Our Terms & Conditions
Payment For Your Stay
All bookings are made safely via our website using a credit or debit card. When you make a booking via our online reservation system you will receive an immediate automated booking summary by email to the email address you provided. The booking will then be formally confirmed by a personal email from us within 48hrs and this will form our contract. Please make sure you use an email address you check regularly and a mobile number (not landline).
The booking system on our website will take a 30% non-refundable deposit and the balance is then due 60 days before your arrival. If your stay is less than 60 days away the system will take the full amount. You will be sent an automated email with a link to pay your balance so please use an email which you check regularly. If your balance is not paid by the due date, we reserve the right to re let your accommodation and retain your deposit.
Middle Stone Farm only accepts bookings from persons over 18 years of age. We reserve the right, at all times, without statement of reasons, to refuse or cancel a booking.
Your Damages Deposit and Departure Requirements
We require a damages deposit of £150 per accommodation, this will be held against the card you paid with 1-3 days before you arrive, please make sure there is some credit on your card to enable the system to do this. The £150 is 'held' against your card in the event of damages or an unpaid shop bill, it works the same way as hotels hold card details, this money is not actually drawn. When you leave, providing there are no significant issues and the shop bill has been settled it will be released back to your card again.
We do not charge for minor breakages, we hold this in case of serious damage, significant deep cleaning or mess, an unpaid shop bill, late check out so our staff can't begin cleaning or missing/moved items from the accommodation. On departure day we require guests to do their washing up properly, put rubbish and recycling out in the dedicated bins, return any moved furniture, bag up used bedlinen and used towels into the sack provided. This is important due to Covid still lingering around and keeping our staff safe - stripping beds can throw the virus particles into the air, so even with gloves on our staff need dirty bed linen off the beds for their safety. If you have stayed as a group and moved our things or furniture into different accommodations we expect items to be back in the original accommodation they were when you arrived please. In the case of a major problem or a very deep clean being required we reserve the right to invoice you in addition to drawing your damages deposit.
Cancellations, Refunds and Date Changes
Please ensure that you have adequate travel insurance to cover you in the event that you need to cancel your stay. Even if you are holidaying in the UK, travel insurance is recommended if you cancel due to unforeseen circumstances. A good policy will cover you for many reasons, a weather situation which might prevent you from staying, if there's a family bereavement or unexpected family situation, or your car breaks down for example. UK travel insurance isn't expensive, and it's really sensible you have a policy which will cover all eventualities!
If you cancel within 60 days of your stay, we will do our best to re-let your accommodation. If we take the same value booking, we will refund you in full less an administration fee of £40 to cover our time re-marketing. If we have to take a price reduction for a new booking this will be reflected in your refund along with the administration fee of £40. If the accommodation remains empty, we regret there will be no refund so do please make sure you have travel insurance for any eventualities. (For peak school holiday dates we should be able to easily re sell your booking when demand usually exceeds supply but you do have to give us sufficient notice.)
If you cancel up to 60 days before your stay we would normally be able to re sell a peak date and give you a refund, less the administration fee. If however we do not take a new booking we will retain the deposit paid. If you cancel after you've paid us in full, we will try and re market your holiday, if we can re sell the dates we will be able to return money to you, if we don't then we regret there will not be a refund.
In the very unlikely event that we need to cancel your stay (to perform unexpected repairs for example) we will do our best to offer you a suitable alternative. If there's a problem from our end, we will let you know immediately.
If we cannot provide your holiday due to unforeseen events beyond our control for example: war, terrorism, civil unrest, industrial action, weather eg: flooding, hurricane, snow, a natural disaster, epidemics, pandemics, lockdowns, health risks and similar events (Force Majeure) we will do our best to offer you alternative dates if we have to close ourselves, we will not be liable for refunds. We highly recommend you have appropriate travel insurance cover.
Please note in cases where we offer you any refund our administration charge is £40. If you ask us to amend your booking, eg moving your stay to a different date on our calendar we charge a £35 amendment fee per amendment. We can only accept booking amendments like date moves before your balance is due (60 days before your stay).
Check in from 4pm
Please note there's no access to the farm before 4pm. Please make sure you arrive in daylight if you are staying in a safari tent, ideally before 8pm.
Check Out 9.30am
All accommodation must be empty by 9.30am please. We ask for you to have vacated your accommodation by this time and followed the departure instructions in the file (shop bill settled, rubbish put in your bin, any moved furniture put back, washing up done and bed linen bagged please).
Dog Stays
We have three dog friendly safari lodges called Kestrel, Hawk and Buzzard. Up to 2 well behaved dogs are welcome to stay in one of these accommodations. These safari tents are fenced and gated. We have a new paddock for 2023 where dogs can run off the lead, this is close to your lodge. Elsewhere on the farm we ask your dogs to be on their lead at all times please and in control. We charge £25 to bring a dog and it must be booked in on the reservation form. We do not accept puppies under 6 months or any aggressive breeds eg Pit Bull, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro.
Please make sure your dogs are healthy, without any skin conditions (eg mange), wormed and up to date with injections, we have a lot of animals on the farm so it's important your dogs doesn't bring any nasties with them! We recommend you don't bring a female dog if she is in season either! Please do not leave your dog on its own in the safari lodge (or leave a dog locked up in a hot car). Please don't let your dog lie on our sofas, beds or go in the hot tubs please. If any dogs appear to be out of control or aggressive we reserve the right to ask you to leave immediately and there would not be a refund. We reserve the right to retrain money from your deposit if your dog causes damage or soiling. If we find your dog has been left alone we reserve the right to enter your tent.
We do not allow dogs in any of our other accommodation (our other accommodations are suitable for guests with pet allergies) and we do not allow any other pets to stay here (no cats, reptiles, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs etc).
Groups
Please don't book a group stay of 5 or more adults without talking to us first. If you are a group of either adults or families, please don't make bookings separately without telling us you are a group! Do please refer to our group page above if you are thinking of making a booking and we look forward to speaking to you about it before you go ahead. No adult groups during school holidays or Bank Holidays please.
Group Rules
Please see our noise curfew below, if you're wanting to party into the early hours we are not the right place for your stay. We love to hear a few guitars around the camp fire, but we're not the place to pump up the volume!
If you are staying as a group and have moved our items to your friend's accommodations we please ask for everything to be back in the accommodation it came from when you leave. We don't have time on busy changeover days to be running from each accommodation looking for missing forks so please make sure everything is returned to correct accommodation, thank you. If we have to spend time locating missing items, or replacing items we can't find we will invoice for our staff's extra time searching.
Adult Groups
Please don't book an adult gathering without speaking to us first! We only allow adult groups on certain weekends in the glamping calendar. We don't allow adult group bookings during the school holidays or Bank Holidays, we're family stays only during those times.
Family Groups
Please do not book a group stay without talking to us first. Groups need to take three safari lodges in the same field so you have the field to yourselves. We don't allow groups to only take a selection of accommodations when other guest who are not part of your group are staying.
Couple's Discount Offer
If you have booked with our couple's offer and you're staying in a safari tent we will ask you which room you would like made up. You have the choice of the king room, twin room, or cabin bed.
Occupancy
Your booking form will specify how many people are booked into the accommodation. If you wish to change the makeup of your group please let us know a couple of weeks before you arrive, we need to know exactly who is staying here. Please do not exceed our maximum occupancy, if you do we reserve the right to cancel your booking without a refund. We do not allow extra guests beyond who you have entered on your booking form or for extra people to turn up during your stay. We do not allow blow up beds, guests sleeping on sofas, pitched tents, campervans or caravans etc, nor do we allow people to sleep in vehicles in the car park.
· The Deckhouse Cabin sleeps 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.
· The Stable Cottage sleeps 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.
· Kestrel, Hawk, Buzzard, Kilve, Bossington and Porlock Lodges all sleep 6 guests
We do not allow our accommodation to be used for business purposes (such as making a film) without prior approval.
If you have booked a safari tent we reserve the right to change the tent you are staying in if one is more appropriate, or if we need to fix something in a tent or for a weather related reason. We will of course let you know before you arrive if we have moved you.
Day Visitors
We are not allowing any day visitors to the farm whilst Covid is still around as we are being careful with the number of guests staying here. If you wish to meet up with friends or extended family please meet them away the farm, there are lots of pubs nearby and ideas of family days out on our website. Everyone on the farm needs to be booked in on your reservation form please, we need to know who is staying insurance purposes. We do not allow extra guests to turn up in the night and sleep over. If you have any questions about seeing visitors, do please ask us.
Noise Rules
We are not a suitable venue for noisy gatherings and we ask guests to keep voices to a minimum after 10pm please. The safari lodges have canvas walls so we ask for all our guests to be considerate of other people staying here. Although we love the sound of a gentle guitar around the campfire in the evening, we don't allow any amplified music at any times of the day because it's annoying for the guests in the neighbouring lodge. If you wish to listen to music please wear headphones so other guests staying here won't hear it. If you want to pump up the volume, or stay up late into the early hours Middle Stone Farm won't be the right place for you.
If guests report noise from other glampers we will come out and ask you to be quiet and this is really embarrassing for all of us. So please consider this before you book to stay here. In exceptional circumstances we reserve the right to ask you to leave if there is repeated noise after a couple of warnings. As you will have breached the terms of your contract there would be no refund.
Smoking and Vaping
No smoking or vaping in or around any of our accommodation please. If you wish to smoke please wander up the drive away from animals and dispose of cigarette butts responsibly.
Parking
There is a designated parking space for each accommodation with space for 2 cars per safari lodge, 1 car for the cabin and 1 car for the cottage. If you think you are coming in more cars, please get in touch.
No Electric Charging
We do not have an electric car chargers on the farm (yet!) and we do not allow cars to be charged from our domestic electrical sockets, they are not suitable, and do not have the power required. There are charging points in Wiveliscombe, 12 mins drive.
Sorry no supermarket deliveries.
Sorry but we do not allow supermarket deliveries here. We have a sell stocked shop and hope you'll buy your foods items from us, otherwise our shop isn't really viable. There are shops in Wiveliscombe, a supermarket, butcher and farm shop. Taunton has all the large supermarkets. If you're staying in our cottage or cabin in the winter when our shop is closed, you may organise a delivery, but please let us know first as we'll need to let you know where they should come to.
Hot Tubs
Each accommodation has its own private wood fired hot tub, these are optional extras and can be hired on the reservation form. If you wish to use it please select it when you make your booking. Payment for the hot tub is required up to a week before your stay so we make sure we have enough staff to prepare them for you. Safety instructions for the use of the hot tubs must be adhered to. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed to use the hot tubs due to the risk of overheating, pregnant women should check with a health care professional about using them too. Please be careful with the hot tub lids, they mustn't be jumped on and guests mustn't throw stones, glass or any hard objects in the hot tubs as they can chip. We provide safe plastic wine glasses for hot tub drinking! Details about how they work and further safety instructions are in each accommodation and on our website. Please note if you hire a hot tub, then decide during your stay not to use it, there will not be a refund as if they've had water in them, they still have to be serviced between guests.
Safety and Responsibility on The Farm
Due to the proximity of electric cables, livestock and thatched buildings we do not allow kite flying over the farm, drones (it's stressful for the animals), Chinese lanterns or fireworks on our farm please.
You will be staying on a farm with animals, potentially dangerous farm equipment and several ponds amongst other hazards and it is your responsibility to watch your children at all times. Guests have use of the two glamping fields, please do not enter any other fields.
Please be aware that some of the guest equipment, including the barbecues, hot tubs and wood burning stoves can be dangerous if misused. We will send you a video with fire instructions before you arrive, there are safety instructions in the accommodation and we're always available during your stay if you need our help. Please do not allow children to swing on the wooden tent poles, the tent ropes or the rope fences, they could snap and cause a nasty injury. Use of the facilities at Middle Stone Farm such as the playground is the responsibility of the guest and is done so at their own risk. Children must be supervised at all times.
The safari lodges are set in open fields which can be uneven with areas of long grass and rabbit holes, please make sure you wear suitable footwear - eg welly boots and please make sure you arrive in day light. The hedges and fences may have barbed or electric wire around them, please do not climb on them. The animals on the farm are not tame pets, do not feed them or stroke them unless you are with us or on our farm tour. If you do touch an animal, you must wash your hands with soap and water afterwards. Pregnant women should not touch any of the animals. Please do not wander through any closed gates on the farm. And please do not feed our dogs at any time otherwise they will become a nuisance.
All our accommodation has smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as well as fire extinguishers and fire blankets. Fire guards and heat proof gloves are provided. Each accommodation also has a barbecue which must be kept in the allocated safe area away from the property and must not be moved by guests.
By booking and staying at Middle Stone Farm you agree to be responsible for yourselves, including your children and animals and take all reasonable precuations against personal injury, injury to others, damage to the facilities and our accommodation.
Your Belongings
Whilst you're staying in a safe and peaceful area, please never leave valuables unattended including in your accommodation. We accept no liability for theft, loss or damage to your belongings that may arise from your stay. Please make sure you have adequate holiday insurance.
If you have forgotten things and wish us to return them to you please get in touch. Large items can be collected by a courier, or we can take smaller items to Taunton Post Office, we usually visit once a week. We charge £10 for our time locating lost items, packing and posting.
WiFi
There is WiFi in The Stable Cottage, we do not have WiFi in any of our other accommodations. We do however have a decent 4G signal on the farm, we're with EE which works well here.
All bookings are made safely via our website using a credit or debit card. When you make a booking via our online reservation system you will receive an immediate automated booking summary by email to the email address you provided. The booking will then be formally confirmed by a personal email from us within 48hrs and this will form our contract. Please make sure you use an email address you check regularly and a mobile number (not landline).
The booking system on our website will take a 30% non-refundable deposit and the balance is then due 60 days before your arrival. If your stay is less than 60 days away the system will take the full amount. You will be sent an automated email with a link to pay your balance so please use an email which you check regularly. If your balance is not paid by the due date, we reserve the right to re let your accommodation and retain your deposit.
Middle Stone Farm only accepts bookings from persons over 18 years of age. We reserve the right, at all times, without statement of reasons, to refuse or cancel a booking.
Your Damages Deposit and Departure Requirements
We require a damages deposit of £150 per accommodation, this will be held against the card you paid with 1-3 days before you arrive, please make sure there is some credit on your card to enable the system to do this. The £150 is 'held' against your card in the event of damages or an unpaid shop bill, it works the same way as hotels hold card details, this money is not actually drawn. When you leave, providing there are no significant issues and the shop bill has been settled it will be released back to your card again.
We do not charge for minor breakages, we hold this in case of serious damage, significant deep cleaning or mess, an unpaid shop bill, late check out so our staff can't begin cleaning or missing/moved items from the accommodation. On departure day we require guests to do their washing up properly, put rubbish and recycling out in the dedicated bins, return any moved furniture, bag up used bedlinen and used towels into the sack provided. This is important due to Covid still lingering around and keeping our staff safe - stripping beds can throw the virus particles into the air, so even with gloves on our staff need dirty bed linen off the beds for their safety. If you have stayed as a group and moved our things or furniture into different accommodations we expect items to be back in the original accommodation they were when you arrived please. In the case of a major problem or a very deep clean being required we reserve the right to invoice you in addition to drawing your damages deposit.
Cancellations, Refunds and Date Changes
Please ensure that you have adequate travel insurance to cover you in the event that you need to cancel your stay. Even if you are holidaying in the UK, travel insurance is recommended if you cancel due to unforeseen circumstances. A good policy will cover you for many reasons, a weather situation which might prevent you from staying, if there's a family bereavement or unexpected family situation, or your car breaks down for example. UK travel insurance isn't expensive, and it's really sensible you have a policy which will cover all eventualities!
If you cancel within 60 days of your stay, we will do our best to re-let your accommodation. If we take the same value booking, we will refund you in full less an administration fee of £40 to cover our time re-marketing. If we have to take a price reduction for a new booking this will be reflected in your refund along with the administration fee of £40. If the accommodation remains empty, we regret there will be no refund so do please make sure you have travel insurance for any eventualities. (For peak school holiday dates we should be able to easily re sell your booking when demand usually exceeds supply but you do have to give us sufficient notice.)
If you cancel up to 60 days before your stay we would normally be able to re sell a peak date and give you a refund, less the administration fee. If however we do not take a new booking we will retain the deposit paid. If you cancel after you've paid us in full, we will try and re market your holiday, if we can re sell the dates we will be able to return money to you, if we don't then we regret there will not be a refund.
In the very unlikely event that we need to cancel your stay (to perform unexpected repairs for example) we will do our best to offer you a suitable alternative. If there's a problem from our end, we will let you know immediately.
If we cannot provide your holiday due to unforeseen events beyond our control for example: war, terrorism, civil unrest, industrial action, weather eg: flooding, hurricane, snow, a natural disaster, epidemics, pandemics, lockdowns, health risks and similar events (Force Majeure) we will do our best to offer you alternative dates if we have to close ourselves, we will not be liable for refunds. We highly recommend you have appropriate travel insurance cover.
Please note in cases where we offer you any refund our administration charge is £40. If you ask us to amend your booking, eg moving your stay to a different date on our calendar we charge a £35 amendment fee per amendment. We can only accept booking amendments like date moves before your balance is due (60 days before your stay).
Check in from 4pm
Please note there's no access to the farm before 4pm. Please make sure you arrive in daylight if you are staying in a safari tent, ideally before 8pm.
Check Out 9.30am
All accommodation must be empty by 9.30am please. We ask for you to have vacated your accommodation by this time and followed the departure instructions in the file (shop bill settled, rubbish put in your bin, any moved furniture put back, washing up done and bed linen bagged please).
Dog Stays
We have three dog friendly safari lodges called Kestrel, Hawk and Buzzard. Up to 2 well behaved dogs are welcome to stay in one of these accommodations. These safari tents are fenced and gated. We have a new paddock for 2023 where dogs can run off the lead, this is close to your lodge. Elsewhere on the farm we ask your dogs to be on their lead at all times please and in control. We charge £25 to bring a dog and it must be booked in on the reservation form. We do not accept puppies under 6 months or any aggressive breeds eg Pit Bull, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro.
Please make sure your dogs are healthy, without any skin conditions (eg mange), wormed and up to date with injections, we have a lot of animals on the farm so it's important your dogs doesn't bring any nasties with them! We recommend you don't bring a female dog if she is in season either! Please do not leave your dog on its own in the safari lodge (or leave a dog locked up in a hot car). Please don't let your dog lie on our sofas, beds or go in the hot tubs please. If any dogs appear to be out of control or aggressive we reserve the right to ask you to leave immediately and there would not be a refund. We reserve the right to retrain money from your deposit if your dog causes damage or soiling. If we find your dog has been left alone we reserve the right to enter your tent.
We do not allow dogs in any of our other accommodation (our other accommodations are suitable for guests with pet allergies) and we do not allow any other pets to stay here (no cats, reptiles, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs etc).
Groups
Please don't book a group stay of 5 or more adults without talking to us first. If you are a group of either adults or families, please don't make bookings separately without telling us you are a group! Do please refer to our group page above if you are thinking of making a booking and we look forward to speaking to you about it before you go ahead. No adult groups during school holidays or Bank Holidays please.
Group Rules
Please see our noise curfew below, if you're wanting to party into the early hours we are not the right place for your stay. We love to hear a few guitars around the camp fire, but we're not the place to pump up the volume!
If you are staying as a group and have moved our items to your friend's accommodations we please ask for everything to be back in the accommodation it came from when you leave. We don't have time on busy changeover days to be running from each accommodation looking for missing forks so please make sure everything is returned to correct accommodation, thank you. If we have to spend time locating missing items, or replacing items we can't find we will invoice for our staff's extra time searching.
Adult Groups
Please don't book an adult gathering without speaking to us first! We only allow adult groups on certain weekends in the glamping calendar. We don't allow adult group bookings during the school holidays or Bank Holidays, we're family stays only during those times.
Family Groups
Please do not book a group stay without talking to us first. Groups need to take three safari lodges in the same field so you have the field to yourselves. We don't allow groups to only take a selection of accommodations when other guest who are not part of your group are staying.
Couple's Discount Offer
If you have booked with our couple's offer and you're staying in a safari tent we will ask you which room you would like made up. You have the choice of the king room, twin room, or cabin bed.
Occupancy
Your booking form will specify how many people are booked into the accommodation. If you wish to change the makeup of your group please let us know a couple of weeks before you arrive, we need to know exactly who is staying here. Please do not exceed our maximum occupancy, if you do we reserve the right to cancel your booking without a refund. We do not allow extra guests beyond who you have entered on your booking form or for extra people to turn up during your stay. We do not allow blow up beds, guests sleeping on sofas, pitched tents, campervans or caravans etc, nor do we allow people to sleep in vehicles in the car park.
· The Deckhouse Cabin sleeps 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.
· The Stable Cottage sleeps 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 12.
· Kestrel, Hawk, Buzzard, Kilve, Bossington and Porlock Lodges all sleep 6 guests
We do not allow our accommodation to be used for business purposes (such as making a film) without prior approval.
If you have booked a safari tent we reserve the right to change the tent you are staying in if one is more appropriate, or if we need to fix something in a tent or for a weather related reason. We will of course let you know before you arrive if we have moved you.
Day Visitors
We are not allowing any day visitors to the farm whilst Covid is still around as we are being careful with the number of guests staying here. If you wish to meet up with friends or extended family please meet them away the farm, there are lots of pubs nearby and ideas of family days out on our website. Everyone on the farm needs to be booked in on your reservation form please, we need to know who is staying insurance purposes. We do not allow extra guests to turn up in the night and sleep over. If you have any questions about seeing visitors, do please ask us.
Noise Rules
We are not a suitable venue for noisy gatherings and we ask guests to keep voices to a minimum after 10pm please. The safari lodges have canvas walls so we ask for all our guests to be considerate of other people staying here. Although we love the sound of a gentle guitar around the campfire in the evening, we don't allow any amplified music at any times of the day because it's annoying for the guests in the neighbouring lodge. If you wish to listen to music please wear headphones so other guests staying here won't hear it. If you want to pump up the volume, or stay up late into the early hours Middle Stone Farm won't be the right place for you.
If guests report noise from other glampers we will come out and ask you to be quiet and this is really embarrassing for all of us. So please consider this before you book to stay here. In exceptional circumstances we reserve the right to ask you to leave if there is repeated noise after a couple of warnings. As you will have breached the terms of your contract there would be no refund.
Smoking and Vaping
No smoking or vaping in or around any of our accommodation please. If you wish to smoke please wander up the drive away from animals and dispose of cigarette butts responsibly.
Parking
There is a designated parking space for each accommodation with space for 2 cars per safari lodge, 1 car for the cabin and 1 car for the cottage. If you think you are coming in more cars, please get in touch.
No Electric Charging
We do not have an electric car chargers on the farm (yet!) and we do not allow cars to be charged from our domestic electrical sockets, they are not suitable, and do not have the power required. There are charging points in Wiveliscombe, 12 mins drive.
Sorry no supermarket deliveries.
Sorry but we do not allow supermarket deliveries here. We have a sell stocked shop and hope you'll buy your foods items from us, otherwise our shop isn't really viable. There are shops in Wiveliscombe, a supermarket, butcher and farm shop. Taunton has all the large supermarkets. If you're staying in our cottage or cabin in the winter when our shop is closed, you may organise a delivery, but please let us know first as we'll need to let you know where they should come to.
Hot Tubs
Each accommodation has its own private wood fired hot tub, these are optional extras and can be hired on the reservation form. If you wish to use it please select it when you make your booking. Payment for the hot tub is required up to a week before your stay so we make sure we have enough staff to prepare them for you. Safety instructions for the use of the hot tubs must be adhered to. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed to use the hot tubs due to the risk of overheating, pregnant women should check with a health care professional about using them too. Please be careful with the hot tub lids, they mustn't be jumped on and guests mustn't throw stones, glass or any hard objects in the hot tubs as they can chip. We provide safe plastic wine glasses for hot tub drinking! Details about how they work and further safety instructions are in each accommodation and on our website. Please note if you hire a hot tub, then decide during your stay not to use it, there will not be a refund as if they've had water in them, they still have to be serviced between guests.
Safety and Responsibility on The Farm
Due to the proximity of electric cables, livestock and thatched buildings we do not allow kite flying over the farm, drones (it's stressful for the animals), Chinese lanterns or fireworks on our farm please.
You will be staying on a farm with animals, potentially dangerous farm equipment and several ponds amongst other hazards and it is your responsibility to watch your children at all times. Guests have use of the two glamping fields, please do not enter any other fields.
Please be aware that some of the guest equipment, including the barbecues, hot tubs and wood burning stoves can be dangerous if misused. We will send you a video with fire instructions before you arrive, there are safety instructions in the accommodation and we're always available during your stay if you need our help. Please do not allow children to swing on the wooden tent poles, the tent ropes or the rope fences, they could snap and cause a nasty injury. Use of the facilities at Middle Stone Farm such as the playground is the responsibility of the guest and is done so at their own risk. Children must be supervised at all times.
The safari lodges are set in open fields which can be uneven with areas of long grass and rabbit holes, please make sure you wear suitable footwear - eg welly boots and please make sure you arrive in day light. The hedges and fences may have barbed or electric wire around them, please do not climb on them. The animals on the farm are not tame pets, do not feed them or stroke them unless you are with us or on our farm tour. If you do touch an animal, you must wash your hands with soap and water afterwards. Pregnant women should not touch any of the animals. Please do not wander through any closed gates on the farm. And please do not feed our dogs at any time otherwise they will become a nuisance.
All our accommodation has smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as well as fire extinguishers and fire blankets. Fire guards and heat proof gloves are provided. Each accommodation also has a barbecue which must be kept in the allocated safe area away from the property and must not be moved by guests.
By booking and staying at Middle Stone Farm you agree to be responsible for yourselves, including your children and animals and take all reasonable precuations against personal injury, injury to others, damage to the facilities and our accommodation.
Your Belongings
Whilst you're staying in a safe and peaceful area, please never leave valuables unattended including in your accommodation. We accept no liability for theft, loss or damage to your belongings that may arise from your stay. Please make sure you have adequate holiday insurance.
If you have forgotten things and wish us to return them to you please get in touch. Large items can be collected by a courier, or we can take smaller items to Taunton Post Office, we usually visit once a week. We charge £10 for our time locating lost items, packing and posting.
WiFi
There is WiFi in The Stable Cottage, we do not have WiFi in any of our other accommodations. We do however have a decent 4G signal on the farm, we're with EE which works well here.
