Locking Head Farm Bed and Breakfast

It’s not often that you stay at a place so good, you’re inspired to contact Interflora to send treats to the very lady who organised the hotel for you. Well here’s hoping I get the flowers to my mum-​in-​law before she reads this, because the lady needs to be thanked heartily. Locking Head Farm B&B deserves so much more than its three accommodation stars. Staying there feels like cosying up in the guest bedroom of a friend’s house.
The personal touches really make it, from the Cadbury Highlights (my favourite instant hot chocolate) in the tea and coffee making facilities WITH, I might add, a *full-​sized* kettle, to the visitor’s notebook, to the little brochure they’ve put together about their farm and the surrounding area, to the breakfast menu where you tick off your choice for the next morning. This is a family run business at its very best, right down to the little kids running about the place and the adorable family dog who will sit quietly next to you while you eat.
The eating. Let me get onto that later, it needs an entire paragraph of its own.
First of all, the story. So the significant other and I arrived here after a long and tiring journey from Manchester peppered with TalkSport Radio (gah!), argument-​inducing car games like shag, cruise or marry, a horribly mediocre falafel panini from a service station Starbucks, far too many wine gums and a couple of disagreements about marriage and tradition. We travelled to these parts to attend a wedding, see.
Driving down the farm path in the dark was an interesting experience, and we instantly had flashbacks from several horror movies. The sat nav said, «At the end of the road, turn left.» I responded, «At the end of the road, you will see a hooded figure with a scythe.» My companion exploded with nervous energy at that statement. However we were welcomed with open gate and open arms and led up to our room, given our breakfast menu to choose from and told to pop down if we needed anything.
We were in Mendip. Ladies and gentlemen, this room is HUGE. Easily bigger than a studio apartment, with the softest sheets and towels I’ve ever had the fortune of laying myself upon or drying my delicate skin with. The TV? Glorious, in the perfect position next to a comfy sofa and lo and behold, Family Guy was on when it came to life. Then Lethal Weapon. I know this wasn’t orchestrated by the B&B, but still…
So the other half ordered a Full English, myself pancakes. Eggs in the breakfast come from the farm’s own chickens, everything’s locally sourced, and oh my word, these pancakes. I was silent. Freshly made, drenched in blueberry syrup with ripe warm blueberries scattered on top and stuffed inside. Not only is this included, but you get a bunch of cereals, yoghurts and fruits to choose from and get served hot toast as well as tea or coffee.
And the next day after a taxi disaster returning from the wedding when we weren’t able to pop anything on the breakfast menu, they served us the same again assuming that’s what we’d want. So I got to have those unbelievable pancakes TWICE during my stay. Brilliant staff, great atmosphere, glorious location and reasonably priced — I’d recommend it to absolutely anyone and I’d go back to Weston-​Super-​Mare specifically for the purpose of staying there. Well done Locking Head Farm.
/​End über-​long gushing review!