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Warm welcome and always felt welcome. Room a tad of a let down..in the Beer Garden, blind needed to be down on door and window at all times. No guest info? No Wifi code? Evening meal very good, once the fact they'd given our table away had been resolved. Found the wifi code in the bar. Breakfast poor...quite why asking for a glass of water was deemed "odd" puzzled me. Liquid tar for coffee and service slow. However everyone really lovely.

We'd walked past The Blacksmiths Arms last summer when exploring Talkin village and thought we would love to stay there, given the chance. We were in the area again at the end of the Easter holidays and remembered this little gem. It was reasonably busy in the pub when we arrived but we were immediately greeted with a smile and 'hello's from the staff - that made us feel very welcome. The Blacksmiths, as one would imagine, is a lovely old traditional pub with an open fire - very cosy. We booked in for dinner that evening, which was of an excellent standard, but breakfast the following morning was an even bigger treat - and the nicest Cumberland sausages we've had in a long while. Our room was very clean and comfortable. We had a decent night's sleep after walking off dinner with an evening stroll along the lane to Farlam village. We absolutely loved it here and can't wait for an opportunity to come back.