Three Pound Cottage

Rippled Wall (graded V4 6b) at Bonehill

Thanks to the British Mountaineering Council, Bonehill Down now benefits from improved parking.

Three parking spaces close to Bonehill Rocks had become badly eroded with deep gulleys.  These have been resurfaced under the BMC’s Mend Our Mountains campaign.  This ambitious campaign aims to raise £1,000,000 to finance a wide range of vital path repair projects within Britains 15 National Parks.

Bonehill Down attracts both walkers and climbers alike.  The Rocks are reputed to offer some of the best Bouldering problems on Dartmoor for all ages and abilities.  If Bouldering is your thing, there’s a really good article written by David Henderson describing many of the challenges at Bonehill Rocks.

Widecombe-in-the-moor

You can find out more about Bouldering at Bonehill Rocks and Dartmoor in general at Javu.

Of course, if you’re staying at our Dartmoor holiday cottage, Lustleigh Cleave is virtually on the doorstep and offers an excellent selection of Bouldering problems at The Nutcrackers, Harton Chest and Raven’s Tor.

Alternatively, for keen walkers there are fantastic views of Dartmoor.  The view of Widecomeb-in-the-moor is just majestic.

15 Oct 21

This summer 81 Otter and cub statues were placed around Dartmoor to form the Moor Otters Arts Trail to raise money to help with conservation work in the National Park. Each statue was uniquely decorated by artists and thousands of “Otter Spotters” took to the different trails to find the 81 Otter and cub statues.

One statue collected an impressive £300 in its donation box. Now with the Moor Otters Arts Trail drawing to a close these fine Dartmoor Otter statues can raise even more.

Each one needs to find a forever home so they’ve put themselves up for auction this Friday and Saturday. If you feel you could give one a good home why not buy a Dartmoor Otter

29 Sep 21

Three Pound Cottage would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the volunteers that make up Dartmoor Search & Rescue.

When people think of them, it’s usually images of helping people in trouble on Dartmoor by stretchering them down to safety. They also play a big part in the Dartmoor community and are often not given the praise and admiration they deserve. Last week they showed this tremendously by stretchering Gilby Taylor up to the top of Belstone Tor so he could enjoy the view. This all makes sense when you learn Gilby is reliant on wheelchair and until that day had only enjoyed the view of Belstone Tor from his garden. This lovely act of kindness was recorded by BBC Spotlight and is available to watch by clicking on this link.

16 Sep 21

We were absolutely thrilled when talented artist Mei Yim Low sent us a photo of her painting of the Primrose Tea Room as viewed from the front bedroom window of Three Pound Cottage.

You can view more of Mei’s work on her website, where amongst other beautiful works of art, you will find this water colour.

04 Jul 21

It was with a bit of trepidation that Michaela & Brian reopened the door of Three Pound Cottage following the easing of travel restrictions back in April. Would guests continue to enjoy holidaying on Dartmoor whilst Covid measures remain in place? Would it still feel like home from home? It seems they had nothing to worry about……………..

Main Car Park at Haytor

Good news for those with electric cars wanting to explore Dartmoor.  The National Park Authority have installed a twin 7kw rapid charging point in the main car park for Haytor.

Haytor is Dartmoor’s most iconic tor, and only 5 miles from our Dartmoor Holiday Cottage.  It is popular with locals and tourists alike.  Indeed no holiday to Devon would be complete without a walk up Haytor.

11 Oct 20

The Dartmoor National Park Authority have come up with a series of walks to introduce people to Dartmoor.  The walks have been designed for less confident walkers to explore Dartmoor.  The clever people at the Authority have also allowed for refreshment stops “en route” to enrich the Dartmoor experience and support local businesses.

There are 6 walks available ranging from 3km (1 hour) to 10km (4 hours), each can be downloaded from the The DNPA website.  Although there’s no need if you’re staying at our Dartmoor Holiday Cottage.  Not only do we provide a selection of local Dartmoor Walks at the cottage, we will add these also.

21 Sep 20

Devon Life have named the 10 best woodland walks in Devon – guess which woods feature in the list?

For those familiar with Lustleigh and the amazing walks in the surrounding area, it will come as no surprise to find Hisley Wood, Pullabrook Wood and Houndtor Wood all in the list.

When holidaying at Three Pound Cottage in Lustleigh you’ll not just benefit from staying in a perfect Dartmoor Holiday Cottage, you also have some of the best woodland walks in Devon on your doorstep.

31 Aug 20

Devon Live have compiled a list of the 18 prettiest towns and villages in Devon. It’s no surprise that Lustleigh features highly on that list with both the Cleave Inn and the Primrose tea rooms being highighted.

Their top 5 prettiest places to visit are: Kenn, Beer, Lustleigh, Shaldon and Berrynabor. If you can only visit one during your Devon holiday be sure to visit Lustleigh. Unless of course you’re staying at our Dartmoor Holiday Cottage in which case make sure you take a trip to Shaldon, one of our favourite places.

31 Jul 20