SAFETY ... Ours is a safe, modern home and satisfies the building regulations in every respect including disabled access. Asthmatics especially will find the atmosphere congenial since the air quality is good and the house experiences very little dust due to our choice of floor surfaces and furnishings, neither do we smoke or keep any pets.

There are fire escape windows from the bedrooms and hard-wired smoke detectors in bedrooms and public areas... we ask guests to familiarise themselves with escape routes. However there remain a number of practical points to be made, and we ask that potential guests give them their full attention since MAKING A FIRM BOOKING IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS..

1. The sloping access ramp, open interior, spiral stairs, open galleries, high exterior balcony, water features, hot-tub, steep sloping site and surrounding rock outcrops may be considered hazards especially to the young, the incautious or those who are frail or unsteady on their feet. If care, restraint, parental control and common sense are applied, then guests will be perfectly safe; nevertheless we accept no responsibility for accidents occurring to guests resulting from the ignoring of this warning.

2. The house is a NO-SMOKING area, neither are naked flames / candles / joss sticks etc permitted.

3. We do not cater for children under school age ie. less than 5+ years of age. Children must be dry at night and be able to sleep in a single bed or bunk. They should be supervised at all times by a responsible adult. For billing purposes young people are regarded as adults after their 12th birthday.

4. After a bad experience in 2006 we are no longer willing to accept STAG / HEN parties.

5. IMPORTANT: the use of the SAUNA and HOT-TUB facilties are STRICTLY AT GUESTS' OWN RISK and we ask that you establish beforehand whether your health permits you to do so safely. Those who are Pregnant or have Heart complaints, Asthma, Blood Pressure, Skin complaints, Epilepsy or Diabetes are especially at risk and should not use these facilities. Children may only use these facilities with parental consent and under strict supervision, parents are asked to note that body temperature regulation in youngsters is not fully developed as in adults. NO GUEST SHOULD USE THE SAUNA / HOT-TUB ALONE and are advised to LIMIT THEIR USE TO APPROX 15 mins PER SESSION. More detailed guidance is given in the visitors' handbook in your room. We accept no responsibility for the safety of guests using these facilities.

6. PETS: We try hard to keep the house dust / allergen free, in consequence we do not accept pets of any kind.

7. Breakfast orders will be taken by 2100 the preceding evening along with your preferred breakfast timings. Please see the MENU page on this site for the items we serve, there are two distinct menus: Traditional OR alternative.

8. The floors are of pine and are easily damaged. We ask that guests use the soft-soled slippers we provide when indoors if they do not bring their own.

9. Guests are welcome to use the lounge, sun lounge and television/DVD but are requested not to use the kitchen. We ask that guests would please vacate their room by 10am and, if returning for a further night, will not return until approx 4.00pm, irrespective of prevailing weather conditions. This is to permit cleaning and maintenance to take place.

10. Additional services: TELEPHONE: This is a relatively 'dead' area for mobile phone reception. If making UK calls after 6.00pm we are willing to let you use our home landline. This offer does not apply to daytime or International calls, or calls to mobiles. REFRIGERATION: We may be able to refrigerate small items and to freeze blocks for you, this is dependent on space availability, but we will do our best without making any firm promises. TRANSPORT: For only the cost of fuel we are willing to take you to a location that will enable you to undertake a longer and more meaningful hike back to your own vehicle. LAUNDRY... damp clothing may be dried free of charge on an airer in the utility room. For £3 we will wash and dry (but not iron) a load of washing.INTERNET ACCESS the connection is broadband. By arrangement and for short periods, we are willing to allow guests access to the internet from our home machines to send and retrieve web-mail and to undertake limited surfing or to download photographs via their own card-reader. No wi-fi at present, we hope to make it work ... eventually!

11. Advice on eating out, local walks and places of interest can be emailed ahead, or made available to guests on arrival. We routinely print off weather forecasts for your information. There is also a good Tourist Information Centre in the village open from Easter to October.

12. Breakages. This house and its contents are our family home first and foremost and, accordingly, we furnish it to a high standard. Guests are asked to respect this and, in the event of any damage, be prepared to make reparations.