Curlew 8 is a beautiful cottage and we had a lovely time there --- 2 grandparents, 4 sons and their wives, and 10 grandchildren under 10. The recommendations that I can make are:
1. more seating for eating --- one dining room chair was out of commission when we arrived. We only needed seating for 18 as 2 grandchildren are babies, but there were 9 chairs at the table and then 5 at the counter. We certainly managed, but a cottage that advertises that it sleeps 21 should offer more seating for meals.
2. larger sheet pans for oven use. There were the "tops" for 2 broiler pans, but no bottoms, and the other flat oven pans were quite small when one considers the number of mouths we were feeding.
I realize that the cottage is probably rented mostly in the summer and these may not be shortcomings at that time of the year. We used the grill for two dinners and that worked well.
Understand please, that we had the most glorious time. In spite of rain for several days there were breaks and we walked a lot, rode bicycles, played on the beach, flew kites, and those hardy grandchildren were even in the water. Many thanks, Evelyn Hutton