as I said before characterful farm cottage with Pat and his wife showing us a warm hospitality from the word g