Summer Events in Devon
A run through of the best events this Summer in Devon. Check out our guide for film festivals, music festivals, fireworks, regattas and more....
16 May, 2023
Food and Drink
Best For Sunday Roast
A round up of the best local places for a Sunday Roast close to Melrose Cottage. Roast beef, pork crackling and roast potatoes galore!...
05 December, 2022
Dartmoor Foraging: wild food near Melrose Cottage
What is foraging? Foraging means finding, identifying and harvesting food growing in the wild. You have probably plucked a delicious, fat, juicy blackberry from a bush before, so you are already a forager! This activity is a great way of re-discovering your local area. Foraging for...
21 October, 2021
5 Reasons to visit Devon in the Autumn
Autumn Walks and Cycling Autumn sets Dartmoor ablaze with incredible burnt orange colours. The low rainfall at this time of year is perfect for going out on crisp, sunny days and walking across the moor (see here and here). You can also take on one...
28 September, 2021
Foodie Heaven in Devon – a week in the world of food and drink
Are you a food lover? Devon has so much to offer you - from gin and wine to cheese and wild foraging. We have put together a food-and-drink-lover's itinerary for a week based from Melrose Cottage. Day 1 - Wild Food Foraging and Cookery at the...
21 August, 2021
Cream of the crop
What do you recommend doing in Devon? As the owners of Melrose Cottage, a stunning, open plan holiday cottage in the heart of West Devon, we get asked this a lot! In this article we highlight our top 5 - the must-see and must-dos when on...
09 July, 2021
Top 5 Cream Teas in Devon
You can’t come to Devon and go home without trying the most renowned West Country treat in all the land! When you do go, make sure you eat it the Devon way – a light fluffy traditional scone with the delicious, rich clotted cream on...
09 July, 2021
Where to eat and drink
“People who love to eat are always the best people.” So said the great Julia Child, and I must agree, although I would probably add a tipple in there too! Here is my round-up of the best places to eat and drink around Melrose Cottage. PUBS IN...
09 July, 2021
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