BlackbullA1lodge

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Mist excelent and helpful staff ever
  : For the price nothing, this is budget accomodation and taking that into account it's oerfect.

Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Ideally located for the purposes of our visit to the area. The staff we met were knowledgeable about the area and helpfully provided information to aid us during our stay.
  : Everything was fine.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Very good location if traveling but we used it when visiting BirdFair. Clean and comfortable with good breakfast

Poor
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Hotel cheap and big rooms. Accommodating late check in
  : In the morning, to our surprise, the breakfast that we paid for was cancelled without notice.No excuse, no apologies, no warning.In addition the curtains didn't close so the sun woke us up.Very disappointed

Very Good
Traveller Type: family with young children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : Delightful historic building, full of character, a bit compromised by being right on the A1 but a lot more quiet than the location might suggest. Really nice couple running the place, it's obviously a labour of love.
  : Nothing. Old-fashioned decor, creaking stairs - just adds to the charm of the place.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Huge, rambling, ‘characterful’ old country house. Feels like staying in the home of an eccentric relative rather than a hotel. Enormous comfortable bedrooms with sofa’s, armchairs and a DIY mini-bar fridge. Owner very helpful and changed my room without a fuss when I couldn’t open a window. Ideal if you’re travelling with dogs, especially room 8 which is a ‘suite’ with a kitchen and has french windows straight out onto a big private garden. Easy parking. Excellent breakfast. Very good for the price.
  : In need of refurbishment and updating (if that matters to you), especially the bathroom (dodgy shower), and not as clean as many would prefer. Getting an evening meal means a drive to the service station or the OK diner. Right on the A1, which is very convenient, but if traffic noise keeps you awake then you’ll need earplugs. A bit tricky to turn into straight off the very busy road - be prepared. Couldn’t get WiFi to work (but good 4G signal) and TV remote batteries were flat.

Poor
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : Close to work
  : The smell of damp, the photos of half dressed women all over the stairs, the fthy shower. The fact that my door didn't lock and feeling unsafe.