A selection of entries from our visitors book, giving the views of some of the people who have stayed at our barn during 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007...
May 22nd 2010: Lovely warm welcome from Chris. We were stranded having had one of the chains on our bicycle snap. Found this little, comfortable Camping Barn for overnight stay. We absolutely loved it. Highly recommended. Gorgeous weather to boot too. Ta :) – Emelda, Vance and Naomi
April 5th 2010: Ralf and Rian on our pilgrimage to Canterbury. Lovely friendly welcome from Janet. Nice hot shower and good cooking equipment. Next stop Tanners Hatch...
April 2nd 2010: A brilliant place to overnight during a circular walk around Surrey! Starting from Esher (!) we headed for the North Downs Way at Tanners Hatch and will return there after six days via the Greensand Way. The tea on arrival at Puttenham was fantastic. – Peter
August 15th 2009: On arrival we were greeted with a cup of tea. Heaven. After 20 mile hike.Fantastic place - highly recommended. – James & Louise
Le 21 Août 2009: Une formule originale et très intéressante. Un accueil très chaleureux. A renouveler. – J Pierre
June 19th 2008: Congratulations on an amazing project completed with a tremendous amount of thought, hard work, enthusiasm and goodwill. I am most impressed. With all good wishes – Mark Mathews (Guildford)
Good Friday 2007: First night of our walk along the North Downs Way. Janet and team were incredibly hospitable. We were welcomed with coffee and hot cross buns! The barn facilities are better than we had imagined and it`s great to see that real efforts have been made to minimise the environmental impacts of the building. All in all a great place to stay. Hope there is more like this along the route. Keep up the good work. – Steve and Sara (Tonbridge, Kent).
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...and official words of praise... In August 2008 the barn was inspected by a representative of `Visit Britain`, who wrote:
Puttenham Camping Barn continues to provide a very good standard of basic accommodation comprising clean, supportive sleeping platforms with a good degree of privacy and added benefit of optional hire of sleeping bags. An efficient shower / washroom is provided which is presented in simple style and well maintained.
The dining and kitchen area is well appointed and overall facilities provided exceed expectations of a camping barn.
The property is efficiently managed with very good environmental policies and the property also benefits from having a resident warden.
...and in 2007 they said:
“Puttenham Camping Barn provides very well presented and equipped basic accommodation in an excellent location. The facilities provided are well in excess of what would normally be expected in this style of accommodation, and the property has the additional benefit of a resident warden. All areas were very well presented, clean and tidy with a strong environmental influence.”