Bridge House

Mar 8th, 2020

Feb 22nd, 2020

Feb 12th, 2020

Sep 29th, 2019

After one of the worst of my summers in living memory, I was lucky enough to be accepted to have a week convalescing in the out-of-the-way Dawlish. If anyone else has the opportunity, I can't recommend it enough. It has been everything needed. The Duty Manager looks after guests very well. The room I had was large and very ample, with a nice shower room with a sit-down seat therein. The gardens are kept beautifully, with fish in a closed-off pond, benches throughout, different trees and plants, wonderful awnings and two Japanese-style bridges. Over 48 hours, I met a dog (Buck - the groundskeeper's black lab, he's lovely), a cat, two pheasants, squirrels, and many different little birds I've never seen in a town before! I found walking there every morning very stimulating. Nearby is a lovely church and its churchyard to walk through as well, and it took me fifteen minutes at a leisurely pace to get to The Strand, the main lot of shops before you reach the seafront. The hotel itself is all anyone could need to recover fully from ailments in tranquility - nurses on hand day and night, a very conscientious and adaptive service in the restaurant (they can't do enough for you) and every single meal was delicious. I don't eat red meat and have problems with Gluten, but I never went without! I brought along some of my own acceptable flour and had bread and butter pudding etc. made for me fresh. I didn't feel able to go on the trips, but I was informed they were very good too. I was the youngest person there by possibly 20 years, but everyone is friendly and kind. You sit with other people at mealtimes so that you don't feel alone, especially if, like me, you have come by yourself. Everyone working there has a wonderful disposition and does their best at all times. WiFi was good and a lot of channels. Reading materials on every floor and the lounges to just sit and chat or read or play Rummikub, were lovely and peaceful. There was even a therapist who was really very good and who I had a session with - he is one of the best I have ever had the fortune of working with! He provides Reiki, massage etc. and did a follow up after my session. I recommend that as well as an extra. They really do look after you at this place, and it doesn't seem to matter what you're getting over. There was a lady with Parkinson's, gentleman needing constant oxygen and a gentleman (with his wife) getting over a recent knee operation while I was there; but they approved me for my anxiety issues, traumas and recent grief and I'm o pleased that they did, as this was everything I could have needed or asked for. In the nicest possible way, I hope to never use them again(!) but if I ever were to get so bad again, I would be delighted to return.
Aug 14th, 2019