If you are like us, we like to know who we are talking to and emailing when we are organising our holiday. We are Emma & Simon. We have both had significant birthdays 5 years ago - mine now starts with a 5 (eek!) and Simons with a 6. Our family consists of 2 German Shepherds and we also have 2 horses. Simon and I met out riding in 1995 when we both lived in Gloucestershire. We married in September the following year. We each had a grey horse, mine was called Spirit and his Geoffro. Our horses lived together before we did! Simon was in the army and served with Scots Dragoon Guards for 22 years, and after leaving he started and then ran his own company which was in office design, logistics and fitouts and this specialised in the London hedge fund work places. Having been involved in marketing and PR from the time that I could walk (my family home is a very lovely but very falley down stately home in Cornwall which is open to the public to try keep the roof on, and Mum and I used to go leaflet drop to every guest house/hotel and holiday park) At 19 I started my first company which was a Fire Management and Counter Terrorism organisation which I ran and grew for 10 years before selling it to Chubb Fire. Before moving to this most stunning of areas, Simon and I searched, selected, imported and produced high goal polo horses from around the globe. I was terrible at polo but I loved the horses and training them and Simon hated polo but was incredible at the logistics (which were immense as you can imagine) in terms of organising import/export paperwork, co-ordinating vets, customs and transport. Having done our time in high finance, and high equestrian we decided we wanted a change of life and life style so we moved to the Quantock’s in Somerset. Having been and indeed are the owners of dogs, we always struggled to find a place where we could holiday with our furry children that was at least as comfortable as our own home, but also a place that did not have a million rules and that was truly dog friendly and not just tolerant and that would accept the dogs that we had, which was German Shepherd and Staffies. Our mission was to create the perfect combination of home-from-home comfort with a big dollop of luxury for our 2 legged guests. But more importantly a paradise playground for our 4 legged guests – they are after all the VIP’s of the family, you know that as do we! As is testimony to the many wonderful guests both furry and non furry who return not only year on year but several times a year, we think have achieved what we set out to do. For our doggo guests we have 6ft fenced gardens, 3 private use 6ft fenced dog exercise fields (including a wood so our K9 guests can feel as close to nature as possible) and these dog exercise fields are PRIVATE USE and are only for the use of our guests staying in one of our 3 cottages, so therefore one will ALWAYS be available for your use. Oh did we mention that at the end of your garden there is 9’000 acres of AONB heathland and the coast is just 1.5 miles down the lane – and super important we have not 1 but 2 dog friendly pubs in walking distance - what more can one ask!!! We are always evolving, we never stop enhancing our cottages and our doggie facilities. Both Simon and I truly understand how important that those much worked for and much needed holiday’s are for our guests and we are so genuinely chuffed and grateful that you have chosen us over a million other cottages so it is our genuine pleasure to provide you with the very best experience possible and we love to surprise and to delight – its what is termed as proper, good old fashioned hospitality and this is something that we are both passionate about and we so look forward to welcoming you to this hidden jewel of an area.