Unfortunately this was not an ideal experience for us. Two of the biggest attractions of this cottage was the outdoor bath and the cow shed restaurant ( which we believe is owned and run by thie hosts)that was raved about in reviews we read. We loved the idea of being able to enjoy a delicious meal right next door, getting to know our hosts in a relaxed setting and meeting some of the locals. Neither of these two features lived up to our hopes.The bath tub had chipped paint and didn't feel particularly safe to sit in. It was dirty, but to be fair it was a windy day., the condition of the bath with chipped paint needs to be addressed. We booked a dinner reservation through the website at the cow shed on our first day, followed up with an email and heard absolutely nothing back.We went to the restaurant and walked around outside hoping someone would be around and we then messaged our host to no avail. We sat around until 8pm and eventually drove off to find somewhere to eat. We only received a response to the website reservation the next day, a brief message to say sorry they were closed for the weekend, no explanation or apology for the late response. We were very disappointed. Since the cow shed is featured prominently in Wendy's description about the space and on her guide book and is also raved about in her top reviews, we felt it would have been nice if she mentioned that it wasn't going to be open when we first made enquiries about booking the cottage, to at least check if the lack of an advertised amenity would change our decision to book this place.( The cow shed website said they were open)We understand that people have circumstances but firstly it should have been mentioned to us beforehand and secondly a faster response to the booking request would have been appreciated. The cottage was fairly clean but there were some issues. There were lots of little irritations in the cottage that could have been over looked had the space lived up to its advertising. We did appreciate the flexible check in and knew our host would be out when we arrived but we did think we would at least get a message or call to check that everything was ok or if we had any questions on that first day even if they did not actually knock on the door to say hi.We don't enjoy giving anyone a bad review but we we wished we had booked elsewhere. We will say that the bedroom was pretty and it looks as though new curtains were put up so some effort was made. We can see that there is a lot of potential to make this a cosy little refuge and we hope that some changes are made.