Fort Clonque

Reviews:

(Provided by Jane Curry:) This has to be one of the pieces de resistance of Landmark. You get the whole fort to live in - officers quarters, soldiers quarters, casement and gate houses. If you get back late to the causeway at the wrong time of the tide, you are stranded on the mainland and dinner will simply have to wait! The obligatory flag is provided, of course, to be raised each morning. We understand the old bugle that we attempted to get notes out of, has now been replaced by a much less battered version, but I'm sure you will have just as much fun trying as we did. The housekeeper, Geof Salt, was absolutely brilliant. Since you are arriving on a small island (provided the weather is good and the plane can get in), you can phone orders ahead to the local stores (we used The Rose & Crown for booze, and Riduna Stores for groceries/greengroceries). Geof then received the deliveries while has small army was cleaning the fort and we were delighted to find white wine in the fridge, along with the rest of the fridge groceries, and a beautiful arrangement made of our fruit! One thing no-one warns you about - there's a piano there so take a musician with their music - we had a Gilbert and Sullivan session and lots of Scott Joplin. It's a really magical place with the sea crashing around you the whole time.

Pictures:

Pictures of the outside and inside.(JC)