The Old Mill Bake House, Goodrich "This beautifully restored cottage sits within large grounds opposite the owner’s restored Old Mill, nestled in the quaint village of Goodrich", so says Sykes' blurb. Unfortunately this property is nearly 2 miles from Goodrich and the owners' landscaping is unfinished bigtime (a couple of skips and mounds of building materials everywhere you look). So it's actually "nestled" between the incredibly noisy A40, the busy B4229 and an industrial estate, specialising in vehicle repairs. Do look at it on Google Earth, not Sykes' map, before booking. "Perfect for a relaxing break" it is not, which is a huge shame, because internally it is excellent, but externally it gets worse. Sykes' commentary continues, "From the cottage there is access to a path which takes you to the waters edge and under the tunnel to a weir which is used to supply the water for the Old Mill and Bake House". As with the Goodrich nestlement, Sykes are once again misrepresenting the true situation. The "tunnel" is the A40 overpass. At least the owner has the decency to put this in her very helpful manual, but Sykes have distorted it, doubtless not wishing to deter visitors with the admission that this property is a stone's throw from a relentlessly noisy dual carriageway. Although we had booked a week, we only spent one night here, during which time we slept a mere couple of hours, all because of the horrifyingly disruptive dual carriageway traffic. In the morning we found ourselves somewhere quieter in Herefordshire, which may come as a further surprise to Sykes, as at time of writing this property is filed by Sykes under "Cotswolds-Gloucester-Goodrich", which is inaccurate on all three counts (the Bake House's nearest village is Whitchurch, not Goodrich, which isn't in Gloucestershire and definitely isn't in the Cotswolds). This is not our first cottage with Sykes, but it's certainly our last.