What Makes us different
Staying in one of our local larger towns can have disadvantages, lack of off street private parking, noise, guests coming and going late at night and often small cramped rooms.
Linthorpe has none of those. Although Twynholm is a small rural village we have the advantage of 2 local pubs, which are a 5 minute walk, a traditional village shop where you can get a paper and the basic essentials, the famous Coulthard museum and the newly built Coco Bean Chocolate Workshop.
We are situated in Arden Road, a quiet country lane and have no traffic noise to disturb your sleep. Our bedlinen is certified soft organic cotton to compliment our comfortable Sealy beds, which our guests often comment upon.We specialise in quiet calm breaks for people who want to relax in the countryside and take things easy. We serve great breakfasts and evening meals and although we do not have a drinks licence guests often bring their own. It actually works out cheaper than staying in a licenced place! There are restaurants and art galleries in Kirkcudbright which is just 3 miles away and has a local taxi service if you don’t want to drive, (though we hope you will try our own evening meals).
We are concerned about and for the environment and sustainable food production which is why we only use organic milk for breakfasts and bake all of our own bread using organic flour, as well as locally sourced fish and meats. We also dislike waste, especially with so many people in the world still starving, so we ask guests to choose their breakfast the evening before thereby cutting down on unwanted food waste. We like to eat well but responsibly.
We grow our own vegetables and fruit without nasty sprays, which are then used in our evening meals. We use only quality meat from our local butcher not supermarket cheap factory farmed. Our hens have a good outdoor life and produce superb award winning eggs with beautiful golden yolks.
We use as little plastics as possible and although we have no recycling collections here we take all of our re-cyclables to the local collection point.
These things are important to us and our discerning guests.
Our guest book confirms our claims, and visitors are coming back too. why not give us a try.
Look at our Sample Menus to see what is available, there are new things being introduced as the seasons change too. In 2011 we are making a point of not serving smoked salmon, we cannot afford organic salmon and are not willing to add to the problems that wild salmon have by supporting the practice of high density salmon farming, (if you are interested in finding out more please ask) as a delicious alternative we have sue's home caught and hot smoked trout served for breakfast or in a white wine sauce with pasta for dinner.
What makes us really different are the workshops run by Sue.
Wool spinning, knitting, feltmaking and tatting classes see www.handspun-exotics.co.uk
Fly fishing tuition. As an advanced Qualified Instructor Sue can take you from the very basics to more advanced techniques for Salmon and trout fishing. We have an abundance of great fishing within a few miles of the house and many couples take advantage to stay here and learn this relaxing sport in beautiful countryside.
As the only Advanced Qualified lady in Scotland Sue is ideally placed to introduce other ladies to fly fishing. View www.damselflyfishing.co.uk