Do you know Alistair Sawday's series of guides to places and venues in Great Britain and abroad? It's available online as well as in print, and they are excellent guide to where to go, where to stay and what to see and do.

You can view the Combermere Abbey entry by clicking here. There's a whole gallery of photos of the Glasshouse, the gardens, a wedding held in the pavilion at the Abbey and the award-winning self-catering cottages of which we are so very proud.

Sawday's also publish a dog-friendly guide to short breaks in the UK, which is a jolly good idea, and as you probably know, not only are doggies very welcome at Combermere but the walks that guests in our cottages can enjoy - through the woods and alongside the lake - are just heaven for our canine companions.