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Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens 2017

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 28th August 2017 | Featured | No Comments

Chilli Fiesta 11 – 13 August 2017 Put the dates in your diary for next year! Save 20% and book early bird tickets today! The UK’s biggest chilli festival returns. Join the party and dance to live Latin music, watch cookery … Read More

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Why countryside holidays are good for the Soul.

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 8th June 2017 | Featured | No Comments

Countryside Holidays Are Good For The Soul Our properties are both located out in the beautiful Chichester countryside. We’ve wide, sweeping views over the fields, and an absolute abundance of wildlife nestling in the gardens. On clear nights, visitors can … Read More

Tags: country, family, green space, happy, holidays, pet friendly, relax, Self catering, soul

“I’m bored!!” – not any longer!

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 12th February 2017 | Featured | No Comments

“Mum!!!! I’m bored! What can I do???” Ever heard that one before?! Of course, all parents have, and their parents before them!… It is more usual to hear when you are at home and when even the electronic gadgets are … Read More … Read More

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Mothering Sunday

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 5th February 2017 | Featured | No Comments

Mothers – those incredibly special, overworked, much undervalued, pillars of the family who we so often take for granted! (How many people do YOU know who will put up with being screamed at, weed and pooed on and kept up … Read More … Read More

Tags: beach, canal, Chichester, church, daffodils, family, flowers, love, Mothering Sunday, Mothers Day, walk

Bluebell Woods – a “heavenly-scent” experience

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 31st January 2017 | Featured | No Comments

If you have never experienced the full glory of an English Bluebell wood – then it should go onto your “Life’s Bucket List” immediately! To find out what I am talking about just watch the video. You can never have … Read More

Tags: bluebell, Chichester, Chichester Self catering, dog friendly, family, inspiration, Petworth, walks, West Dean, West Sussex, woods

Petworth Park Walks

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 6th December 2016 | Featured | No Comments

Stroll across Petworth Deer Park Words by Hazel Sillver, Sussex Life The resident bucks at Petworth (photo: National Trust) Petworth Deer Park, 3.1m (5k). One of the loveliest winter walks in Sussex is around the deer park at Petworth. Map … Read More

Tags: assistance dogs, day out, deer, do walk, dog friendly, family, parkland, Petworth Park, Sussex

We’re going to the Beach! Beach! Beach…

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 4th June 2016 | Featured | No Comments

“We’re all going on a.. Summer holiday!” Well – you know the rest! This is perhaps one of the few places that is universally LOVED by the British, of all generations. At Chichester Self Catering we have all sorts of … Read More … Read More

Tags: BBQ, beach, Chichester, Chichester Harbour, children, Church Norton, East Beach, East Head, family, icecream, Medmerry beach, paddling, Pagham Harbour, Selsey, suntan, West Wittering

Open Farm Sunday – fun days out in the country!

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 22nd May 2016 | Featured | No Comments

Great days out for all the family down on the Farm – fun, educational and usually food involved too! SUNDAY 5th June is the date to put in the diary for 2016! We have LOCAL farms who will be opening … Read More … Read More

Tags: arable, Chalder Farm, children, days out, family, farm, farm visit, icecream, livestock, Marsh farm, open Sunday, OpenFarmSunday, places to visit, Sidlesham, Things to do

Things to do with Kids in the Chichester area

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 21st May 2016 | Featured | No Comments

So many things to do… so little time! To help you get about the Chichester area why not look at this link to my Insiders Guide to Chichester… Enjoy! I have nieces and nephews, and a vivid imagination so I … Read More

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Are you an individual business traveller?

Posted by Gayle Palmer on 21st August 2015 | Featured | No Comments

Are you an individual business traveller? Are you fed up with hotel rooms?? Want more of a home than a bland room? At all my properties we have separate living and sleeping rooms. Do you get tired of staying in … Read More

Tags: accommodation, apartment, business, business traveller, Chichester, Chichester Self catering, family, hotel, lone travel, selfcatering, travel, wheelchair access, wifi