Three Pound Cottage

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

Well what a weekend for celebration this one has been. The latest easing of the lockdown has enabled Dartmoor Holiday Cottages to reopen.

We’re so thrilled to be able to welcome guests again. The last few months have been very sad having to disappoint some of our regular visitors.

To celebrate this good news, we’re extending our Dartmoor Price Freeze until 30th September. Which means, for the next 3 months, you can still book your 2021 holiday at Three Pound Cottage for 2020 prices!

04 Jul 20

Beautiful photo taken by Eleanor Ludgate

The recent changes to the lockdown measures now permit unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise as well as being able to drive anywhere to take that exercise.  This means you can now visit Dartmoor to exercise and lift your spirits by taking in the stunning scenery and stimulating fresh air.   Unfortunately the pubs remain closed as do the Dartmoor Visitor Centres, public toilets and of course you can not yet holiday on Dartmoor and enjoy staying at this perfect Dartmoor Holiday Cottage.

The Dartmoor National Park authority have reopened the car parks at Haytor, Meldon, Postbridge and Princetown.  If you can enjoy exercising on Dartmoor, why not take inspiration from our Dartmoor Walks page, obviously the “Three Pub Walk” is less attractive at the moment.

Please stay safe and remember to maintain social distancing.

15 May 20

The Dartmoor Grave of Kitty Jay

Despite being in lockdown, fresh flowers have continued to mysteriously appear on Kitty Jay’s grave.  Those familiar with Dartmoor folklore will know that this special burial mound is tended by the Dartmoor Pixies out of sympathy for Kitty Jay’s sad tale – you can read all about Kitty Jay’s story on our Dartmoor Must See’s page.

When interviewed on the matter, ‘Pixie Pete’ stressed they were not breaking the lockdown rules as “tending the grave is part of our daily exercise, me ‘ansome”.  Pete was pressed on the 2 meter social distancing rule, to which he explained “given we’re only 4 inches tall, we reckon 6 inches is ample social distancing, so we can easily have 20 to 30 of us pixies looking after Kitty Jay’s resting place in one go”.

Kitty Jay’s grave is just a short drive from our Dartmoor holiday cottage in Lustleigh, and really is a “must see“.  Once we’re out of lockdown, and you can holiday in Dartmoor again, the Pixies would love to see you pay your respects to Kitty Jay and admire their careful work.  They also recommend staying at Three Pound Cottage 🙂

13 May 20

May Day is one of the highlights in the Dartmoor Calendar and Lustleigh has been celebrating it in style since 1905.  Guests at our Dartmoor holiday cottage are normally treated to an amazing experience of the village coming together to crown the May Queen and enjoy the festivities of the day including a Maypole dance.

Despite Coronavirus, this year was no exception as the great folk of Lustleigh chose to celebrate virtually and produced a fantastic video: Lustleigh May Day 2020.

Not only has it brightened our May Day but it really shows the beauty and spirit of the village.  A huge “Thank You” to Lustleigh, we’re so lucky our Dartmoor holiday home is in such a fantastic village.

03 May 20

Dartmoor, a holiday to look forward to

Three Pound Cottage, the Dartmoor Holiday Home is now available to book for 2021.  Not only that, the prices have been frozen until 1st July.  This means you could book your Dartmoor holiday for 2021 at 2020 prices saving up to £60.

Owner Michaela said “Everybody needs a holiday to look forward to, moreso in these difficult times, so we pulled out the stops and got the holiday cottage on sale early for next year.  Then after Brian had done all the hard work on prices I decided to give our customers something more by keeping them the same as this year for the next 2 months.  Brian and I felt it was the right thing to do to balance up with our ‘book Dartmoor with confidence‘ promise for this year”.

10 May 20